Many of the world’s biggest cruise lines are making changes to cruises this week, due to the impact of Hurricane Milton.
The hurricane, hitting Florida on Wednesday 9th October, is causing major problems for cruise ships that are due to dock in the ports of the state, including Tampa, Port Canaveral, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale.
Several cruises have seen their itineraries altered even before the hurricane reached land, including the world’s biggest cruise ship Icon of the Seas, which had to cancel a planned visit to Royal Caribbean’s private island Perfect Day at CocoCay.
Grandeur of the Seas was another Royal Caribbean ship heavily impacted, sailing to the Bahamas instead of two scheduled port visits to Mexico.
Carnival has been carefully monitoring five ships which have been in the path of the hurricane, with Carnival Paradise due to return to Tampa on 10th October, and Carnival Elation set to return to Jacksonville on the same day.
Carnival Sunrise is also scheduled to return to her port of Miami on Thursday. Carnival Dream and Carnival Pride are set to have their itineraries adjusted to avoid the storm while at sea.
Celebrity Cruises ship Celebrity Reflection was due to call at Key West on Tuesday 8th October, but instead sailed to Nassau in the Bahamas to avoid the oncoming storm.
Virgin Voyages, at the time of writing, hasn’t yet altered plans for Valiant Lady but the cruise line has said that last-minute itinerary changes may be needed.
And another notable change is for Princess Cruises and their newest ship Sun Princess, which was due to complete its inaugural transatlantic cruise on Wednesday 9th October but will now remain out at sea, likely until Friday 11th October.
Obviously, the safety of passengers and crew is paramount. And while the changes to itineraries will be disappointing for many, it’s important to remember that cruise lines must make changes to avoid storms where necessary.
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