Along with the month of cancelations simply introduced for Carnival Vista, Carnival Cruise Line has additionally canceled a month of sailings for Carnival Dawn, in addition to a number of cruises canceled for Carnival Miracle. One ship shall be present process a dry dock, whereas the opposite shall be crusing another itinerary as a substitute of its unique schedule.
Carnival Dawn to Dry Dock in February 2024
Carnival Dawn has now been scheduled for an prolonged dry dock in early 2024, and impacted visitors and journey advisors are being contacted in regards to the canceled sailings, which embrace all voyages from February 1 by way of and together with March 4, 2024.
Carnival Cruise Line model ambassador John Heald addressed the cancelations, together with Carnival Vista‘s canceled cruises, on his Fb web page.
“Dry dock planning is finished upfront however generally we do have to vary plans and so a few of you’ve got had your cruises canceled for 2024 on these two ships,” Heald stated.
Throughout the dry dock interval, Carnival Dawn was to have been crusing 4-5 evening Jap and Western Caribbean itineraries from Miami. After the upkeep and refreshment, the ship will return to Miami, and can stay on the South Florida homeport no less than by way of the tip of 2024.
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No particulars of the dry dock plans have been launched, however such an intensive time interval signifies some main work to be achieved on the ship. That is prone to embrace upgrades to public areas in addition to technical upgrades and different work to maintain the ship at her peak.
Previously Carnival Triumph, the ship was utterly renovated in Cadiz, Spain in a large $200 million transformation in 2019 to change into Carnival Dawn, however has not had a major dry dock refreshment since.
Carnival Miracle Cruises Canceled
Along with the cruise cancelations for Carnival Vista and Carnival Dawn, the Spirit-class Carnival Miracle has additionally canceled cruises, however for a special purpose.
Carnival Cruise Line has rescheduled Carnival Miracle for a 14-night “Carnival Journeys” crusing to Hawaii, departing on Sunday, January 21, 2024.
This implies the ship’s beforehand scheduled cruises should be canceled to accommodate the brand new crusing. The brand new Hawaii cruise will nonetheless depart from Carnival Miracle‘s homeport, Lengthy Seaside, California.
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The canceled sailings are from January 21, 2024 by way of and together with January 30, 2024, after which the ship will resume its beforehand deliberate Baja Mexico and Mexican Riviera itineraries, with one other Carnival Journeys cruise to Hawaii departing on February 17, 2024.
Carnival Journeys sailings are longer, extra immersive itineraries visiting dream locations. Onboard actions, together with leisure performances, trivia, and in-stateroom films are sometimes themed to the vacation spot, and particular menu objects will even be associated to ports of name.
The brand new crusing to Hawaii, which incorporates visits to Maui, Honolulu, Kauai, and Hilo in addition to Ensenada, Mexico, is now on sale.
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Compensation for Impacted Company
Company impacted by the cancelations for any of the three vessels have a number of choices for compensation. Although the now-canceled sailings are greater than a yr away, many vacationers plan cruises nicely upfront and can now want to regulate their plans.
First, visitors might select to rebook on a comparable crusing to their canceled cruise, whether or not on the identical ship at a later date or on a special vessel. The cruise price shall be protected in related lodging, and visitors will even obtain onboard credit score to make use of on the brand new crusing in the event that they rebook no later than Tuesday, December 27, 2022.
Company ought to notice that rebooking value safety doesn’t apply to constitution cruises, vacation sailings, or cruises to Alaska, Europe, or Hawaii – even for the canceled Carnival Miracle sailings which can be, the truth is, being changed with the brand new Hawaiian cruise.
If visitors favor to not rebook, they are going to obtain a full refund, together with all charges, taxes, and pre-paid objects similar to shore excursions, spa therapies, and drink packages.
Refunds shall be processed again to the unique type of fee, however might take as much as three weeks to course of, relying on particular person visitors’ financial institution insurance policies.
