By Jamey Bergman and Ashley Kosciolek, Cruise Critic
(Updated Oct. 27, 11 a.m.?EDT)
Ever-weakening Rina, the 17th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, is now a tropical storm as it trudges toward the popular tourist areas of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
According to the National Hurricane Center's latest advisory, Rina is located about?90 miles south of Cozumel and is packing maximum sustained winds of about 70 miles per hour. The storm is moving west-northwest at?6 mph.
Cruise ship itinerary changes
Carnival Inspiration, on a five-night cruise from Tampa, is visiting Progresso on Tuesday instead of Cozumel.
Carnival Freedom, on an eight-night cruise from Fort Lauderdale, will call on Montego Bay on Wednesday instead of Limon, and it will stay at sea on Thursday, foregoing a call on Colon. A stop at Grand Turk on Friday will replace an originally scheduled sea day.
Carnival Destiny, on a five-night cruise from Miami, will replace a sea day scheduled for Wednesday with a call on Nassau.
Carnival Liberty, on a seven-night cruise from Miami, will substitute Ocho Rios in place of Grand Cayman on Wednesday and call on Grand Turk on Thursday instead of Ocho Rios.
Carnival Legend, on a seven-night cruise from Tampa, will switch its calls on Belize and Cozumel, visiting the former on Tuesday and the latter on Wednesday. It will also call on Progreso on Thursday instead of Roatan and swap Friday's planned Grand Cayman visit with a sea day.
Carnival Valor, on a seven-night cruise from Miami, will forego Belize on Wednesday for a sea day. The ship will also call on Grand Cayman on Thursday instead of spending the day at sea.
Carnival Triumph, on a five-night cruise from Galveston, is replacing Progreso with Cozumel on Wednesday and Cozumel with Progreso on Thursday.
Carnival Imagination, on a four-day cruise from Miami, is scrapping Cozumel for a sea day on Wednesday and replacing a sea day on Thursday with a visit to Nassau.
Instead of spending Wednesday at sea, Celebrity Millenium will call on Nassau, Bahamas.
Norwegian Star replaced her scheduled call in Belize City today, with a sea day. The ship is expected to stop in Belize City on Thursday. Norwegian Star's scheduled Cozumel stop on Friday, is being replaced with a visit to Costa Maya.
Norwegian Spirit's scheduled call in Cozumel on Friday is being replaced with a sea day.
Norwegian Pearl's scheduled calls in Grand Cayman on Thursday and Cozumel on Friday have both been cancelled. The ship will instead visit Nassau on Friday.
Island Princess will no longer call in Grand Cayman on Friday, the ship will visit Ocho Rios instead.
Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas will no longer call in Cozumel on Friday. Instead, the ship will stop in Nassau.
?Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic will be skipping a call on Key West on Sunday, opting for a sea day instead. Additionally, the ship will call on St. Maarten in place of Grand Cayman on Tuesday and Tortola instead of Cozumel on Wednesday.
Weather outlook: Next affected ships and ports
Rina is now expected to weaken slightly as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula, where landfall is expected sometime Thursday. A hurricane warning is now in effect for the northeast coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from north of Punta Gruesa to San Felipe. Hurricane-force winds are expected to reach the coast by early Thursday, with eight to 16 inches of rain predicted to impact the eastern Yucatan.
New updates are released by the NHC every three hours, and we'll keep you in the loop as new information becomes available.
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Cruise ship itinerary changes
Carnival Cruise Lines has reported the majority of the itinerary changes, though other lines continue to weigh in:
Source: http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/25/8483900-hurricane-rina-scattering-cruise-ships
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