Mariner itinerary change

[Biker19]

Royal Caribbean International’s Mariner of the Seas has been forced to change ports of call due to a medical emergency that caused the ship to divert earlier this week.

 

Now, the ship will no longer call on Labadee, Haiti, as planned, but will instead spend two days at the cruise line’s private island, Perfect Day at CocoCay.

 

Medical Evacuation Causes Delay

 

The Voyager-class Mariner of the Seas is currently sailing a 5-night roundtrip “Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day” itinerary, having departed from Port Canaveral on Monday, October 24, 2022.

 

The itinerary was to have included a day at sea on Tuesday, a visit to Labadee, Haiti on Wednesday, another day at sea on Thursday, and a visit to CocoCay on Friday, before returning to Port Canaveral on Saturday, October 29.

 

Very early on Tuesday, however, the ship had to divert to Fort Lauderdale for a medical emergency. According to guests onboard, the ship’s captain announced at approximately 12:15 a.m. Tuesday morning that the ship needed to turn around for the medical evacuation.

 

 

To safeguard privacy related to the medical emergency, neither the name of the party nor the nature of the emergency has been disclosed.

 

Tracking data later show the ship docked at Port Everglades, at which time the individual would have been debarked and transferred to local medical facilities for further treatment. The cruise line has not announced whether it was a guest or crew member who required medical treatment.

 

 

As Tuesday was a day at sea on the ship’s itinerary, this did not have an appreciable impact on Tuesday’s activities, but the ship is now unable to reach Labadee in time for the scheduled port of call from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

 

Labadee, on the northern coast of Haiti, is 660 miles (1,062 kilometers) from Port Everglades, though ships must actually travel more than 700 miles (1,127 km) between the ports to follow a safe, navigable route.

 

Ports of Call Changed

 

Instead of calling on Labadee on Wednesday, Mariner of the Seas is taking the day at sea at a leisurely pace.

 

To make up for the missed port, the ship will now visit CocoCay, the cruise line’s private island destination in The Bahamas, twice, docking both on Thursday and Friday. This gives guests extra time to enjoy one of the most popular ports of call for Royal Caribbean ships.

 

The timing of each day’s visit has not been clarified, but Friday’s port times are likely to remain the same as planned on the original itinerary – 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

Thursday’s time in port may be similar, or could vary depending on preparations for the extended and unexpected visit, as well as docking arrangements.

 

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Changes Ports Due to Diversion (cruisehive.com)

 

Biker, who assumes that few CCers are on board for this to not to be reported earlier.

Edited October 27, 2022 by Biker19