Harmony of the Seas Swaps Nassau and CocoCay Order Ahead of Bahamas Weather
If you boarded Harmony of the Seas in Port Canaveral on October 24, your Nassau day is now Sunday, October 25, and Perfect Day CocoCay is Tuesday, October 27. Check any spa treatments or specialty dining reservations against the new days and times. Excursions booked through Royal Caribbean for either port will be rescheduled or, if that is not possible, refunded to your SeaPass account. Watch for onboard notices, since further changes may follow as forecasts are refined.
My read is that this is a smart, low-drama reshuffle. Royal Caribbean kept both ports and the Thursday, October 29 return, and only swapped the days. The forecasts the article cites explain the logic. Windy.com shows gusts up to 30 mph and thunderstorms at CocoCay on Monday, and 25-27 mph winds near Nassau on Tuesday. Moving Nassau to Sunday means calmer 12-15 mph winds, and the ship leaves just as gusts start to rise. The losers are guests with fixed onboard reservations. Some excursion buyers may also lose out if a booking cannot be moved, though they get an onboard credit refund. Compared with Independence of the Seas swapping Bermuda for Canada, this is minor, and I would take it happily. In your shoes, I would re-book spa and dining slots now and keep an eye on CocoCay's Tuesday winds, which the article says should ease later in the day.