Cruise Lines Divert Ships as Idalia and Franklin Churn in the Caribbean

Hurricane Idalia is marching toward Florida and Hurricane Franklin is moving past Bermuda in the Atlantic. Franklin is already a Category 4 hurricane and Idalia is expected to become a Category 3 sometime on Tuesday, meaning cruise ships are moving to adjust their itineraries to avoid being caught in the wake of the storms. 

Carnival Cruise Lines

Carnival Conquest will skip Key West and head instead to Bimini, Bahamas. The ship will spend the day at sea on Wednesday instead of going to Cozumel and will call at Nassau on Thursday rather than a sea day. 

Carnival Magic, which left Norfolk, Virginia, will now call at Half Moon Cay, Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas, during its six-day cruise. 

Carnival Legend, which departed Baltimore on Sunday, will skip Bermuda and head to Nassau and Freeport instead. 

Celebrity Cruises: Celebrity Equinox, which sailed from Port Everglades, Fla., on Sunday, went to Falmouth, Jamaica instead of Grand Cayman on Tuesday. The rest of the ship's itinerary will be the same but delayed one day. 

Disney Cruise Line: Disney has changed the itinerary of the Disney Fantasy for its current cruise. The ship will call in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on Tuesday and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and will go to Castaway Cay as planned on Friday. 

MSC Cruises: MSC Meraviglia will travel to Nassau on Wednesday instead of Miami and will call in Miami on Friday. MSC Seaside skipped its call in Ocean Cay and is overnighting in Nassau.

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