Carnival Freedom’s upcoming crusing to the Bahamas, which embarks on September 5, 2024, will see a change of plans at its conclusion.
The 4-night crusing, which is a round-trip out of Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida, will name on Nassau, Bahamas, and Princess Cays, the cruise line’s non-public island vacation spot within the Bahamas, earlier than returning to the Conquest-class vessel’s homeport.
That is the place issues might be a bit completely different from what friends might have been anticipating. As a substitute of disembarking from Terminal 6, which is the place Carnival Freedom and Carnival Vista are based mostly, disembarkation will conclude subsequent door at Terminal 5.
Whereas Port Canaveral is slightly massive with six cruise terminals shared throughout the mainstream cruise strains, the gap between Terminals 5 and 6 is brief. At lower than a half mile, it ought to solely be a 5 to 10-minute stroll for friends who want to maneuver between the buildings.
“We might be docking at Terminal 6 in your embarkation, however upon your return, we might be docking at Terminal 5 for debarkation,” the cruise line wrote in a memo to impacted friends.
Certainly, there isn’t any influence to embarkation on September 5, 2024, with passengers requested to reach at Terminal 6 throughout their pre-selected Terminal Arrival Appointments as deliberate.
As standard, friends who arrive too early could also be requested to return at their assigned time – and all friends have to be on board no later than an hour earlier than departure, which is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST per cruise monitoring information.
What Ought to Impacted Friends Do?
Whereas the change is comparatively minor contemplating the shut proximity between Port Canaveral’s Terminal 5 and Terminal 6, friends disembarking on September 9 might have to make some tweaks to their journey plans for comfort.
“Though the 2 places are inside strolling distance of one another, please make your journey preparations for embarkation and debarkation with the terminal change in thoughts,” Carnival suggested friends.
For instance, friends who’re being picked up by pre-scheduled non-public drivers or pre-scheduled resort or airline shuttles will need to notify the suitable distributors of their new location.
Native friends who’re commuting to the cruise terminal can also need to rethink the place they park – maybe opting to depart their automobile nearer to the disembarkation terminal in order that they don’t must stroll as far once they’re drained on the finish of their trip.
Whereas Carnival didn’t specify the explanation for the minor change, it may very well be for a plethora of causes, starting from upkeep or restore work being carried out on the dock to overlapping schedules with different ships coming and occurring the identical day.
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Along with the two,974-passenger Carnival Freedom, Carnival Glory, Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Want, and Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas may even be within the port.
However on common, ten ships enter the port every day from main gamers within the cruise trade, so issues can get fairly busy and necessitate the occasional sport of cruise ship Tetris to accommodate everybody.
Whatever the cause, the shift to Terminal 5 appears to be a one-time necessity. Carnival Freedom is scheduled to homeport out of the Orlando-based port effectively into 2026 – with the official port schedule assigning the 110,000-gross ton ship to Terminal 6 on each go to by means of the top of the yr.
