We were on the Thanksgiving cruise that left Houston a day late (we actually spent Sat night on the ship). Our itinerary changed dramatically due to the winds. Instead of Cozumel, Roatan then Belize we ended up in Costa Maya Mexico on Tuesday and Cozumel on Thursday and that was it for us.
Looks like Princess did something similar on the 12/21/13 cruise. Late departure out of Houston (24 hrs) and they dropped Roatan altogether. They went to Costa Maya, Belize City, then Cozumel instead.
We were on the 12/14 voyage right before that - the one who's Houston Saturday (12/21) return was originally delayed 24 hours due to the port closure for fog but then the fog lifted unexpectedly 12/21 0800 a.m. and the captain made a run for port.
Ironically, I had found out from our our PRE-cruise hotel staff at 9 p.m. (12/13) the night previous to our departure (NOT from anyone at Princess) to expect a delay the next day due to the Houston fog. Sure enough they were right! Princess sent us an emergency email around 10:45 a.m. the morning of departure revealing the delay with the 12/7 voyage's return, asking us not to arrive for check-in until after 3 p.m. Unfortunately, I think that communication came too late as we later found out that throngs of 12/14 passengers driving in were stuck in a parking holding lot for more than 4 hours.
Luckily for us we were able to extend our visit at Space Center Houston, then relax a little longer at the hotel lobby until 3 p.m. before heading to the Bayport cruise terminal. Also, the delay for our 12/14 voyage departure was not great enough to require an itinerary change. We were able to max cruise it Saturday night and all-day Sunday and lose only about an hour at Cozumel Monday (12/16) morning.
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Looks like Princess did something similar on the 12/21/13 cruise. Late departure out of Houston (24 hrs) and they dropped Roatan altogether. They went to Costa Maya, Belize City, then Cozumel instead.
We were on the 12/14 voyage right before that - the one who's Houston Saturday (12/21) return was originally delayed 24 hours due to the port closure for fog but then the fog lifted unexpectedly 12/21 0800 a.m. and the captain made a run for port.
Ironically, I had found out from our our PRE-cruise hotel staff at 9 p.m. (12/13) the night previous to our departure (NOT from anyone at Princess) to expect a delay the next day due to the Houston fog. Sure enough they were right! Princess sent us an emergency email around 10:45 a.m. the morning of departure revealing the delay with the 12/7 voyage's return, asking us not to arrive for check-in until after 3 p.m. Unfortunately, I think that communication came too late as we later found out that throngs of 12/14 passengers driving in were stuck in a parking holding lot for more than 4 hours.
Luckily for us we were able to extend our visit at Space Center Houston, then relax a little longer at the hotel lobby until 3 p.m. before heading to the Bayport cruise terminal. Also, the delay for our 12/14 voyage departure was not great enough to require an itinerary change. We were able to max cruise it Saturday night and all-day Sunday and lose only about an hour at Cozumel Monday (12/16) morning.