Remnant of Hurricane Rina shuffles more cruise ship itineraries
Industry giant Carnival plans to re-route three more cruise ships over the coming week due to Rina, the once-powerful storm that caused itinerary changes at a number of lines this week.
Carnival tells USA TODAY the Saturday sailing of the Carnival Dream out of Port Canaveral, Fla. will be affected by the weakening storm, as will the Sunday sailings of the Carnival Valor out of Miami and the Carnival Legend out of Tampa.
The line says the Carnival Dream will switch from a Western Caribbean itinerary to an Eastern Caribbean itinerary for the week to steer clear of Rina. Instead of port calls in Mexico, Belize and Honduras, the ship will visit St. Thomas, St. Maarten and Nassau in the Bahamas.
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The Carnival Valor will skip calls scheduled in Roatan, Honduras and Belize City, Belize and instead visit Ocho Rios, Jamaica and spend an extra day at sea. The Carnival Legend will skip calls in Belize City, Roatan and Cozumel, Mexico and instead visit Grand Turk and Falmouth, Jamaica and also spend an extra day at sea.
As of 10:00 AM CDT, Rina was 55 miles north-