29 SEP 2017: This is your captain speaking from the bridge. I know many of you were looking forward to a week of fun in the sun on stops in San Juan, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. Unfortunately, all those ports are closed indefinitely because of the train of hurricanes that’s churned through the Caribbean this year.
Our shore specialists have been working day and night trying to reschedule our itineraries. A great advantage of a cruise ship is that we can avoid storms and change island destinations, something that resorts on land can’t do.
Meanwhile the pool bars are open and the ship’s restaurants are well supplied as we chart a new course. And fingers crossed, the worst of the weather is behind us.
Here’s a snapshot at the ever-shifting map of islands that may be off the Caribbean itineraries for the foreseeable future: