schatje - I am so glad that your cruise was not our first! I would never have gotten my husband back on another cruise ship - ever!
We sailed for the first time this past January out of Port Canaveral. It was only 50 when we left port - way too cold! But we had a lot of sun the remainder of the cruise and it was back up to 75 by the time we returned to Florida.
We have spent a week in St. Maarten and it rained every day for about 15 minutes - does it do this at sea also??
I have booked a 7 day Western on the Carnival Miracle for Jan 06 and we are planning on golfing at every port of call - so no rain please!
We now have the cruise bug and we cannot get enough!