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Carnival Cruises Postponed Due to Hurricane Helene

Carnival Cruise Line has postponed a few cruises that were scheduled to depart today from Florida due to Hurricane Helene.

Carnival Ecstasy during Hurricane Rita in 2005
Hurricane Helene currently has top wind speeds of 100 mph and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane before making landfall in Florida this evening.
Several cruise ports in Florida are closed today. Carnival Cruise Line has postponed at least two sailings that were scheduled to depart from Tampa and Jacksonville. 
Since the ports are closed, cruise ships were unable to return this morning and are waiting out the storm at sea.
Carnival Elation was scheduled to sail a four-night cruise to The Bahamas from Jacksonville today. The cruise will not depart today and Carnival said that they are monitoring the situation and are hoping the ship can return on Friday. 
Officials will need to conduct a post-storm assessment before they give clearance for the ship to return to port.
Carnival is giving text alerts for the cruise, you can sign up by texting CCL1 to CRUISE (278473).
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Carnival has also postponed today’s sailing on Carnival Paradise out of Tampa. Carnival Paradise was originally going to sail a four-night cruise to the Western Caribbean with a port stop in Cozumel.
Just like in Jacksonville, Carnival will have to wait until the storm passes and officials can conduct a post-storm assessment.  
Once they are given the green light, the cruise ship can return to Tampa. Right now, the cruise line said that they are tentatively anticipating this to happen sometime on Friday.
Carnival also has text alerts set up for this sailing. You can sign up for them by texting CCL2 to CRUISE (278473).
Carnival Cruise Line is expected to give its next update on these sailings at 1:00 pm EST today.
These are the only two ports that are currently affecting Carnival cruises. New Orleans, Miami, and Galveston are all open.
Cruise Fever will continue to monitor these Carnival cruises and will update this article as more information from Carnival gets released.
To get the latest on Hurricane Helene, you head over to the National Hurricane Center’s website.

Source: Cruisefever.net

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