Cruise news for October 26, 2026

Oct. 26, 2026 has three stories. Open each link for the named source and the date it was checked. This page only restates those posts.

Ventura's Southampton cruise is no longer the 7-night that was due to board on Saturday 24 Oct 2026. Cruise Hive and Cruise Mummy print a P&O email, sent Friday 23 Oct, that moves embarkation to Sunday 25 Oct because of Storm Austen and Storm Boelo. The cruise is 6 nights. Cherbourg on Sunday is cancelled. The email cites protests and civil unrest in France. Porto on Tuesday 27 Oct, Lisbon on Wednesday, and Vigo on Thursday stay. Neither article prints shore hours. The return date stays Saturday 31 Oct. The compensation both articles describe is a future cruise credit for one day of the fare, for a future P&O booking, not cash. The emails do not mention drink packages or Wi-Fi. Cruise Hive says the port schedule listed a 6:07 a.m. Sunday arrival and a 4:00 p.m. Sunday departure. The Associated British Ports feed read 26 Oct no longer lists that Sunday row. It lists Ventura on Saturday 31 Oct at 6:15 a.m., leaving at 4:00 p.m., berth 106, the Mayflower terminal. Those fields are stamped Monday morning. The schedule page says the time is provisional.

MSC Virtuosa boarded in Southampton on Saturday 24 Oct and stayed overnight. Cruise Hive and Cruise Mummy print a letter that moves departure from 8:00 p.m. Saturday to 7:00 p.m. Sunday. La Rochelle on Monday 26 Oct is a sea day because of sea conditions. Le Havre on Friday 30 Oct is a sea day because of strikes. Vigo is added Thursday 29 Oct from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Bilbao on Tuesday and A Coruña on Wednesday stay, with no hours printed. The cruise is still 7 nights and is still due back Saturday 31 Oct. MSC tours for the two French ports refund to the onboard account. The letter does not print a fare refund. Cruise Hive quotes a warning to avoid outer decks and balconies. The port feed read 26 Oct lists the Saturday return as TBA on berth 102, Horizon, with timestamps from 21 Oct 2025. The Sunday departure is not on that feed.

Harmony of the Seas left Port Canaveral on Saturday 24 Oct 2026 on a 5-night cruise. TravelPulse says Nassau moved from Tuesday 27 Oct to Sunday 25 Oct, both ports stay, and the departure and return dates stay. Cruise Hive prints Nassau on Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., a sea day Monday, and Perfect Day at CocoCay on Tuesday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday stays a sea day. Thursday 29 Oct is the return, with no clock. Royal Caribbean tours for those ports move to the new day or refund to the SeaPass account. TravelPulse does not print the hours or the tour rule. The email Cruise Hive prints cites unfavorable conditions and does not name a storm. A Bahamas forecast issued at 6:00 a.m. EDT Monday puts a gale warning through early Wednesday on the waters it names, including the Berry Islands. The Harmony post does not put the ship inside that box.

If you are on Ventura, the credit in the reports is a future P&O booking, not cash. If you are on MSC Virtuosa, Monday and Friday are sea days and Thursday is Vigo. If you are on Harmony, Tuesday is CocoCay in the Cruise Hive report, and a Royal Caribbean tour should be on the new day or on the SeaPass account.