Hurricane Matthew: Full List Of Cruise Changes

by Daniel McCarthy October 07, 2016

Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises’ Island Princess skipped a scheduled call to Aruba on Oct. 5 and visited Grand Cayman instead.

Fathom
Fathom’s Adonia current Cuba sailing will skip Santiago, instead spending a full day in Cienfuegos and Havana. Those who have shore excursions booked for Santiago are getting a full refund.

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Royal has cancelled the next Majesty of the Seas sailing on Oct. 8. It is offering passengers a full refund or a future cruise credit of 150% of the amount paid.

Empress of the Seas had its Oct. 6 sailing pushed back to Oct. 7 and will not begin boarding that cruise until 5 p.m. All passengers are receiving onboard credit equal to one day of their cruise fare and a 25% future cruise credit.

Freedom of the Seas will visit San Juan instead of CocoCay on Tuesday.

Enchantment of the Seas will return to Florida on Oct. 7 and will begin boarding for its next sailing at 5 p.m.

Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival’s Sensation, which skipped calls at Half Moon Cay and Grand Turk this week, had its Oct. 1 sailing extended by one day, and now is scheduled to return to Miami today. Its four-day Oct. 7 sailing out of Miami has been cut to three days, with all passengers receiving a refund of the value of one day of their cruise fare.

Breeze changed ports on its current sailing, calling at Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Montego Bay, in that order. It is still scheduled to return to Galveston on Oct. 9 and go ahead with its next sailing.

Carnival reversed the order of Splendor’s Oct. 2 itinerary, starting with a day at sea on Monday and then calling at Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios.

Fantasy is still scheduled to proceed with its sailing from Miami on Oct. 8, though it can only do so if Port Miami reopens. Carnival is allowing passengers to cancel and receive a full refund.

Victory’s Oct. 6 sailing was canceled after Port Canaveral closed, with passengers getting a full refund on cruise fare, shore excursions and gratuities.

Carnival Ecstasy, which was scheduled to return to its homeport in Charleston on Saturday, will return on Oct. 9 instead. Its next sailing has been cut from seven days to six, with passengers receiving refunds of one day of their cruise fare.

Both Valor and Conquest will replace stops on their current sailings with a day at sea; Valor won’t call in Grand Turk and Conquest won’t call at La Romana, Dominican Republic. Sunshine also skipped a stop for a day at sea and did not call at Aruba on Oct. 6.

Pride, the Carnival ship that was supposed to visit the Caribbean but instead sailed north from Baltimore and stayed in New York, is scheduled to go ahead with its next sailing on Oct. 9, but with a modified itinerary, with calls to Saint John, New Brunswick, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Passengers on the Oct. 9 sailing will receive $100 per person credit and a 25% future cruise discount.

Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Escape will no longer call at Nassau on Oct. 7 and will instead spend a day at sea.

Breakaway will go ahead with its planned itinerary, but will leave Bermuda a couple of hours early during its call on Oct. 7.

Disney Cruise Line
Disney has cancelled the Oct. 7 Dream sailing. All passengers are receiving a full refund plus a 20% discount on a future cruise. Its current sailing will return to port on Oct. 8 instead of Oct. 7.

The Oct. 7 Magic sailing from New York has been changed to a Canada sailing with stops in Sydney and Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Saint John, New Brunswick. Disney is allowing guests to cancel for a full refund and 20% discount on a future booking, or accept the new itinerary and receive a $100 stateroom credit.

Fantasy will sail a six-night Caribbean itinerary on Oct. 9, instead of the scheduled seven-night cruise on Oct. 8. Passengers will receive a refund of one night’s cruise fare and an onboard credit.