Carnival Miracle drops Cabo on the way to Galveston
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Carnival cancelled Cabo San Lucas on Carnival Miracle’s 26 Sep 2026 sailing from Seattle. Cruise Hive, dated 1 Oct 2026, says Carnival told the 26 Sep Seattle sailing about Cabo. The 1 Oct call is cancelled because of Hurricane Rachel. The same report says the ship is repositioning to Galveston and is due there on 12 Oct. Cruise Fever, dated 30 Sep 2026, had already carried a passenger note that Cabo would be skipped. Cruise Industry News, also dated 30 Sep 2026, is the overview of the Seattle-to-Galveston voyage, and it still listed Cabo. None of the three names a port that replaces Cabo. None names a refund or onboard credit.
If this is your cabin, drop the 1 Oct Cabo plan. Leave the fare alone until Carnival prints a number.
The sailing you are on
Cruise Industry News says Miracle spent the summer in Alaska, then left Seattle on 26 Sep 2026 on a 16-night Panama Canal cruise. It calls the ship a 2,100-guest vessel. The voyage was the repositioning into a winter season from Galveston. The article’s route, as of 30 Sep, ran through Mexico, Costa Rica, and Colombia, and ended in Galveston in mid-October.
That overview still includes Cabo. After Cabo, Cruise Industry News lists Puntarenas, a Panama Canal transit, Cartagena de Indias, and a direct sail to Galveston. It does not mention Rachel. It does not print 12 Oct. Mid-October is the arrival window it uses.
What Rachel changed
Cruise Hive is the report that dates the cut. Guests on the 26 Sep Seattle sailing were informed that Cabo San Lucas on 1 Oct is cancelled. The ship is on its way to Galveston. Arrival there is scheduled for 12 Oct.
Cruise Fever is the 30 Sep passenger note. It says Carnival put Miracle on alert for possible changes on the Mexican Riviera while weather moved across Baja California. A passenger then on the ship said Cabo will be skipped. Cruise Fever does not print 1 Oct. It does not print 12 Oct. Use it as the passenger note. Use Cruise Hive for the date and the Galveston arrival.
No Carnival newsroom post is linked in these three articles.
What no report states
No replacement port appears in Cruise Hive, Cruise Industry News, or Cruise Fever.
No report states a fare refund, a future cruise credit, or onboard credit. No report states a refund for a Cabo tour. If you bought the tour from Carnival, the app is where a cancel will show. If you bought it from someone else, call that operator.
Puntarenas, the canal transit, and Cartagena are the 30 Sep plan in Cruise Industry News. Cruise Hive’s 1 Oct piece does not say those calls were cancelled. It also does not repeat them. Keep a Costa Rica or Colombia tour only if your day list still shows the port.
What you should do
If you are on the 26 Sep 2026 Seattle Miracle cruise, open the Carnival app. Drop Cabo San Lucas on 1 Oct. Treat 12 Oct in Galveston as the arrival in the Cruise Hive report, and match it to your boarding pass. Ask guest services before you budget any credit for the lost port. These three articles do not give you a dollar figure. Facts above follow Cruise Hive on 1 Oct 2026, and Cruise Industry News and Cruise Fever on 30 Sep 2026.
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This sailing is on the Hurricane Rachel cruise tracker.
Sources
Tier 1 = the cruise line’s own published material · Tier 2 = an established cruise-news outlet- TIER 2Cruise Hive, Emrys Thakkar, 1 Oct 2026: Carnival Miracle adjusted its cruise because of Hurricane Rachel off Mexico's west coast; guests on the 26 Sep sailing from Seattle were informed that Cabo San Lucas on 1 Oct is cancelled; the ship is repositioning to Galveston and is scheduled to arrive there on 12 Oct; the Miracle section does not name a replacement port, a fare refund, onboard credit, a tour refund, or any later port call
Cruise Hive, checked 1 Oct 2026 · Source for the 1 Oct Cabo cancellation and the 12 Oct Galveston arrival. It is the latest of the three reports. - TIER 2Cruise Industry News, 30 Sep 2026: Carnival Miracle is on a repositioning voyage ahead of a winter season from Galveston after a summer in Alaska; the ship embarked on a Panama Canal cruise on 26 Sep 2026; the 16-night itinerary left Seattle and was described as including Mexico, Costa Rica, and Colombia before ending in Galveston in mid-October; Cruise Industry News calls it a 2,100-guest ship; after a visit to Cabo San Lucas the ship was scheduled to sail to Puntarenas, transit the Panama Canal, call Cartagena de Indias, and then sail directly to Galveston; the article does not mention Hurricane Rachel, a cancelled port, a replacement call, or compensation
Cruise Industry News, checked 30 Sep 2026 · Repositioning overview written the day before the Cabo cancellation report. Its Cabo visit is the plan as of 30 Sep. Puntarenas, the canal, and Cartagena are in this article only. - TIER 2Cruise Fever, J. Souza, 30 Sep 2026: Carnival placed Carnival Miracle on alert for potential itinerary changes along its Mexican Riviera route as storm conditions evolved across Baja California; a current passenger said Cabo will be skipped on the current itinerary; the Miracle paragraphs do not name the sailing date, the 1 Oct call date, a replacement port, a Galveston arrival date, a refund, or onboard credit
Cruise Fever, checked 30 Sep 2026 · Passenger note that Cabo would be skipped. It does not carry the 1 Oct date or the 12 Oct Galveston date. Those are in Cruise Hive.
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