Carnival Sunrise Swaps Princess Cays for RelaxAway, Half Moon Cay on Halloween Sailing
If you're booked on the Carnival Sunrise's October 31, 2026 sailing from Miami, note that your November 2 stop is now RelaxAway, Half Moon Cay instead of Princess Cays, same 8 a.m.ā4 p.m. window. Any pre-paid Princess Cays excursions will be refunded automatically to your original payment method. Book new RelaxAway excursions via the Carnival website, the Hub app, or onboard at the Deck 3 Adventures desk before your November 2 arrival. Your Nassau and Celebration Key stops remain unchanged.
Carnival hasn't explained this swap, but the pattern is telling: the article notes Princess Cruises is pulling away from Princess Cays entirely, with no calls scheduled there from November 2026 onward, and Carnival has now made the identical Princess Cays-to-RelaxAway switch on the Paradise, Spirit, and now Sunrise sailings. My read is this looks like a corporate-level reallocation within Carnival Corp, not a one-off scheduling hiccup, especially given the two ports sit just 15 miles apart. Guests lose little in practice, since both destinations offer comparable beach and watersports options. If I were sailing October 31, I'd just rebook my excursions for RelaxAway once the refund posts and not read too much into it.