5 Carnival cruise ships with itineraries in early 2025 and early 2026 are actually getting itinerary changes for numerous ports of name within the Bahamas. Some ports are changed, others have modified instances, some go to orders are modified, and different slight shifts are being made.
The cruise line notified friends on the impacted voyages on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, greater than 4 months earlier than the primary altered itinerary. This does give vacationers ample time to alter their cruise trip plans if they like.
5 whole ships are impacted: Carnival Freedom, Carnival Magic, Carnival Dawn, Carnival Pleasure, and Carnival Spirit. In whole, 11 voyages are adjusted on this newest spherical of comparatively small modifications.
Carnival Freedom
Carnival Freedom is the primary ship to be impacted by these new modifications, however it isn’t till the ship’s February 10, 2025 departure that any shifts are being made. That 5-night Japanese Caribbean cruise might be changing the deliberate go to to Bimini with a cease in Nassau as a substitute, and port instances have been modified.
Two of Carnival Freedom‘s March 2026 itineraries have additionally been barely adjusted. For the March 9, 2026 departure, the times visiting Celebration Key and Nassau are swapped, although the ship will nonetheless be visiting each ports. The time in Nassau has additionally been barely modified.
Equally, the ship’s March 28, 2026 departure is swapping the times visiting Princess Cays and Nassau, although the port instances are unaffected for that voyage.
For all three adjusted itineraries, Carnival Freedom is crusing from Port Canaveral and there aren’t any modifications associated to her homeport arrivals or departures.
Carnival Magic
Two March 2025 sailings for Carnival Magic are being modified. The ship is crusing from Miami, and her March 2, 2025 departure is altering port orders and revising instances for each Grand Turk and Half Moon Cay on that 6-night voyage.
The ship’s March 16, 2025 cruise – additionally a 6-night voyage – will now be visiting Nassau reasonably than Half Moon Cay, and the time in port might be barely totally different than what was deliberate for the personal island.
Carnival Dawn
4 early 2026 voyages for Carnival Dawn are impacted, every in a barely totally different means. For all 4 sailings, the ship is homeported from Miami.
First is the ship’s February 7 departure, a 5-night Bahamas cruise. On that crusing, the ship will now be visiting Princess Cays as a substitute of Half Moon Cay, and the order of port visits has modified.
The change is minimal to Carnival Dawn‘s March 7 crusing, which is barely altering the day of visiting Half Moon Cay and with a barely adjusted port time, although the precise port of name itself is preserved. Neither Nassau or nor Celebration Key are impacted on that 5-night cruise.
On the ship’s March 12 departure, Carnival Dawn is changing Half Moon Cay with a cease in Princess Cays as a substitute throughout the 4-night cruise. The go to to Celebration Key stays unchanged.
Lastly, the March 21 crusing date is extra dramatically altered, with the ship now visiting Princess Cays as a substitute of Half Moon Cay and the general port time modified. The times of visiting Nassau and (now) Princess Cays are additionally modified for the 5-night voyage.
Carnival Pleasure
Only one cruise is modified for Carnival Pleasure, however it’s a vital one. On the ship’s March 8, 2026 departure, a 7-night Bahamas itinerary from Baltimore, the ship will not be visiting both Bimini or Princess Cays.
As an alternative, Carnival Pleasure might be stopping in Half Moon Cay and Nassau. The go to to Celebration Key stays unchanged for this cruise.
Carnival Spirit
Likewise, only one cruise aboard Carnival Spirit is impacted on this record of itinerary modifications. For the ship’s March 8, 2026 crusing from Cell, Alabama, the go to to Bimini is now changed with Nassau, the port order of (now) Nassau and Celebration Secret’s modified.
Why So Many Carnival Itinerary Changes?
Carnival Cruise Line has not defined why so many itineraries are being adjusted in these small methods. A number of the alterations could also be because of the new pier development at Half Moon Cay, throughout which island operations and capability could also be impacted.
As soon as the pier is full, the will to convey the road’s new Excel-class ships to the personal vacation spot may additionally change plans for different vessels within the fleet.
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Comparable modifications have already been introduced for Mardi Gras and Carnival Vista, in addition to different itineraries impacted for Carnival Freedom, Carnival Magic, Carnival Pleasure, Carnival Sunshine, and Carnival Spirit.
In all circumstances, any pre-paid shore excursions booked via Carnival Cruise Line might be adjusted as wanted for modifications in port visits, or cancelled if the port of name has been modified. Refunds might be made to the unique type of fee.
It isn’t in any respect uncommon for cruise traces to “tweak” itineraries for extra gasoline effectivity, streamlined crusing routes, port capability, or different elements. Whereas some cruise friends could also be disenchanted on the modifications, you will need to notice that Carnival Cruise Line reserves the proper to alter itineraries at any time and with out discover if mandatory.
By offering advance discover of those modifications, the cruise line is giving friends the chance to likewise regulate their trip plans if most popular.
