After canceling a number of exotic cruises and Caribbean sailings scheduled for late 2025 and early 2026 to make way for new Caribbean itineraries, Norwegian Cruise Line has announced another wave of Caribbean cruise cancellations for the same time period.
As part of a major fleet redeployment plan designed to introduce enhanced voyages and meet passenger demand, the cruise line already replaced winter 2025 – 2026 itineraries on Norwegian Star, Norwegian Dawn and Norwegian Jewel.
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The new schedules feature a wider variety of Caribbean itineraries and shorter cruise lengths, with Norwegian Star and Norwegian Dawn offering a completely new lineup of Caribbean cruises from Tampa, Florida. The new itineraries replaced Norwegian Jewel’s sailings from Tampa that were canceled as the ship was redeployed to Miami.
The redeployment plan also replaced Norwegian Jade’s Panama Canal and Caribbean itineraries from Miami and Panama City with Mexican Riviera and West Coast cruises from San Diego.
Now, an additional round of cancellations just announced for November 2025 to April 2026 has scrapped sailings on four more ships - Norwegian Bliss, Norwegian Encore, Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Joy.
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Norwegian cancels 35 cruises sailing from Florida and Los Angeles
The canceled cruises on the four ships span 35 sailings departing from Port Canaveral, Miami and Los Angeles between November 2025 and April 2026. Passengers booked on the canceled cruises will receive full refunds, plus a 10 percent Future Cruise Credit (FCC).
Canceled itineraries on Norwegian Bliss include nine cruises to the Panama Canal, West Coast and the Caribbean that were scheduled to sail from Los Angeles between Nov. 30, 2025 and March 3, 2026. Multiple seven-day Mexican Riviera sailings on Norwegian Bliss between January and March 2026 were not impacted by the cancellations.
Norwegian also canceled a range of Panama Canal, West Coast and Caribbean cruises sailing on Norwegian Encore from Miami and Los Angeles between Nov. 30, 2025 and Jan. 16, 2026. The ship is still scheduled to sail seven-day Western Caribbean cruises from Miami from late January through March 2026.
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Ten Bahamas cruises sailing from Port Canaveral on Norwegian Breakaway were canceled for all dates between Jan. 6 and Feb. 6, 2026. The ship is still scheduled to sail cruises to The Bahamas, the Caribbean and Bermuda from New York in November and December 2025, and February, March and April 2026.
Norwegian also canceled nine Caribbean cruises sailing from Port Canaveral on Norwegian Joy for sailing dates between Nov. 29, 2025 and April 11, 2026. The ship is still scheduled to sail a four-day Bahamas itinerary from Port Canaveral in November 2025 as well as a few seven-day Caribbean itineraries from the port in late November 2025 and January 2026.
The cruise line has not yet released new itineraries to replace the canceled sailings.
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