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Irene Disrupts Cruise Line Schedules

Hurrican Irene missed Florida and passed over the Bahamas.  Fortunately, Nassau took a glancing blow and  damage was not severe.  Other than the 3 and 4 day cruises to the Bahamas, schedules for Florida departures had minor changes in the order ports were visited.

There was a serious glitch in San Juan where a Carnival ship and a Royal Caribbean ship were ordered by port authorities to depart several hours early stranding hundreds of passengers in San Juan.

Irene is expected to arrive in the NYC  area around 8 AM on Sunday.  Holland America brought the Veendam back from Bermuda a day early.  Celebrity Cruises kept the Summit in Bermuda for an extra day so it won’t arrive back until Monday.

Let’s hope that Irene gets her ill winds out of here real soon.