Margaritaville at Sea Paradise Skips Freeport, Adds Nassau and a Day, Returns October 28
If you are aboard Margaritaville at Sea Paradise, expect to return to Palm Beach on Wednesday, October 28, and plan work, flights and transport around that. If you are booked on the October 27 Nassau Escape, watch your email and text for notices, since the cruise line has not confirmed plans and says refund amounts may change. You can reschedule without rebooking fees instead of sailing the shortened itinerary. Check your stateroom account for the Freeport tour refund and the pro-rated package credit.
My read is that the cruise line is handling a messy situation sensibly. Weather took out Freeport on October 26 and then closed the home port, so a full extra day was forced rather than chosen. Guests on the current cruise come out fairly well: they get a Nassau call in place of a Palm Beach return, and their WiFi and drink packages are extended free. The losers are the people booked on the October 27 Nassau Escape, who lose a night and may lose the sea day too. The 200 miles between Palm Beach and Nassau suggests the line can preserve most of that schedule, but it has not confirmed anything, so I would not rebook flights yet. If I held that booking, I would take the $50 credit, which works on any Margaritaville at Sea ship, only after confirming the final itinerary. The refund wording leaves room for adjustment, and I would keep records of what I paid.