And considering that the cruise line is expecting high winds and rain in the waters off Florida and the Bahamas, be GLAD you’re not heading south. Advice?”Īmong the tips: Enjoy the emptier ship. In my 30 years of cruising, almost 50 sailings, this has NEVER EVER happened, with such a drastic change in itinerary with almost zero notice. “We have all of our holiday plans built around this cruise, lots of money, hotel bookings, airfare, etc.,” one person wrote. MSC Cruises did not return a Globe request for comment, so heaven knows what that double asterisk means (maybe that you can only rebook to Alaska in February, or to the underworld itself).īefore the ship even left New York, news of its bad luck was already going viral on Reddit. “If you are not satisfied with this change,” the company wrote, “you can cancel your cruise free of charge and receive a refund in the form of a Future Cruise Credit **”

As for passengers whose idea of a good time isn’t New England and Canada in winter, MSC Cruises offered an option-ish.

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