Carnival Cruise Line is adjusting the crusing itineraries of three of their ships, necessitating adjustments for varied sail dates in 2024 and 2025 aboard Carnival Sunshine, Carnival Venezia, and Carnival Mardi Gras.
Adjustment to Caribbean Itineraries
Carnival Cruise Line has notified friends of upcoming itinerary changes for a number of sailings involving completely different vessels within the fleet. These adjustments, detailed in a current cruise line communication, embrace adjustments to sail dates, port calls, and occasions at varied locations.
The adjustments have an effect on three Carnival Sunshine sailings, three Carnival Venezia sailings, and one Carnival Mardi Gras crusing. Carnival didn’t give any cause for the adjustments, merely writing to passengers, “Thanks in your understanding.”
Carnival Sunshine Itinerary Shifts
The primary affected journey is with Carnival Sunshine, departing from Miami on October 19, 2024. It has changed its initially scheduled cease at Half Moon Cay, The Bahamas, with a go to to Princess Cays on October 21.
Each calls are personal locations for Carnival Company, with Half Moon Cay typically utilized by Holland America Line and Princess Cays devoted to Princess Cruises. Till the brand new Celebration Key opens in 2025, Carnival Cruise Line friends share these two locations.
Moreover, the three,002-passenger Carnival Sunshine modified the times visiting Bimini and Freeport with modified port occasions. This impacts the 2025 round-trip Miami cruises to The Bahamas, the Japanese Caribbean, and the Western Caribbean scheduled on Might 11, Might 25, June 8, and June 22.
The itinerary changes necessitate revised port occasions to accommodate the altered distances between locations. The ship may even see adjustments to the dates it visits Nassau, Bimini, and Celebration Key throughout Carnival Sunshine’s September 28, 2025 crusing.
Carnival Venezia Itinerary Shifts
For the 135,225-gross-ton Carnival Venezia, which debuted in June of 2023, passengers crusing in 2025 from Port Canaveral, Florida, will discover modifications to itineraries for its February 2, March 16, and April 13 sailings.
In February, Carnival Venezia has adjusted the times it visits Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, with modified port occasions. It has additionally changed its name in St. Thomas within the U.S. Virgin Islands with a go to to St. Croix, adjusting the port time and date.
Passengers aboard the March 16 crusing will discover an initially scheduled go to to Grand Turk has been changed with a name in Amber Cove, within the Dominican Republic. This modification additionally impacts port occasions. San Juan’s time in port has additionally been adjusted, as a result of change in distance.
For the April crusing, Carnival Venezia has reversed the order of port visits and modified port occasions. As an alternative of crusing first to Grand Turks, San Juan, after which St. Thomas on its roundtrip voyage from Port Canaveral, it can first name on St. Thomas.
Carnival Mardi Gras Itinerary Shift
The 7-day Japanese Caribbean cruise from Port Canaveral aboard Carnival Mardi Gras may even see an itinerary reversal for its February 15, 2025, voyage.
Initially scheduled to sail first to Grand Turk, Amber Cove, and Nassau on its roundtrip journey, it can now lead with Nassau.
Shore Excursions and Changes
Vacationers have ample time to regulate excursions booked on affected cruises, and Carnival will routinely alter pre-purchased shore excursions booked via Carnival. Within the occasion of a port cancellation, Carnival routinely refunds the unique type of cost.
Passengers are suggested to overview shore tour choices to make new bookings, and any passengers who booked excursions on their very own are suggested to contact their supplier to make any obligatory adjustments.
Most tour operators don’t verify excursions this far upfront, so adjustments ought to be simple to make. Nevertheless, no reimbursement might be provided for any non-refundable bookings.
