Port Canaveral - Helene

[Bead Pirate]

Port Canaveral is expected to temporarily close on Thursday because of the anticipated high winds from Hurricane Helene, according to port CEO John Murray.

That closing likely will affect the schedules of at least five Port Canaveral-based cruise ships that were due to return to port from cruises on Thursday and Friday.

 

Already, the scheduled Thursday morning arrival at Port Canaveral of the MSC Seashore at the end of its cruise has been pushed back to Friday, meaning the ship's next cruise departure will be delayed by at least a day.

Also affected likely will be four cruise ships scheduled to arrive at Port Canaveral to complete their cruises on Friday morning and to depart on their next cruises Friday afternoon. The ships are Carnival's Glory, Disney's Wish, and Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas and Utopia of the Seas.

If the port is temporarily closed, there would need to be an inspection after the storm passed to check the port's channel for shoaling and debris caused by the high winds and the rough waves.

[LWFM]

We are sailing on the Utopia Friday 9/27. We just got a notice the Port is closed 9/26 so boarding has been pushed back to 2:30.