Key Aspects:
- Disney Treasure will once again skip its call to Falmouth, Jamaica, during its November 29 sailing.
- Falmouth experienced significant damage from Hurricane Melissa and is not yet ready to receive cruise guests.
- Ocho Rios, however, resumed cruise operations earlier this week.
Disney Cruise Line is giving Jamaica the time and space it needs to recover after Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc on the Caribbean country at the end of October.
Guests embarking on Disney Treasure on November 29, 2025, have been informed that the planned call to Falmouth, Jamaica, on December 3, 2025, will no longer be possible due to the damage left behind by the intense category 5 storm.
The sailing in question is a 7-night “Very Merrytime” cruise to the Western Caribbean that also calls to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Disney’s Castaway Cay in the Bahamas.
“Due to the impacts of Hurricane Melissa on the island of Jamaica and the ongoing recovery efforts, we will be replacing our stop in Falmouth on Wednesday with a day at Disney Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point on Thursday,” Disney cruise line notified guests.
This means that Wednesday, December 3, will now be a sea day. Thursday, December 4, will be spent at Disney’s newest private destination on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
No other port calls on the itinerary have been impacted as of the time of publication.
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Interestingly, this also would have been Disney Treasure’s third call to Falmouth since Hurricane Melissa struck.
Disney already cancelled the Wish-class ship’s visit for November 5, 2025, which would have been just about a week after the destructive storm’s arrival.
Presumably, this means that the visit scheduled for November 19, 2025, has also been cancelled, although this has not yet been publicly confirmed by the cruise line.
Cruise Operations Restarting for Jamaica
Jamaica officially restarted cruise operations on November 11, 2025, with the arrival of Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam and MSC Cruises’ MSC Divina in Ocho Rios.
This is not only an important step in meeting the island nation’s goal of resuming all tourism operations on or before December 15, 2025, but also in kickstarting the local economy.
However, this will be a slow and steady process, as not all of Jamaica’s five cruise ports are ready to receive guests at this point.
Ocho Rios is currently further along in its recovery efforts and is better equipped to welcome cruisers.
After receiving two cruise ships on November 11, Ocho Rios also welcomed Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Sunrise on November 12.
“This morning, the Carnival Sunrise called at the Port of Ocho Rios. It marks the second day of the restart of cruise shipping operations at the facility, after a 20-months closure due to damage to the berth,” the Port Authority of Jamaica shared on social media.
“The restart of cruise shipping activities is a critical step towards the general economic renewal of the town and recovery efforts post Hurricane Melissa,” the Port Authority added.
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More ships from Carnival, Virgin Voyages, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, MSC Cruises, TUI Cruises, Holland America Line, and AIDA Cruises are all supposed to call on Ocho Rios before the end of the month.
In the coming weeks, hopefully recovery efforts and repairs will progress to the point that ports like Falmouth will also be able to resume cruise operations.
