Celebrity Reflection drops Bimini for a Friday at CocoCay
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Celebrity Reflection is not calling at Bimini on the sailing that left Fort Lauderdale on Sunday 4 Oct 2026. The line’s guest letter blames a berth conflict and puts Friday at Perfect Day at CocoCay instead.
If you are onboard, today is the sea day on that revised table. The new island day is Friday.
The week Celebrity printed
The letter calls this the revised 4 Oct 2026 itinerary:
- Sunday 4 Oct: depart Fort Lauderdale at 4:00pm
- Monday 5 Oct: sea day
- Tuesday 6 Oct: George Town, Grand Cayman, 7:00am to 4:00pm
- Wednesday 7 Oct: Cozumel, 10:00am to 8:00pm
- Thursday 8 Oct: sea day
- Friday 9 Oct: Perfect Day at CocoCay, 7:00am to 5:00pm
- Saturday 10 Oct: Fort Lauderdale at 7:00am
Bimini is not on that list. The letter does not say which day Bimini used to be, or what the old hours were. It does not name the other ship in the berth conflict. Do not fill those blanks from a guess.
Friday is a full day at CocoCay, 7:00am to 5:00pm. The letter describes the call as Perfect Day at CocoCay. It mentions an overwater cabana, the Oasis Lagoon pool, Adventure Pool, and Daredevil’s Peak. It does not print a price for any of those.
The Bimini tours
If you bought a Bimini shore excursion from Celebrity, the letter says you do not have to do anything. Celebrity will refund it to the original form of payment.
The letter tells you to look at other excursions in the Celebrity app or on My Celebrity Cruises. It does not say a CocoCay booking is automatic. If you want a reserved spot on Friday, open the app and see what is still for sale.
The letter does not mention a fare refund or an onboard credit for losing Bimini.
A tour you bought from someone other than Celebrity is not covered by that automatic refund. Contact that operator.
What this means for you
If you are on this 4 Oct Reflection cruise, keep Grand Cayman on Tuesday and Cozumel on Wednesday at the hours above. Plan Friday as CocoCay, not Bimini. Let a Celebrity Bimini excursion refund itself, and check the card it was bought on. Independent Bimini deposits are your call to cancel.
The return stays Saturday 10 Oct at 7:00am. A flight off that arrival is still the one on the letter. The letter does not move debarkation.
Facts above follow Celebrity’s Reflection guest letter, file RF_10-4-26, read on 5 Oct 2026.
Sources
Tier 1 = the cruise line’s own published material · Tier 2 = an established cruise-news outlet- TIER 1Celebrity Cruises guest letter PDF RF_10-4-26_guest-letter.pdf, read 5 Oct 2026, for Celebrity Reflection: a berth conflict led the line to adjust plans for Bimini, Bahamas; the ship will spend a full day at Perfect Day at CocoCay on Friday from 7:00am to 5:00pm; the revised 4 Oct 2026 itinerary is depart Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sunday 4 Oct at 4:00pm; sea day Monday 5 Oct; George Town, Grand Cayman, Tuesday 6 Oct 7:00am to 4:00pm; Cozumel, Mexico, Wednesday 7 Oct 10:00am to 8:00pm; sea day Thursday 8 Oct; Perfect Day at CocoCay Friday 9 Oct 7:00am to 5:00pm; arrive Fort Lauderdale Saturday 10 Oct at 7:00am; Celebrity shore excursions booked for Bimini are automatically refunded to the original form of payment; the letter says to browse replacement excursions in the Celebrity app or My Celebrity Cruises; the letter does not name the other ship in the berth conflict, does not print Bimini's old day or hours, and does not mention a fare refund or onboard credit
Celebrity Cruises, checked 5 Oct 2026 · The PDF filename matches the 4 Oct sail date. The letter says the sailing is approaching, so it was written before departure. This check is the text of that file on 5 Oct 2026. No second outlet had written it up at the time of this check.
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