A number of Miami-based Caribbean
cruise lines say the frequency of hurricanes and storms being experienced by
the region have significantly disrupted their cruise itineraries.
Many of the cruise lines have changed their itineraries, ports and departure dates because of Gustav and Hanna.
So far, the weather is affecting nine ships at Carnival Cruises alone, as well as operations of Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International.
In the latest change, Royal Caribbean said two Florida-based ships that normally stop at CocoCay, the line's private island in the Bahamas, will instead head to Key West, Florida this week.
Mariner of the Seas also is skipping CocoCay this week but will not substitute another port.
The ship will go ahead with its scheduled calls in St.Thomas and St. Maarten.
Another Royal Caribbean ship, Liberty of the Seas, based in Miami, also is being affected by the storm, stating that it is switching the order of its port calls.
Also switching gears due to Hanna, is Norwegian Cruise Line's New York based Norwegian Spirit, which is heading to Bermuda this week instead of the Bahamas.
Another Norwegian ship, the Miami-based Norwegian Sky, will skip the Bahamas in favour of the Western Caribbean.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said Hanna will gradually strengthen today and is likely to head along the Bahamas chain toward the southeastern coast of the United States.
Meanwhile, another potentially problematic storm, Tropical Storm Ike, has formed in the Atlantic.
The NHC said it expects Ike to grow into a hurricane later in the week and reach the Bahamas by the weekend.
Many of the cruise lines have changed their itineraries, ports and departure dates because of Gustav and Hanna.
So far, the weather is affecting nine ships at Carnival Cruises alone, as well as operations of Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International.
In the latest change, Royal Caribbean said two Florida-based ships that normally stop at CocoCay, the line's private island in the Bahamas, will instead head to Key West, Florida this week.
Mariner of the Seas also is skipping CocoCay this week but will not substitute another port.
The ship will go ahead with its scheduled calls in St.Thomas and St. Maarten.
Another Royal Caribbean ship, Liberty of the Seas, based in Miami, also is being affected by the storm, stating that it is switching the order of its port calls.
Also switching gears due to Hanna, is Norwegian Cruise Line's New York based Norwegian Spirit, which is heading to Bermuda this week instead of the Bahamas.
Another Norwegian ship, the Miami-based Norwegian Sky, will skip the Bahamas in favour of the Western Caribbean.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said Hanna will gradually strengthen today and is likely to head along the Bahamas chain toward the southeastern coast of the United States.
Meanwhile, another potentially problematic storm, Tropical Storm Ike, has formed in the Atlantic.
The NHC said it expects Ike to grow into a hurricane later in the week and reach the Bahamas by the weekend.
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