FWIW, we did a cruise from SoCal to Hawaii last year (just after thanksgiving and into early Dec) and learned -- the hard way -- that the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (between Cal and Hawaii) is COLD. Really cold. And the ship we were on did not have a heating plant because, well, they were going to Hawaii! We froze.
If you're going now (Dec/Jan), be prepared with lots more layers than you thought you'd need, just for the cruise part. Hawaii was warm and lovely... but we wore hoodies to dinner every night and bought extra sweatshirts when we were in Hawaii... The good news is the ship seemed to have lots of extra blankets to sleep under.
It was otherwise fun... but that cold can be a nasty surprise.
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If you're going now (Dec/Jan), be prepared with lots more layers than you thought you'd need, just for the cruise part. Hawaii was warm and lovely... but we wore hoodies to dinner every night and bought extra sweatshirts when we were in Hawaii... The good news is the ship seemed to have lots of extra blankets to sleep under.
It was otherwise fun... but that cold can be a nasty surprise.