✈️ Travel Impact

Sun Princess Swaps Princess Cays for Half Moon Cay on Nov. 22, 2026 Sailing

Princess Cruises has removed a planned stop at Princess Cays from the seven-night, Eastern Caribbean sailing of the Sun Princess departing Fort Lauderdale on November 22, 2026. According to a statement sent to booked passengers, the ship will instead call at Relax Away, Half Moon Cay, which Princess says offers guests an expanded Bahamian experience. The rest of the itinerary is unchanged, with stops at Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic, San Juan in Puerto Rico, and Grand Turk in Turks & Caicos. Princess says any shore excursion already booked for Princess Cays will be automatically refunded to the original form of payment, and new tours for Relax Away, Half Moon Cay will be added to the website within two weeks.
💡 What This Means For You

If you're booked on the November 22, 2026 Sun Princess sailing from Fort Lauderdale, your stop at Princess Cays has been swapped for Relax Away, Half Moon Cay. Any shore excursion you'd booked for Princess Cays will be automatically refunded to your original payment method — you don't need to request it. Check the Princess website over the next two weeks, as new tours for Relax Away, Half Moon Cay are being added during that window.

📝 Mark's Take

Princess didn't explain why it pulled Princess Cays for this one sailing, but the swap to Relax Away, Half Moon Cay is notable given that port was built by sister brand Holland America and only recently got a new pier and added features. My read is Princess is leaning on group capacity at a freshly upgraded Bahamian port rather than its own Eleuthera property, which has been in the rotation since 1991. The automatic refund on Princess Cays excursions is the right call and costs passengers nothing in effort. If I were on this sailing, I'd hold off booking a Half Moon Cay tour until the new offerings post to the site over the next two weeks, since availability and pricing could shift once the full menu is live. Worth watching whether this is a one-off swap or a sign Princess is diversifying away from Princess Cays on more Eastern Caribbean itineraries.

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