Several cruise lines have updated their
itineraries in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Dean
makes it way towards Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Carnival Cruise
Lines' Carnival Fantasy's Aug. 20 departure -- a five-day cruise
from New Orleans -- will visit Key West, Fla., Aug. 22 instead of
Costa Maya, Mexico, but is still planning on calling in Cozumel,
Mexico on Aug. 23.
The Carnival
Fascination's four-day cruise will depart on the same day from
Miami, and call in Nassau on Aug. 23 instead of Cozumel.
The Carnival
Ecstasy, which departs from Galveston, Texas, on Aug. 20 on a
five-day cruise, will spend Aug. 22 at sea instead of in Progreso,
Mexico.
Princess Cruises
said that the Caribbean Princess, which left Fort Lauderdale Aug.
19, will swap its western Caribbean itinerary for ports in the
eastern Caribbean. It will go to Princess Cays (Princess' private island in the
Bahamas), St. Maarten, St. Thomas and spend two days at sea before
returning to Fort Lauderdale.
Royal Caribbean
said that several of its ship would sail modified itineraries. The
Enchantment of the Seas, which departed Port Everglades Aug. 18,
will call in Labadee, Haiti, instead of Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and in
Nassau instead of Georgetown, Grand Cayman. It plans to return to
Port Everglades as scheduled on Thursday.
The Rhapsody of the
Seas departed Galveston Aug. 19 and will call in Key West;
Georgetown, Cayman Islands, instead of Montego Bay, Jamaica; and
Cozumel, all subject to possible storm damage in the Cayman Islands
and Mexico. It is slated to return to Galveston as scheduled on
Sunday.
The Freedom of the
Seas departed Miami on Aug. 19, Royal Caribbean said, and is so far
sailing its scheduled itinerary, which is subject to change based
on possible storm-related damage to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and
Mexico.
Passengers are
urged to check with the individual cruise lines for updated
itineraries.
To
contact the reporter who wrote this article, send e-mail to Johanna
Jainchill at [email protected].
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