Carnival Cruise Line Cancels Sailings on 2 of Its Most Popular Ships

Carnival Cruise Line has announced, much to its devoted travelers’ shock, that it is canceling sailings on two of its most popular ships.

Parade reports that this announcement follows changes to the cruise line’s dry dock schedule. The two ships removed from service due to these last-minute alterations were the Carnival Magic and Carnival Horizon. Previously, Carnival Magic moved its cruise sailings from fall 2025 to spring 2026. Because of this timetable modification, Carnival Cruise Line canceled the original sailings for the spring of next year, allowing them to rearrange the cruises initially scheduled for this autumn.

Similarly, Carnival Horizon, which will undergo dry dock repairs in spring 2026, reported that its Transatlantic voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Miami, Florida, on June 15, 2026, has been canceled.

Carnival has offered a complete refund and the opportunity to select lower-cost cruises on other ships; those who choose the latter option will also receive $50 in onboard credit per person, up to $100 per stateroom.

Cruise ships, on average, go into dry dock for repairs every three to five years.

A Carnival Cruise Line Fake Bomb Threat Landed a Michigan Teen in Federal Prison

Recently, Carnival Cruise Line made headlines when a Michigan teen was sentenced to nine months in prison for sending a fake bomb threat to a ship after his family left him behind to tend to the family pets.

In a September 2024 news release, U.S. Attorney Mark Totten stated that Joshua Lowe was being prosecuted under federal law because there is “zero tolerance” for bomb threats.

According to court documents, Carnival Cruise Line received an email indicating that a bomb could be found on the company’s “Sunrise” cruise ship.

“Hey, I think someone might have a bomb on your Sunrise cruise ship,” Lowe wrote anonymously back then.

After receiving the email, Carnival Cruise Line diverted the ship, which had left Miami for Jamaica. Prosecutors claimed Lowe’s email prompted the crew to search over 1,100 rooms for a bomb that did not exist.

In addition to the prison term, he “will be required to pay restitution for expenses associated with the hoax,” according to the district attorney’s office. Following his release, Lowe will be subject to two years of supervision.