Major cruise line cancels planned sailings, upending vacations: 'Definitely a disappointment'

Carnival Cruise Line has canceled 11 sailings connected its Carnival Firenze ship, which were each scheduled for autumn 2026.

"Due to changes to itinerary plans, we person canceled sailings aboard Carnival Firenze scheduled betwixt Oct. 12, 2026, and Nov. 16, 2026," Carnival said successful a shared connection with Fox News Digital.

The cruise cancellations are connected to a redeployment effort, according to a connection by the institution to booked guests. 

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Carnival is readying to redeploy its Firenze vessel from Long Beach to Miami successful aboriginal 2027, followed by a imperishable determination to New York City successful the summertime of 2027, it said. The vas volition connection voyages to the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Canada, TravelAge West reported.

The redeployment volition see a Carnival Journeys Southern Caribbean voyage departing from Miami successful May 2027 earlier it leaves for New York City, according to Cruise Industry News.

Carnival Cruise Line said it's canceled 11 sailings connected its Firenze ship, which were each scheduled for autumn 2026. It reached retired to passengers with the news. (iStock)

"Guests booked connected the affected sailings, arsenic good arsenic their question advisors, person been notified directly. We person apologized to our impacted guests and are offering them the enactment to rebook another," the connection continued.

Carnival Firenze was scheduled to run three- and four-night cruises, owed to depart from Long Beach.

Carnival is moving intimately with booked passengers to find a akin voyage. 

Gene Sloan, cruise manager astatine The Points Guy, said these kinds of itinerary changes aren't unusual.

"It's decidedly a disappointment for customers who are booked connected the existing sailings that get canceled. But fixed the sailings connected Carnival Firenze are 7-8 months out, it astir apt doesn't impact a immense fig of people," Sloan told Fox News Digital.

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"In general, shorter sailings get booked up person to departure dates," Sloan added.

Carnival is moving intimately with booked passengers to find a akin voyage, it said. In the lawsuit that those passengers bash not privation to alteration their itineraries, they volition person a afloat refund.

The Carnival Firenze features Italian-themed decor and eating — specified arsenic the Terrazza staterooms and Amari cocktail barroom — and acquainted favorites similar Guy's Burger Joint.  (Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg )

Carnival cruise passengers person the enactment of booking comparable sailing successful akin accommodations, on with an onboard credit, Carnival said.

"Guests who take not to reschedule volition person a afloat refund of their cruise fare and immoderate pre-purchased items to the archetypal signifier of payment," the connection concluded.

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If booked passengers docket a comparable sailing by March 25, 2026, they volition person a $50 per idiosyncratic onboard credit, according to Yahoo Travel.

After the March 25 deadline, reservations volition beryllium automatically canceled and a afloat refund volition beryllium issued, the aforesaid root said. 

Several 2026 voyages connected the Carnival Panorama will person a revised schedule. (Brittany Murray/ MediaNews Group/ Long Beach Press-Telegram)

The Carnival Firenze debuted successful April 2024. It's known for its "Fun Italian Style" cruising, inspired by the metropolis of Florence. 

It had been operating year-round retired of Long Beach, California.

The Firenze vessel tin accommodate astir 4,126 passengers astatine treble occupancy, with a maximum capableness of astir 5,245 to 5,260 guests, according to the company. 

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The vessel features Italian-themed décor and eating — specified arsenic the Terrazza staterooms and Amari cocktail barroom — and acquainted favorites specified arsenic Guy's Burger Joint.

Carnival besides notified booked guests this week of different alteration successful California. Several 2026 voyages connected the Carnival Panorama will person a revised docket implemented.

Safety concerns rattled cruise passengers aft Mexico information warnings by the U.S. authorities were issued connected Sunday, Feb. 22.  (Marte Rebollar/AFP)

Carnival Panorama besides departs from Long Beach and visits Mexican Riviera ports, including Mazatlán, La Paz and Cabos San Lucas.

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None of the destinations person been removed, but the institution changed the bid of larboard calls, larboard times and immoderate departure and instrumentality times from Long Beach, according to CruiseHive.

Passengers rattled

In caller weeks, galore cruise lines person been thrown into chaos, amid the sidesplitting of cartel person Nemesio Oseguera, known arsenic "El Mencho" and astir precocious owed to the Iran conflict.

Safety concerns rattled cruise passengers aft the U.S. authorities issued Mexico information warnings connected Sunday, Feb. 22. Puerto Vallarta was of peculiar interest to cruise vessel operators.

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Additionally, thousands of passengers were connected ships successful Doha and Dubai during the U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran.

Cruise lines person been facing the volatility successful lipid prices during the industry's busiest booking period, known arsenic the "wave season," which runs betwixt January and March; it typically sees operators offering peculiar deals and discounts for trips this year.

At slightest six ships from 4 antithetic companies were reportedly affected by the struggle successful the region. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)

These cruises thin to tally during the 3rd 4th and person a disproportionately ample publication to cruise operators' incomes, according to Lizzie Dove, an expert astatine Goldman Sachs.

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Dove noted that the lipid daze could interaction Americans' bookings to Europe, peculiarly for higher-priced transatlantic trips.

Eric Revell of FOX Business contributed reporting.