It appears Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas is planning to arrive back to Galveston as scheduled on Sunday, but depart a day late to provide extra time for guests to get to the ship.
Royal Caribbean indicated that Hurricane Harvey and weather conditions around the Galveston/Houston area, as well as the port's current closure, Liberty of the Seas will arrive to the Port of Galveston tomorrow later than originally scheduled. Because of this, boarding for the next cruise will now take place on Monday, August 28 between noon and 3 p.m. The cruise line is asking that guests not arrive to the port before noon.
Royal Caribbean's Chief Meteorologist, James Van Fleet, shared a number of updates via Twitter that provided details. Port of Galveston Pilots & U.S. Coast Guard will head out at day break to confirm if it is safe for arrival. If everything is confirmed safe and cleared, Royal Caribbean would have delayed arrival around early afternoon in Port for debarkation.
Forecast is favorable for arrival tomorrow, with Galveston not flooded and roads clear at this time. Additional rainfall around 1"-3" poss pic.twitter.com/f9hYhkXsnz
— James Van Fleet (@JamesVanFleet) August 27, 2017
Pilots & Coast Guard will head out at day break to confirm if it is safe for arrival. We follow that with conference call 9:30 central with pic.twitter.com/tbp8BSLGhD
— James Van Fleet (@JamesVanFleet) August 27, 2017
Port Authorities. If everything is confirmed safe and cleared, we would have delayed arrival around early afternoon in Port for Debark
— James Van Fleet (@JamesVanFleet) August 27, 2017
Next Cruise will be delayed 1 day to allow time for current guests to safely debark pic.twitter.com/prUqcUrcba
— James Van Fleet (@JamesVanFleet) August 27, 2017
For those coming to next Cruise, we will be delayed 1 day for embark leaving Monday. We will be offering 1 day missed cruise credit plus pic.twitter.com/9ZZv2DbpqN
— James Van Fleet (@JamesVanFleet) August 27, 2017
25% off future cruise credit. You will also have an option to cancel completely & receive 100% future cruise credit (if impacted by Harvey)
— James Van Fleet (@JamesVanFleet) August 27, 2017
Embark on Monday is anticipated to be same time as it would have been on Sunday, allowing extra time for future cruisers to get to Port
— James Van Fleet (@JamesVanFleet) August 27, 2017
Guests sailing on the next Liberty of the Seas sailing will recieve 25% off future cruise credit. They will also have an option to cancel completely and receive 100% future cruise credit (if impacted by Harvey).
