She shared other videos enjoying the indoor pool and jacuzzi, casino and dining options on board the ship.

Like officially cold,” Allan said in the clip.

“It’s cold cold - like wind-blowing cold. Once on board, Allen shared a TikTok video showing kids swimming in an outdoor deck pool on the ship in chilly New York weather. We immediately ran to Walmart because all our bags are already packed, to repack all of the winter stuff,” Lakeya Allen said in an interview with 'TODAY.' They were all packed with summer clothes. “Imagine me having three kids to pack up.

The itinerary change left guests scrambling to repack for winter cold instead of tropical heat. It's unclear how many guests decided to board the rerouted cruise aboard the ship that can accommodate over 5,000 passengers and 1,600 crew members. 16, docked in Boston for three days and was scheduled to stop in Portland, Maine, on Wednesday and Canada on Thursday before returning to the Big Apple on Saturday. Under the new schedule, the cruise departed from New York City on Dec. Guests were given a choice between sailing to the new stops or canceling for future cruise credit. “The only alternative would have been to take the more extreme step of cancelling the cruise-and thousands of people’s vacations-outright,” MSC Cruises added. MSC Cruises said the weather would have made it “impossible to safely reach the southern Atlantic Ocean from New York City.”

But it’s just like Bahamas, Boston … it’s a huge difference,” passenger Val Montgomery told NBC’s “TODAY” show. The sudden change was a shock to some passengers already in New York for the cruise. Instead, one day before its departure from New York on Saturday, passengers were informed about a last-minute itinerary change due to “unseasonable and rapidly worsening weather.” Passengers aboard a Bahamas-bound cruise trip had their holiday beach vacation dreams turned upside down when they were rerouted to Boston, Maine and Canada instead due to weather concerns.Ĭruise ship MSC Meraviglia was supposed to set sail for sunny, sandy Caribbean beaches over the weekend.

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