With the tropics as active as they are it doesn’t make sense to post our updates by storm - so by cruise line:
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Ecstasy Thur., 8/28 departure from Galveston: The ship will visit Progreso, Yucatan (Sat). This ship will return to Galveston on Wednesday, September 3 as the Port of Galveston is closed due to Hurricane Gustav
Carnival Fantasy Thur., 8/28 departure from Mobile: The ship will visit Progreso, Yucatan (Sat). This ship will return to Mobile on Wednesday, September 3 as the Port of Mobile is closed due to Hurricane Gustav
Carnival Miracle Fri., 8/29 departure from New York: The ship will change her itinerary to visit the ports of call: Port Canaveral (Mon), Nassau (Tue) and Freeport (Wed). Due to strong winds in the southern Bahamas, the ship will cancel her call to Nassau (Tue) and call on Freeport instead. We are investigating a 3rd port of call and will advise tomorrow.
Carnival Inspiration Sat., 8/30 departure from Tampa: The ship will visit Cozumel (Tue)
Carnival Glory Sat., 8/30 departure from Pt. Canaveral: The ship will cancel her call to Nassau (Sun) and visit the scheduled ports of call: St. Thomas (Tue), St. Maarten (Wed)
Carnival Liberty Sat., 8/30 departure from Miami: The ship will visit the ports of call in reverse order Ocho Rios (Mon), Grand Cayman (Tue), Cozumel (Thur)
Carnival Conquest Sun. 8/31 departure from Galveston: The ship will cancel her call to Montego Bay (Wed) and visit Progreso, Yucatan (Tue), Cozumel (Wed), and Grand Cayman (Thur)
Carnival Triumph Sun. 8/31 departure from Miami: The ship will cancel her call to Half Moon Cay (Mon) and visit the scheduled ports of call of St. Thomas (Wed), San Juan (Thur) and Grand Turk (Fri)
Carnival Legend Sun. 8/31 departure from Tampa: The ship will cancel her call to Grand Cayman (Tue) and visit Key West (Mon) and then call on the scheduled ports of call of Cozumel (Wed), Belize (Thur) and Isla Roatan (Fri)
FUTURE CRUISES FOR WEEK STARTING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2008:
Carnival Fantasy: Mon. 9/1 departure from Mobile: We will be forced to change the five-day Carnival Fantasy cruise scheduled to depart on Monday, September 1, 2008 to a four-day cruise departing on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 returning on Sunday, September 7, 2008. The four-day cruise will depart from Mobile at 4:00 PM on Wednesday and visit Cozumel on Friday (arrive 8:00 AM; depart 5:00 PM).
Guests that sail on the new four-day cruise will receive a 25% refund of the cruise fare paid. In addition, guests will receive a 25% discount of a future three- to five-day Carnival Cruise departing prior to December 15, 2009. This discount applies to the cruise fare only. Please understand this offer is non-transferable.
If guests elect to cancel the cruise, we ask that guests contact us right away to cancel the booking. Guests will receive a full refund and refunds will be processed in less than two weeks.
Carnival Ecstasy: Mon. 9/1 departure from Galveston: We will be forced to change the five-day Carnival Ecstasy cruise scheduled to depart on Monday, September 1, 2008 to a three-day Cruise-To-Nowhere departing on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 returning on Saturday, September 6, 2008. The new three-day cruise will depart from Galveston at 4:00 PM on Wednesday.
Guests that sail on the new three-day cruise will receive a 50% refund of the cruise fare paid. In addition, guests will receive a 50% discount of a future three- to five-day Carnival Cruise departing prior to December 15, 2009. This discount applies to the cruise fare only. Please understand this offer is non-transferable.
If guests elect to cancel the cruise, we ask that guests contact us right away to cancel the booking. Guests will receive a full refund and refunds will be processed in less than two weeks.
Royal Caribbean:
Sovereign of the Seas, which departs Port Canaveral Monday, September 1, will sail a revised itinerary. The ship will visit Nassau, Bahamas, Tuesday; and Key West, Florida, Wednesday, spending the night and departing Thursday morning.
Mariner of the Seas, which departs Port Canaveral Sunday, August 31, will sail a modified itinerary. The ship will not visit Coco Cay, Bahamas, Monday, but will makes its scheduled port calls in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Wednesday; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Thursday.
Majesty of the Seas, which departs the Port of Miami Monday, September 1, will sail a revised itinerary. The ship will visit Nassau, Bahamas, Tuesday; be at sea Wednesday and visit Key West, Florida, Thursday.
Liberty of the Seas, which departs the Port of Miami Saturday, August 30, will sail a revised itinerary, with its ports of call simply reordered. The ship will visit Labadee, Haiti, Monday; San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Wednesday.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Because of the current expected path of Tropical Storm Hanna, forecasted to pass near the islands of the Bahamas, NCL has altered the itinerary of Norwegian Spirit’s six-day Bahamas & Florida sailing, departing New York on August 31, 2008. Norwegian Spirit will now call on the island of Bermuda for this sailing.
NCL has also altered the itinerary for Norwegian Sky’s four-day Bahamas sailing, departing Miami on September 1, 2008. The ship will sail a Western Caribbean itinerary, with stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Key West, Fla.
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NCL has altered the itinerary of Norwegian Spirit’s six-day Bahamas & Florida sailing, departing New York on August 31, 2008. Norwegian Spirit will now call on the island of Bermuda for this sailing. At this time, NCL is also closely monitoring the weather conditions for Norwegian Sky’s four-day Bahamas sailing, departing Miami on September 1, 2008.
Carnival has announced the following itinerary changes:
- Carnival Conquest Sun., 8/24 departure from Galveston: The ship will visit Grand Cayman (Wed), Cozumel (Thur), Progreso (Fri)
- Carnival Triumph Sun., 8/24 departure from Miami: The ship will visit Cozumel (Tue), Half Moon Cay (Fri), Nassau (Sat)
- Carnival Ecstasy Thur., 8/28 departure from Galveston: The ship will visit Progreso, Yucatan (Sat)
- Carnival Fantasy Thur., 8/28 departure from Mobile: The ship will visit Progreso, Yucatan (Sat)
- Carnival Liberty Sat., 8/30 departure from Miami: The ship will visit the ports of call in reverse order Ocho Rios (Mon), Grand Cayman (Tue), Cozumel (Thur)
Royal Caribbean has announed the following itinerary changes:
Mariner of the Seas, which departed Port Canaveral, Sunday, August 24, has sailed a revised itinerary, visiting St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Wednesday; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Thursday. The ship will return to Port Canaveral, Sunday, August 31, as scheduled.
Grandeur of the Seas, which departed Norfolk, Virginia, Thursday, August 21, did not visit Labadee, Haiti, Wednesday. Instead, the ship spent Wednesday at sea and visited Coco Cay, Bahamas, Thursday. The ship will return to Norfolk, Saturday, August 30, as scheduled.
Enchantment of the Seas, which departed Port Everglades, Thursday, August 28, will not visit Cozumel, Mexico, Saturday. Instead, the ship will visit Nassau, Bahamas, Saturday. The ship will return to Port Everglades, Monday, September 1, as scheduled.
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Royal Caribbean
Mariner of the Seas, which departed Port Canaveral, Sunday, August 24, will sail a revised itinerary. The ship will not visit Labadee, Haiti, Tuesday; Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Wednesday; George Town, Cayman Islands, Thursday; or Cozumel, Mexico, Friday. Instead, the ship will spend Tuesday at sea; visit St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Wednesday; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Thursday. The ship will be at sea Friday and Saturday as it returns to Port Canaveral, Sunday, August 31, as scheduled.
Grandeur of the Seas, which departed Norfolk, Virginia, Thursday, August 21, will not be visit Labadee, Haiti, Wednesday. Instead, the ship will spend Wednesday at sea and visit Coco Cay, Bahamas, Thursday. The ship will be at sea Friday as it returns to Norfolk, Saturday, August 30, as scheduled.
Enchantment of the Seas, which will depart Port Everglades Thursday, August 28, will not visit Cozumel, Mexico, Saturday. Instead, the ship will visit Nassau, Bahamas, that day. The ship will be at sea Sunday as it returns to Port Everglades, Monday, September 1, as scheduled.
Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Conquest, which sailed Sunday from Galveston, is visiting Progreso in lieu of Montego Bay. The scheduled calls in Grand Cayman and Cozumel were each moved forward a day.
Carnival Triumph, which sailed Sunday from Miami, is going to Half Moon Cay and Nassau, instead of Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios. The ship is in Cozumel today, as planned.
1 comment so farFiled under: Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean International, Weather and Hurricanes Posted by Michael on 08/25/08
This week it was the Carnival Cruise Lines news show with three ships moving and one more getting some revised itineraries.
Carnival Fantasy will be moving to Mobile next year, being replaced by Carnival Triumph in New Orleans. Meanwhile Carnival Holiday will join the Iberocruceros fleet. Carnival Elation’s 3 and 4 day sailings from San Diego are being tweaked as well.
Disney Cruise Line has applied for Glacier Bay access beginning in 2010, and cruise lines have addressed the concerns raised earlier about Ocean Ranger’s access to shipboard operations.
Finally a proposal by the US Coast Guard to revise stability models may cause some passenger vessels to reduce their passenger capacity.
Speaking of the US Coast Guard, this past week I got the rare opportunity to sail onboard the USCGC Eagle the largest and only square rigged barque in US Government service. It’s a cruise of a different sort that we’re talking about this week. Photos from the trip will be up in the photo gallery very soon.
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Filed under: Carnival Cruise Lines, Disney Cruise Line, General News, Podcast Posted by Michael on 08/22/08
San Diego-based Carnival Elation will offer a new three- and four-day schedule starting Feb. 12, 2009. The current schedule of four- and five-day cruises and will continue through the of Feb. 7, 2009 sailing.
On its new route, Carnival Elation will depart Thursdays on three-day cruises to Ensenada, while four-day cruises will depart Sundays and visit Ensenada and Catalina Island.
These new itineraries echo those currently offered by Carnival Paradise from Long Beach, with departures on Fridays and Mondays.
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