Cruise ship itineraries have continued to change as Tropical Storm Imelda joins Hurricane Humberto with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, moving north parallel to the Florida coast.
Tropical Storm Imelda continues to move north-northwest at 10 miles per hour as of 30 September 2025. The USA National Hurricane Center forecast the storm to strengthen into a hurricane by 1 October 2025 while remaining offshore from the US East Coast and steering clear of direct landfall in Florida or the Carolinas.
Storm watches covered the central and northwestern Bahamas with warnings for heavy rain and gusty winds extending to the Turks and Caicos Islands, eastern Cuba, Haiti, and the southeastern Bahamas. Cruise lines adjusted itineraries for at least 12 vessels departing between 25 and 28 September 2025 to avoid rough seas and port disruptions in the path of the system.
- Royal Caribbean International rerouted the Star of the Seas, which departed Port Canaveral on 28 September 2025, from an Eastern Caribbean schedule to a Western Caribbean route. The ship skipped planned stops at Perfect Day at CocoCay and St Kitts, where an inaugural visit stood postponed to 23 October 2025, and instead called at Costa Maya in Mexico, Roatan in Honduras, and Cozumel in Mexico. The Symphony of the Seas, sailing from Cape Liberty on 28 September 2025, replaced visits to Orlando-Port Canaveral, Nassau, and Perfect Day at CocoCay with calls at Sydney in Nova Scotia and Halifax in Canada. The Grandeur of the Seas, departing Tampa on 27 September 2025, shifted its Western Caribbean ports with Cozumel moved earlier in the schedule to evade the storm track.
- Carnival Cruise Line modified the itinerary of the Carnival Vista, which sailed from Port Canaveral on 22 September 2025, by cancelling a call at Half Moon Cay on 30 September 2025 and adding a visit to Grand Turk on 1 October 2025. The Carnival Magic, departing Port Canaveral on 28 September 2025 for an eight-night voyage, altered its Eastern Caribbean ports to include additional sea days. The Carnival Sunrise advanced its Half Moon Cay arrival by one day on the 25 September 2025 sailing from Miami to align with calmer conditions, while the Carnival Venezia cancelled a final Eastern Caribbean port and retained Cozumel on its return to New York on 1 October 2025. The Carnival Sunshine, which left Norfolk on 28 September 2025, substituted three Bahamian destinations with an overnight stay in Saint John, New Brunswick, on 30 September to 1 October 2025.
- Disney Cruise Line changed the schedule of the Disney Wish, departing Port Canaveral on 26 September 2025, by swapping Nassau on 27 September 2025 for a sea day and advancing Castaway Cay to 27 September 2025. The Disney Fantasy, sailing from Port Canaveral on 27 September 2025, adjusted port order in the Eastern Caribbean pending further tracking of Imelda’s path. Norwegian Cruise Line revised the Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Aqua itineraries due to the storm’s projected track, though specifics remained under review as of 30 September 2025.
- MSC Cruises rerouted the MSC Meraviglia from Port Canaveral, replacing a Half Moon Cay visit on 30 September 2025 with Grand Turk, shifting Amber Cove to 1 October 2025, and moving Celebration Key to 3 October 2025, with return to port on 4 October 2025 as planned. Operators notified passengers by email and provided refunds for cancelled excursions up to 500 euro per person under standard policies.
No full sailings faced cancellation, and lines continued to monitor the storm alongside Hurricane Humberto, which generated swells affecting northern Caribbean routes. The Bermuda Weather Service issued a tropical storm watch for the archipelago through 2 October 2025.
Cruise executives stated that safety remained the priority with adjustments based on guidance from the National Hurricane Center and US Coast Guard.
