Odyssey of the Seas Delayed by Fierce Winter Storm, Subsequent Crusing Shortened

Winter Storm Fern is impacting a number of cruise ships within the northeast, together with Carnival Delight in Baltimore and MSC Meraviglia in Brooklyn, and now Odyssey of the Seas has joined that record.

The Quantum-Extremely-class ship is homeported from Cape Liberty, New Jersey, and can now be late returning to her Backyard State homeport on account of poor climate situations. Naturally, this has the knock-on impact of shortening the following cruise by a full day.

Royal Caribbean has reached out to visitors on the ship’s January 26 (now January 27) itinerary with their up to date plans.

“As a result of main winter storm affecting a lot of the east and northeast US, and the impacts to land-based journey and port operations, we’re delaying our arrival into Bayonne by someday,” the e-mail despatched to visitors confirmed.

“It will enable for the climate to enhance and shore based-operations to get well. For a lot of visitors experiencing problem attending to Bayonne, we hope this relieves some fear as you’ll have an additional day to make it there safely. We are going to now be crusing on Tuesday, January twenty seventh with an up to date itinerary.”

In accordance with Flightaware, the three closest airports to the Cape Liberty Cruise Port are displaying the next delays and cancellations on Sunday, January 25:

• Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport (12 miles away) – 20 delays, 909 cancellations
• LaGuardia Airport (20 miles away) – 32 delays, 899 cancellations
• John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (25 miles away) – 37 delays, 956 cancellations

Because the storm isn’t anticipated to clear the East Coast till early Monday morning, further delays are potential. Moreover, flight schedules will likely be chaotic for a number of days following the storm as delayed vacationers should meet up with their plans.

With Odyssey of the Seas now planning to set sail on Tuesday, visitors could have further time to even out their journey plans and arrive on the cruise terminal with out lacking the ship.

Itinerary Adjusted for Shortened Crusing

Odyssey of the Seas is coming back from an 11-night (now 12-night) Southern Caribbean itinerary. The ship’s subsequent crusing was to have been a 12-night cruise, however will now as a substitute be an 11-night crusing, additionally with a Southern Caribbean route. Sadly, the shortened itinerary can’t accommodate all of the initially deliberate ports of name.

“On account of this transformation, our calls to San Juan, Puerto Rico and Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas will likely be canceled and as a substitute we’ll take pleasure in some further time onboard,” the cruise line confirmed.

With no different ports accessible, this makes Odyssey of the Seas‘ upcoming itinerary as follows:

• Tuesday, January 27 – Depart Cape Liberty at 3 p.m.
• Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, January 28-30 – Days at sea
• Saturday, January 31 – St. Johns, Antigua from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday, February 1 – Bridgetown, Barbados from 9 a.m. to six p.m.
• Monday, February 2 – Castries, St. Lucia from 8 a.m. to five p.m.
• Tuesday, February 3 – Philipsburg, St. Maarten from 9 a.m. to six p.m.
• Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, February 4-6 – Days at sea
• Saturday, February 7 – Arrive New Jersey at 6 a.m.

Any shore excursions booked by means of Royal Caribbean for the now-cancelled visits to San Juan and Charlotte Amalie will likely be robotically cancelled and refunded.

Whereas it will likely be disappointing for visitors to overlook these locations, the additional time at sea ensures Odyssey of the Seas can regulate her crusing path to be so far as potential from any remnants of the storm, guaranteeing the smoothest potential situations for visitors to take pleasure in.

If there are any additional changes to the ship’s itinerary, booked visitors will likely be notified as quickly as adjustments are confirmed.