Departures Delayed and Ports Dropped

It’s been tough crusing for a number of cruise ships from totally different homeports and totally different cruise traces this weekend as stormy climate has precipitated departure delays and itinerary adjustments. In response to the National Weather Service, the key storm is anticipated to deliver 12-24 inches of snow to the area, with sturdy winds gusting from 40-70 miles per hour impacting visibility.

Quite a few energy outages and reasonable coastal flooding are additionally anticipated with the storm, which is bringing important impacts to a number of cruise homeports in New York and New Jersey, whereas a southern storm additionally impacts the Bahamas.

Impacted ships embrace Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas and Odyssey of the Seas, together with MSC Meraviglia and Norwegian Breakaway.

Cruise Hive has beforehand reported on the affect totally different winter storms have had on a number of ships. All company ought to keep in shut contact with their respective cruise traces for updates on any itinerary adjustments, delays, or cancellations.

Odyssey of the Seas

With a “bomb cyclone” storm impacting the New York and New Jersey space on Sunday and thru Monday, Royal Caribbean made the choice the day earlier than embarkation that it could not be potential for Odyssey of the Seas to depart Bayonne, New Jersey on Sunday, February 22, 2026 as initially scheduled.

As an alternative, the Quantum-Extremely Class ship and her as much as 5,510 company will remain in New Jersey until the weather clears sufficient for a secure departure. Odyssey of the Seas was to have known as at Port Canaveral, Cococay, and Nassau throughout the 7-night cruise, however it’s seemingly that a number of of the port visits could also be adjusted or cancelled because of the late departure.

Because the ship has not but departed New Jersey, no itinerary adjustments have but been finalized.

MSC Meraviglia

Simply throughout the harbor from Odyssey of the Seas, MSC Meraviglia is impacted by the identical blizzard warnings and is likewise remaining docked in Brooklyn, New York, and is delayed setting sail for her 7-night Bahamas crusing on Sunday, February 22.

The ship was to have set sail for Port Canaveral, MSC Ocean Cay, and Nassau. Friends onboard for the crusing have already famous updates within the app exhibiting a distinct schedule, with MSC Meraviglia bumping her visits to Port Canaveral and MSC Ocean Cay Marine Reserve to later days within the itinerary.

It seems that the ship will skip her go to to Nassau altogether.

The 171,600-gross-ton ship can welcome as much as a most of 5,642 company onboard, and whereas they won’t be getting the precise cruise that they had hoped for, they will nonetheless have an pleasant, if adjusted, trip.

Norwegian Breakway

In an attention-grabbing twist, Norwegian Breakaway did courageous the tough climate to set sail as deliberate from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on Sunday, February 22, for her 12-night Caribbean crusing.

The seas are rocking as Norwegian Breakaway heads into winds as excessive as 30-40 miles per hour on her southbound route, although it’s potential the 145,655-gross-ton ship will modify her route to remain out of the roughest climate.

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It’s potential there could also be port changes for Norwegian Breakaway if the ship should divert nearer to the coast or sluggish her velocity to deal with the tough seas. The present schedule requires visits to Puerto Plata, San Juan, Tortola, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas earlier than the ship returns to the Massive Apple on Friday, March 6.

At the moment, there are not any confirmed adjustments for Norwegian Breakaway, although her profitable departure from New York whereas each Odyssey of the Seas and MSC Meraviglia wait out the storm has definitely been complicated to cruise company onboard all three ships.

Star of the Seas

Whereas all eyes are on the blizzard situations rolling throughout the northeast and impacting a number of cruise ships, poor climate can happen wherever, at any time.

Friends departing Port Canaveral on Sunday aboard Star of the Seas for his or her weeklong Jap Caribbean crusing have realized they gained’t be capable of go to Good Day at CocoCay in spite of everything.

“As a result of a climate system anticipated to deliver unfavorable situations and tough seas to Good Day at CocoCay on Monday, February 23, we might be skipping our go to and having fun with a Sea Day as an alternative,” the notification electronic mail confirmed.

To make up for the lack of a port, the time the ship will spend in St. Thomas on Wednesday, February 25, is being prolonged. As an alternative of arriving in Charlotte Amalie at 12:30 p.m., Star of the Seas will arrive at 8 a.m., giving company loads of additional time to discover that lovely vacation spot extra completely.

In the meantime, all onboard actions and leisure will proceed as deliberate on Star of the Seas, and as one of many world’s largest cruise ships, there’s definitely lots for company to get pleasure from throughout their surprising day at sea.

All pre-booked Royal Caribbean shore excursions for CocoCay might be routinely cancelled and refunded to company’ accounts.