Carnival Sunshine Cuts Bimini After Nor'easter Delay #travelnews #cruisenews #carnival

Carnival Sunshine sailed from Norfolk on Monday, Sept. 28, a full day late, after a nor'easter slowed its return from an 8-night Canada cruise. The 6-night Bahamas sailing is now 5 nights. Bimini is canceled. Nassau (Wed., Sept. 30) moves from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. to 1 p.m.–9 p.m. Celebration Key (Thu., Oct. 1) is unchanged, and the ship is still due back in Norfolk Sat., Oct. 3. Carnival is refunding one prorated day of cruise fare to the original form of payment, plus one prorated day of amenity packages and prepaid gratuities to Sail & Sign accounts. Bimini excursions booked through Carnival are canceled and refunded automatically; Carnival-booked Nassau tours move to the new time where possible. Tours you booked with local operators are yours to cancel or change. Sources: Cruise Hive: https://www.cruisehive.com/noreaster-forces-carnival-ship-to-skip-bimini-on-delayed-cruise/219131 Cruise Industry News: https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2026/09/carnival-sunshine-postpones-return-to-norfolk/ Travelers Today: https://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/61050/20260928/carnival-sunshine-departs-norfolk-day-late-bimini-canceled-one-night-refunded.htm Credits: Photos, Wikimedia Commons: "Carnival Sunshine Docked" by AbhiramJuvvadi, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnival_Sunshine_Docked.jpg "Carnival Sunshine as seen from a Tender Boat" by Lightbulb Noob, CC0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnival_Sunshine_as_seen_from_a_Tender_Boat.jpg "Carnival Sunshine Beach Pool Lido 2014" by CruiseSource.us, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnival_Sunshine_Beach_Pool_Lido_2014.jpg "Norfolk, Virginia skyline 2016" by Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norfolk,_Virginia_skyline_2016.jpg "Downtown Nassau - 2025 - Nassau Cruise Port" (1) and (3) by Bluerasberry, CC BY 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Downtown_Nassau_-_2025_-_Nassau_Cruise_Port_(3).jpg "Seaplane Sunset in Bimini" by Daniel Piraino, public domain Licenses: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ · CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ (photos cropped/panned for vertical video) Stock video: Pexels (Pexels License) and Pixabay (Pixabay Content License). Generic sea, onboard and phone shots are illustrative. Map: Natural Earth data (public domain); route simplified. Music: "Vastness" by Andrew Ev (Mixkit Stock Music Free License). Booked on this sailing? Tell us how Carnival handled it in the comments. #Shorts #CarnivalSunshine #CruiseNews #CarnivalCruiseLine #CarnivalCruise #Noreaster #Bimini #Nassau #CelebrationKey #Bahamas #BahamasCruise #CruiseFromNorfolk #Norfolk #CruiseTips #ItineraryChange #TravelNews #WeeklyTravelReport