Carnival Tropical Weather Update

[liz000]

TROPICAL WEATHER UPDATE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 - 2:00 PM

STATUS: We continue to monitor the situation with an update on Hurricane Hanna affecting the Carnival Miracle, which will visit Newport, Rhode Island on Friday from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. In addition, the Carnival Fantasy Wednesday, September 3rd 4 Day Cruise’s departure time has been delayed to 6:00 PM to allow for delays due to additional local traffic.

We are closely monitoring the progress of Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna. All of Carnival’s ships will continue to operate at a safe distance from this storm at all times. Our number one priority is the safety of our guests and crew.

We have made some itinerary changes for several departures this week in order to provide our guests with an enjoyable shore experience, while operating the ships in the safest and most comfortable conditions possible. These are listed below:

Carnival Ecstasy Thur., 8/28 departure from Galveston: The ship will visit Progreso, Yucatan (Sat). This ship will return to Galveston on Wednesday, September 3 as the Port of Galveston is closed due to Hurricane Gustav.

Carnival Ecstasy Wed., 9/3 departure from Galveston: The ship will sail on a 3 Day Cruise-To-Nowhere, due to the delayed return of the cruise of Thurs., 8/28.

Carnival Fantasy Thur., 8/28 departure from Mobile: The ship will visit Progreso, Yucatan (Sat). This ship will return to Mobile on Wednesday, September 3 as the Port of Mobile is closed due to Hurricane Gustav.

Carnival Fantasy Wed., 9/3 departure from Mobile: The ship will sail on a 4 Day Cruise visiting Cozumel (Fri) and returning Sun., 9/7, due to the delayed return of the cruise of Thurs., 8/28.

Carnival Miracle Fri., 8/29 departure from New York: The ship will change her itinerary to visit the ports of call: Port Canaveral (Mon), Nassau (Tue) and Freeport (Wed). Due to strong winds in the southern Bahamas, the ship will cancel her call to Nassau (Tue) and call on Freeport instead. The ship will visit Newport, Rhode Island on Friday from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Carnival Inspiration Sat., 8/30 departure from Tampa: The ship will visit Cozumel (Tue).

Carnival Glory Sat., 8/30 departure from Pt. Canaveral: The ship will cancel her call to Nassau (Sun) and visit the scheduled ports of call: St. Thomas (Tue), St. Maarten (Wed)

Carnival Liberty Sat., 8/30 departure from Miami: The ship will visit the ports of call in reverse order Ocho Rios (Mon), Grand Cayman (Tue), Cozumel (Thur)

Carnival Conquest Sun. 8/31 departure from Galveston: The ship will cancel her call to Montego Bay (Wed) and visit Progreso, Yucatan (Tue), Cozumel (Wed), and Grand Cayman (Thur).

Carnival Triumph Sun. 8/31 departure from Miami: The ship will cancel her call to Half Moon Cay (Mon) and visit the scheduled ports of call of St. Thomas (Wed), San Juan (Thur) and Grand Turk (Fri)

 

Carnival Legend Sun. 8/31 departure from Tampa: The ship will cancel her call to Grand Cayman (Tue) and visit Key West (Mon) and then call on the scheduled ports of call of Cozumel (Wed), Belize (Thur) and Isla Roatan (Fri).

 

FUTURE CRUISES FOR WEEK STARTING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2008:

Carnival Fantasy: Mon. 9/1 departure from Mobile: We will be forced to change the five-day Carnival Fantasy cruise scheduled to depart on Monday, September 1, 2008 to a four-day cruise departing on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 returning on Sunday, September 7, 2008. The four-day cruise will depart from Mobile at 4:00 PM on Wednesday and visit Cozumel on Friday (arrive 8:00 AM; depart 5:00 PM).

Guests that sail on the new four-day cruise will receive a 25% refund of the cruise fare paid. In addition, guests will receive a 25% discount of a future three- to five-day Carnival Cruise departing prior to December 15, 2009. This discount applies to the cruise fare only. Please understand this offer is non-transferable.

If guests elect to cancel the cruise, we ask that guests contact us right away to cancel the booking. Guests will receive a full refund and refunds will be processed in less than two weeks.

Carnival Ecstasy: Mon. 9/1 departure from Galveston: We will be forced to change the five-day Carnival Ecstasy cruise scheduled to depart on Monday, September 1, 2008 to a three-day Cruise-To-Nowhere departing on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 returning on Saturday, September 6, 2008. The new three-day cruise will depart from Galveston at 4:00 PM on Wednesday.

 

Guests that sail on the new three-day cruise will receive a 50% refund of the cruise fare paid. In addition, guests will receive a 50% discount of a future three- to five-day Carnival Cruise departing prior to December 15, 2009. This discount applies to the cruise fare only. Please understand this offer is non-transferable.

If guests elect to cancel the cruise, we ask that guests contact us right away to cancel the booking. Guests will receive a full refund and refunds will be processed in less than two weeks.

We are looking forward to welcoming our guests aboard all of the Carnival “Fun Ships”. The officers, staff and crew on each of our ships are dedicated to delivering a great cruise vacation experience.

[honeymooners10]

welcome to hurricane season

[DGP1111]

Woweeeee Jeepers!!! And that's only the start. :(

[People_Mover]

where did you get this information?

[wrp96]

www.carnival.com and click on the red Tropical Update Link (on the far right side in the middle http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/cruise_control/Weather_Updates08.aspx

 

Here's the latest update

 

TROPICAL WEATHER UPDATE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 - 12:30 PM

We are closely monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike. All of Carnival’s ships will continue to operate at a safe distance from these storms. Our number one priority is the safety of our guests and crew.

We have made itinerary changes for several departures in order to provide our guests with an enjoyable shore experience, while operating the ships in the safest and most comfortable conditions:

Carnival Miracle: 8/29 departure from New York: The ship will visit Port Canaveral (Mon), Freeport (Tue) and Newport, Rhode Island (Fri).

Carnival Glory: 8/30 departure from Pt. Canaveral: The ship will visit St. Thomas (Tue) and St. Maarten (Wed)

Carnival Liberty: 8/30 departure from Miami: The ship will visit the ports of call in reverse order Ocho Rios (Mon), Grand Cayman (Tue), Cozumel (Thur).

Carnival Conquest: 8/31 departure from Galveston: The ship will visit Progreso, (Tue), Cozumel (Wed) and Grand Cayman (Thur).

Carnival Legend: 8/31 departure from Tampa: The ship will visit Key West (Mon), Cozumel (Wed), Belize (Thur) and Isla Roatan (Fri).

Carnival Triumph: 8/31 departure from Miami: The ship will cancel the calls to Half Moon Cay (Mon) and Grand Turk (Fri); and visit the scheduled ports of call of St. Thomas (Wed) and San Juan (Thur).

Carnival Sensation: 9/4 departure from Port Canaveral: The ship will replace the scheduled call in Nassau with Freeport (Sat.).

 

We are looking forward to welcoming our guests aboard all of the Carnival “Fun Ships.” The officers, staff and crew on each of our ships are dedicated to delivering a great cruise vacation experience.

[paprbkrtr]

I'm scheduled to leave Port Canaveral on the Carnival Glory on Saturday, September 13. Ports-of-call are to be Nassau, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten. Return date is Saturday, September 20.

 

Does anybody know if this ship will sail according to plan? I've never done this in hurricane season before. :eek: Actually, I've only cruised once and it was smooooooth sailing. Hoping for the same.

 

Thanks for any opinions, advice, warnings, etc.

[moni]

Paprbkrtr, I will be on the same cruise with you.

Please join in on our roll call. We have a bunch of great people signed up for our Meet and Greet. (I don’t know how to put the link in (:ocomputer illiterate).

We shouldn’t have any problems with any:eek: hurricane on our cruise.

See you on the roll call!:)