USA Today lists several changes by major cruise ship lines in the Caribbean after Irma and Maria swept through the region, removing several important cruise ship destinations from the cruise ship map for the start of the winter season.
Major ports that were damaged are located in St. Maarten/St. Martin, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. John in the US Virgin Islands, and Grand Turk in Turks & Caicos. Less than a week later, Hurricane Maria swept through the region, forcing the closing of tourism installations in Dominica, Puerto Rico and St. Croix.
Carnival Corporation port, Amber Cove in Puerto Plata will be hosting several of these displaced cruise ships. While Carnival re-routed several ships that had been scheduled to visit coinciding with Irma and Maria, the port was relatively unaffected by the storms and will be hosting travelers that would have visited other Caribbean ports.
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