The tropical storm Isaac has proven that not everything can be planned and executed perfectly as the industry giant Carnival was forced to keep the 2,974 passengers aboard the Carnival Valor and 2,052 passengers on the Carnival Imagination longer then intended. It has been reported that half a dozen cruise ships which were scheduled to return to their ports-of-calls in Florida were forced to remain at sea together with their passengers who were probably displeased, especially if other travel arrangements were involved to their returning home. Other ships which were stuck at sea were the RCCL Majesty of the Seas with its 2,350 passengers, as well as the NCL’s Norwegian Sky together with its 2,004 passengers from the previous cruise which had to be extended more days due to the inconvenience of this tropical storm. Not to forget that the one of the ships which was delayed was the largest ship in the world, the RCCL’s Allure of the Seas with its 5,400 passengers and it is expected to arrive in Fort Lauderdale, FL on Tuesday, which would put the ship’s schedule only two days behind.
The delays which occurred due to the tropical storm Isaac have made few shifts and changes in the cruise schedules of about a dozen of cruise ships which are based off of Florida. For example, the Carnival Valor which was originally scheduled to depart from Miami of Sunday on a six-night voyage will cruise on a shorten schedule of five-nights. The ship will simply skip the visit to Key West and continue to the other ports-of-calls. As mentioned previously, another ship which would be delayed is the largest ship in the world the RCCL Allure of the Seas. What was originally supposed to be a seven-might trip to the Western Caribbean out of Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, now it will be a five-night trip by skipping the ports-of-calls of Falmouth, Jamaica and Labadee, Haiti and adding the port-of-call in Nassau, Bahamas. The Majesty of the Seas and the Norwegian Sky will depart from Miami only several hours later than what was originally scheduled and currently no changes have been made, nor announced, in their itinerary. There are ships which have been just recently affected by the tropical storm Isaac which arrived in the Caribbean earlier last week. Some of those ships are the Carnival Dream, Destiny, Liberty, Legend, and Ecstasy, the NCL Norwegian Gem, as well as RCCL’s Monarch of the Seas.
The liners are waiting for the green light from the port authorities which will mean that the ports would be opened to disembark the current passengers and embark the ones who are waiting for their cruise. This wait should not be longer than later this evening.
