Anonymous wrote:We did the same cruise out of Baltimore about 6 years ago. It was awful. We thought going from Baltimore with a 4 and 1 year old was good. We even booked 2 adjoining rooms. The sea in the Atlantic was so choppy and you spend a total of 4 days in the sea. So you waste a lot of time. Plus going on the Atlantic Ocean was cold until we reached the Caribbeans. It was 2 day there and 2 day back. I remember the sea being so choppy that I was throwing up all night. Kids hated that. Save yourselves by taking a short 2 hr flight straight to Florida instead. The sea is much calmer.
Also grandeur of the sea is not a big boat. You can get much better boat leaving Florida instead.
Too bad this happened and, yes, it's happened before on other ships. But when you think of the hundreds and hundreds of cruises that are trouble free, I wouldn't be so quick to not go. I was in San Francisco when the plane crashed last year, and I certainly got on a plane the next day.