Hurricane Beryl forcing major cruise line to change itineraries – listed

At least 10 major cruise line ships have had to change their travel plans because of Hurricane Beryl.
The category five storm sweeping through the Caribbean started Monday morning, where sustained “life-threatening” winds of 130 mph have moved west at 20 mph.
It is reportedly the strongest storm the Windward Islands have seen since Hurricane Ivan in September 2004.
Hurricane warnings are in effect for Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Tobago, while Martinique and Trinidad are under tropical storm warnings.
A cruise blog confirmed all of the known changed travel plans on major ships due to the storm, which are listed below.
“The deep tropical Atlantic is very much alive very early in the season, and unfortunately is likely a harbinger of things to come this summer & fall,” wrote Craig Setzter, Chief Meteorologist of Royal Caribbean Group, on X.
In an email sent to passengers aborad a ship that began sailing on June 29, Royal Caribbean confirmed that “high waves and strong winds” near its initial path in the Eastern Caribbean forced them to change course.
Instead of visiting St. Thomas and St. Maarten, the world’s largest cruise ship will dock at Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico before spending the day at Perfect Day at CocoCay on July 5, as originally planned.
Wonder of the Seas has cancelled its visit to Roatán and Costa Maya. Instead, after calling at Cozumel on July 3, the ship will sail to Nassau, according to a post shared on Royal Caribbean Blog’s discussion forum.
After the scheduled visit to CocoCay on July 1, it will spend a day at sea before arriving in Cozumel. Then, July 4 will also be spent at sea, followed by Nassau on July 5, and then another sea day on July 6 before returning to Port Canaveral.
Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas was supposed to visit Roatán, Honduras on July 3; Costa Maya, Mexico on July 4; and Cozumel, Mexico on July 5.
However, it will now be arriving in Cozumel on July 2, earlier than planned, to remain a safe distance from the storm.
Afterward, they’ll be docked alongside Icon of the Seas on July 3, rather than visit Roatán, Honduras, before spending three days at sea.
A user shared Norwegian Jade’s new itinerary on Reddit, which revealed that the ship will visit San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 2; Tortola, BVI on July 3; and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic on July 4 before returning to Port Canaveral, Florida.
It was initially slated to visit Falmouth, Jamaica; George Town, Grand Cayman; and Cozumel, Mexico, the 93,558 gross registered ton (GRT) ship is headed for the Eastern Caribbean.
“The key takeaway for me is that the ship is still sailing, we will get a storm free vacation and just roll with the changes,” they shared.
Norwegian Breakaway’s original itinerary would have taken guests on a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise to Honduras, Belize, and Mexico.
However, the ship is now going to the Eastern Caribbean, where it will call at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic on July 2, according to Cruise Mapper,.
Additionally, ANACARIBE, Roatán’s port agency, took to Facebook to share that its visit for the week of July 1 was canceled.
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Celebrity Beyond ship that set sail on June 29 sailing will still be traveling to the same locations, however, in a different order than originally planned.
“Our Captain along with our Chief Meteorologist, Craig Setzer, have been closely monitoring the path of Hurricane Beryl,” read a letter sent to guests’ staterooms.
“To ensure that we increase the distance & stay clear from the Hurricane Beryl offering comfortable sailing conditions we’ll swap Kralendijk, Bonaire with Oranjestad, Aruba on July 2nd and move Kralendijk, Bonaire to July 4th.”
John Heald, Carnival’s Brand Ambassador, took to Facebook to share an update regarding Carnival’s operations.
“I have had many people ask about their cruise next week and for cruises through July even…The answer is that the Fleet Operations Center, the ship’s Captains and the Beards all work together on this,” he explains.
“They will never make any itinerary changes days in advance. That’s because we want to try and give guests the cruise they booked…”
As of now, Carnival Liberty’s 7-day Western Caribbean cruise from New Orleans will be first be visiting Cozumel then Belize City and Roatán instead of the oiringal order: Roatán, Belize City, and Cozumel.