7 Cruise Pics To Warm You Up On A Cold Winter Day

There’s a reason so many people book cruises during wave season, which runs from now until March. Much of the country is experiencing frigid temperatures, blustery winds and mountains of snow. If spring makes a young man’s heart turn toward thoughts of love, then winter makes pretty much everyone’s thoughts turn toward thoughts of escaping… to someplace warm! With that in mind, we offer up these pics to keep you warm and maybe even inspire you to spend a little time today booking your next cruise!

1. Half Moon Cay

***Who wouldn’t love to trade snow for the white sands of Half Moon Cay, Carnival’s private island?***

2. Sunset in Curacao

***Forget the icicles hanging from your roof. This water is much, much warmer.***

3. A Room With A View

**Bring some sunscreen — and maybe a beer — while we soak up the sun on the balcony!**

4. Geronimo!

**When the sun gets to be too much, we can hit the waterslides on board the Norwegian Breakaway.**

5. Kids? What Kids?

***Leave the little ones behind and hit the adults-only Retreat on the Holland America Koningsdam.***

6. Ready… Set… Lounge!

**Forget the chair hogs… surely we’ll be able to find somewhere by the pool to tan!**

7. Jack To The Rescue!

**Is there a better way to spend a day on Grand Turk than visiting Jack’s Shack? (The answer: No, there is not!)**

Richard Simms

Richard is the executive editor of Soaps.com and the author of several novels. Given his love of eating, drinking and gambling, it’s astonishing how long it took him to discover the joys of cruising. While he has more Twitter handles than most people have limbs, you can most easily reach him at @howrudeareyou.