Tampa was the hardest hit port in both cases with Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Margaritaville at Sea all changing departure and arrival dates for ships. Related: Royal Caribbean shares why it will build smaller cruise ships Milton hit while people were still cleaning up and making repairs after Helene.

Royal Caribbean has clarified that tram service at CocoCay was only limited for the week of October 1-8, 2024, not forever.

Royal Caribbean is facing legal trouble after passengers filed a lawsuit over hidden cameras placed in state rooms by a former employee. That employee, Arvin Mirasol, has since been fired and is now serving prison time but passengers say the cruise line could have done more to protect them.

"I work on a cruise ship and probably the top perk of this job is getting to save a lot of the money that you make. We have very limited expenses when we're here on board so if you wanted to spend zero dollars you could,