Carnival Changes Seven Cruise Itineraries to Avoid Hurricane Irene

Carnival Changes Seven Cruise Itineraries to Avoid Hurricane Irene
By Theresa Norton Masek

Carnival Cruise Lines has changed seven cruise itineraries to avoid the path of Hurricane Irene. This is in addition to other itinerary changes announced on Sunday. Carnival Conquest, which departed Galveston on a seven-day cruise Aug. 21, is replacing calls at Nassau, Freeport and Key West Wednesday through Friday this week with visits to Costa Maya, Cozumel and Progresso.

Carnival Miracle, which left New York on an eight-day cruise Aug. 18, is replacing calls at San Juan, St. Thomas and Grand Turk Sunday through Tuesday with a day at sea and visits to Grand Turk and Half Moon Cay. Carnival Victory, which left San Juan on a seven-day cruise Aug. 21, replaced a call at St. Thomas on Aug. 22 with a sea day and a visit to St. Maarten with St. Thomas on Aug. 27. Carnival Pride’s Aug. 21 seven-day cruise from Baltimore swamped a call at Port Canaveral on Wednesday with one on Tuesday and added Freeport to Wednesday. The remaining itinerary will change based on the storm’s path but might replace Freeport on Aug. 26 with a day at sea.

Carnival Triumph’s Aug. 20 seven-day cruise from New Orleans replaced calls at Freeport and Nassau with a day at sea and a visit to Cozumel. A day at sea Thursday will be replaced with a visit to Progresso. Carnival Liberty’s Aug. 20 seven-day cruise from Miami will visit Grand Turk and Cozumel instead of St. Thomas and San Juan this week. A call to Grand Turk was made Aug. 22 instead of Aug. 25. Carnival Destiny’s Aug. 22 five-day cruise from Miami has a whole new itinerary. It will visit Key West, Cozumel and Costa Maya instead of Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Nassau.