Carnival Cruise Line, Disney Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean
International have canceled cruises out of Florida ports, joining Norwegian
Cruise Line which had previously announced cancellations because of Hurricane
Irma.
As forecast tracks show Irma likely to impact Florida,
Carnival said that the Carnival Liberty sailing on Sept. 7 from Port Canaveral
to the Bahamas and the Carnival Victory sailing on Sept. 8 from Miami to the
Bahamas have been canceled.
Royal Caribbean has canceled the Sept. 8 sailings of
Enchantment of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas to the Bahamas and the Sept. 9
sailing of Empress of the Seas to Cuba.
In addition, it said the three 5,400-passenger Oasis-class
ships -- Oasis, Allure and Harmony of the Seas -- will all stay at sea until
safe return to Florida is possible.
The next scheduled departure date for Allure of the Seas
will be Wednesday, Sept. 13, and the ship will sail a four-night itinerary to
Nassau.
The Harmony’s next scheduled departure date will be on
Tuesday, Sept. 12, on a 4-night itinerary to Cozumel, Mexico.
The Sept. 10 departure of Oasis has been moved to Sept. 12,
and the itinerary shortened to a five-night sailing to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.
Compensation for Oasis-class cancellations will be a 100%
future cruise credit. Guests taking the shortened cruises will get a 50% refund
as an onboard spending credit and a 50% future cruise credit.
Disney Cruise Line has canceled the Sept. 9 sailing of the
Disney Fantasy and the Sept. 8 and 11 sailings of the Disney Dream.
Compensation is a full refund and a 25% future cruise credit. The Sept. 4
sailing of the Disney Dream will return to Port Canaveral on Sept. 7, a day
earlier than scheduled. Guests will get a refund of two nights' fare, plus a
25% future cruise credit.
The same compensation is being offered to guests on the
Sept. 2 sailing of the Disney Fantasy, which will also return to Port Canaveral
on Sept. 7, two days earlier than scheduled.
Norwegian previously said the departures scheduled for Sept.
8 for the Norwegian Sky and Sept. 9 for the Norwegian Escape have been
canceled. Guests will receive a full refund and a 50% future cruise credit.
MSC Cruises has canceled the seven-day Caribbean cruise on MSC Divina scheduled to leave
Miami on Sunday, Sept. 9.
Guests will have
the option to either be relocated on another MSC cruises or receive a full
refund as well as a 25% future cruise credit.
The Divina's current cruise will be shortened, with the ship returning to Miami the
morning of Thursday, Sept. 7.
Guests on the
current cruise may either disembark or stay aboard the ship, which will sail for Cozumel Thursday night, where it will stay until Miami's port reopens.
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This report was updated at 12:15 p.m. Eastern with information about the MSC Divina.