Key Aspects:
- When Disney Treasure embarks on 7-night sailing on August 16, she will sail to the Western Caribbean instead of the Eastern Caribbean to avoid Hurricane Erin.
- The planned calls on Tortola and St. Thomas have been replaced with Cozumel, George Town, and Falmouth.
- This is the first hurricane of the season and is currently a Category 1 storm, but Hurricane Erin could reach Category 4 by early next week.
Since launching at the end of last year, Disney Treasure has really only alternated between the same two Western and Eastern Caribbean itineraries, both of which are seven days long.
This means that the section of the Caribbean that cruisers selected for their voyage is probably somewhere that they really wanted to see.
But with Hurricane Erin bearing down on the Eastern Caribbean, Disney Cruise Line has decided that Disney Treasure’s next sailing will be another Western Caribbean cruise instead.
The voyage in question, which was originally an Eastern Caribbean cruise, embarks from Port Canaveral, Florida, tomorrow, on August 16, 2025.
It’s simply safer (and more comfortable) for all guests and crew onboard to steer clear of the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season.
“We have been closely monitoring the storm’s forecasted track. Due to the possible impacts in the Eastern Caribbean, we have made the decision to change your itinerary,” Disney cruise line notified the up to 4,000 guests.
“We appreciate your understanding regarding this necessary itinerary change. The safety and well-being of our Guests and Crew Members is our highest priority,” the cruise line later added.
The original itinerary called for stops at Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on August 19 and St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, on August 20.
But because of the storm, neither of these ports will be accessible. The Wish-class ship will instead visit Cozumel, Mexico, on August 18 and George Town, Grand Cayman, on August 19.
An extra port call on Falmouth, Jamaica, has also been added for Wednesday, August 20.
The only unimpacted port call will be the planned visit to Castaway Cay on August 22, which is Disney’s first private island in the Bahamas.
Port adventures booked through Disney for the now scrapped port calls will be automatically cancelled and refunded.
New tours for Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Falmouth can be booked through the Disney Cruise Line Navigator App or by visiting the Port Adventures Desk that can be found on Deck 5.
The Weather Will Get Worse Before Getting Better
Weather experts have been keeping a close eye on this storm since it first officially formed as Tropical Storm Erin over the eastern Atlantic on Monday, August 11, 2025.
But as of the morning of Friday, August 15, Erin has morphed into a Category 1 hurricane, with sustained winds of 75 miles per hour with gusts of over 100 miles per hour reported.
Per the National Hurricane Center’s (NOAA) most recent update at 11 a.m. EST on August 15, Erin is located around 460 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and is heading northwest at a rate of around 18 miles per hour.
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Over the coming weekend Erin is expected to turn north to drench the northern Leeward Islands, which encompasses several popular cruise ports, including the US Virgin Islands, St. Martin, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua.
Along the way, she is expected to strengthen into a severe Category 3 or 4 Hurricane with sustained winds reaching at least 130 miles per hour by early next week, when the storm is expected to reach its peak.
“Heavy rainfall tonight through Sunday across the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico may lead to isolated and locally considerable flash and urban flooding, along with landslides or mudslides,” NOAA warned.
The direct threat to the US East Coast, and the major Florida cruise ports, has already greatly diminished.
However, people in the Bahamas and on the US East Coast should be aware that there is still a risk of life-threatening surf and rip currents along western Atlantic beaches through next week.
