A small but strong Hurricane Paula already has forced nearly a dozen cruise ships in the Caribbean to alter itineraries, including eight vessels operated by industry giant Carnival that collectively are carrying more than 20,000 vacationers.
Among the most affected is the 2,124-passenger Carnival Legend, which is skipping a call today in Cozumel to avoid the Category 2 storm. The line also has canceled the ship's stops in Roatan, Honduras and Belize scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Instead, the ship will visit just one more port: Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
Also diverting to Ocho Rios as the storm churns off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is the 2,974-passenger Carnival Valor. The ship visited the Jamaican port on Tuesday and will visit Nassau, Bahamas on Friday instead of stops in Roatan, Belize and Cozumel.
The 2,052-passenger Carnival Ecstasy and 2,758-passenger Carnival Triumph, meanwhile, are both skipping calls in Progreso and Cozumel this week. Both will visit just one port instead. The Ecstasy is heading to Veracruz; the Triumph to Key West.
The 2,974-passenger Carnival Conquest also will head to Key West instead of calls in Grand Cayman and Cozumel.
A sixth Carnival ship, the 2,052-passenger Carnival Imagination, will visit Nassau this week instead of Cozumel.
Two other Carnival ships, the 2,052-passenger Carnival Inspiration and 2,052-passenger Carnival Elation, arrived in and departed from Cozumel ahead of schedule on Tuesday.
Also altering itineraries due to the storm are Holland America and Celebrity Cruises.
Holland America is sending the 1,258-passenger Ryndam to Grand Turk and Half Moon Cay (the line's private island in the Bahamas) instead of on a Western Caribbean itinerary to Belize City, Roatan and Costa Maya.
Celebrity says the Celebrity Solstice will skip calls in Cozumel, Costa Maya and Roatan and instead visit Montego Bay, Jamaica; Labadee, Haiti (home to Royal Caribbean's private beach destination) and Nassau.
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Well we had to do the same thing 2 week ago. But we had a great time. We got to wave @ Honduras @ 7:00am. But Team Carnival had been @ work since 4:00 am planning us a great day @ sea. GO Team Carnival. On board Triumph.
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