Hurricane Ian is the subsequent storm wreaking havoc on residents and cruisers crusing this week. The brand new storm shaped simply as Hurricane Fiona was making its approach northward previous Bermuda and into Canada.
As Japanese Caribbean islands like Grand Turk, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic are nonetheless coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, Hurricane Ian is constructing energy with Florida as its goal.
The hurricane is predicted to supply extreme climate for Grand Cayman, western Cuba, and the west coast of Florida. America Coast Guard has already issued port situation Yankee (see chart under) for Key West and Port Tampa Bay, and Port Canaveral now has an X-Ray port situation designation. Jacksonville’s JAXPORT is predicted to concern an identical port situation over the approaching days.
South Florida’s PortMiami and Port Everglades are at present within the clear and outdoors the cone of uncertainty. Nonetheless, sailings from these ports to the Caribbean might be impacted.
Directed by fleet operations and meteorologists shoreside, the cruise traces are taking no probabilities with Hurricane Ian and are already beginning to divert cruise ships to completely different areas and ports of name to keep away from the storm.
Right here’s what we’re seeing up to now.
Hurricane Ian Cruise Adjustments
MSC Cruises
The September twenty fourth seven-night crusing of MSC Seashore from PortMiami will now in a single day in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, from Wednesday into Thursday afternoon.
Royal Caribbean
The September twenty fourth crusing of Mariner of the Seas from Port Canaveral has swapped the order of its two locations. As an alternative of calling to Labadee after which Excellent Day at CocoCay, it’ll name to Excellent Day first.
Attract of the Seas has dropped Roatán to keep away from Hurricane Ian and is choosing up one other sea day on its present voyage.
Liberty of the Seas is dropping Cozumel, Mexico, and including one other sea day, then hanging within the Gulf of Mexico earlier than heading to Grand Cayman and Falmouth, Jamaica.
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Ecstasy, which departs Cell, Alabama immediately (September 26) for a six-day crusing, will go to Progreso, Mexico on Wednesday earlier than visiting Cozumel, Mexico on Thursday. This variation re-orders the visits, because the ship’s preliminary itinerary was set for a go to to Cozumel earlier than Progreso.
Carnival Glory, which departed from New Orleans on Sunday, September 25 for an eight-day crusing, will now go to Mahogany Bay, Roatán, Belize, and Cozumel, Mexico. The ship had been scheduled to go to Key West, Florida, in addition to Freeport and Nassau, Bahamas.
Carnival Cruise Line is monitoring whether or not there can be a change to the present crusing in addition to the September 29 crusing on Carnival Paradise, which homeports in Tampa. In an electronic mail to booked visitors, the road stated that though it has not made any modifications but, “there’s a risk that Carnival Paradise‘s return to Tampa might be delayed as a result of storm.”
Cruise Traces Taking Wait-and-See Strategy
Relating to some ports corresponding to Jacksonville, cruise traces are taking a wait-and-see strategy till a clearer path is outlined earlier than making any selections. This additionally varies on port situations issued by the U.S. Coast Guard and native port authorities.
Royal Caribbean’s Chief Meteorologist James Van Fleet stated “Ships coming in Thursday by this weekend in Port Canaveral, I would like one other day to line up the middle of Ian, so we can lean in to precisely what the Port will get this week.”
Grand Turk Port Closed Nonetheless
Except for Hurricane Ian diversions, the Grand Turk Cruise Heart nonetheless stays closed after the pier sustained injury when the class three Hurricane Fiona hit on Tuesday. Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras, Carnival Freedom, and Carnival Dawn will all skip the port this upcoming week in alternate for a day in both Nassau or Bimini, Bahamas.
As all the time, monitor your emails and textual content alerts out of your cruise line for probably the most up-to-date info.
You may sustain with the most recent monitor of Hurricane Ian on the Nationwide Hurricane Heart web site.
Are you at present crusing? Submit any itinerary modifications to [email protected]
Up to date: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 5:25 PM EST
