Key Aspects:
- Celebrity Beyond‘s sailings in August, September, and October 2025 are being adjusted to accommodate a lowered speed.
- Port visits are being preserved, but most itineraries are swapping port days or adjusting times in port to compensate.
- At this time, no additional sailings are cancelled for the vessel, but further adjustments are always possible.
Things may not be quite back up to speed for Celebrity Beyond following her recent engine repair. Guests booked on multiple upcoming sailings have received itinerary change notifications, all citing the same technical concern for the adjustments.
The ship sailed at “a lowered speed” for her first itinerary back from emergency repairs in Freeport, Bahamas. That itinerary departed on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
At the time, it may have seemed that the lowered speed was part of the testing process or a “breaking in” period for repairs, just to ensure the ship was able to function at peak performance.
Now, however, several other cruises have had similar adjustments, including the following departure dates:
- August 3, 24, 31
- September 14, 28
- October 5, 12, 19
To be clear, these are only the adjusted sailings that Cruise Hive has confirmed. With changes impacting so many itineraries already, it is likely that additional voyages may also have similar changes.
Guests booked on Celebrity Beyond in the coming months will want to stay in close contact with Celebrity Cruises in case of additional itinerary adjustments or more drastic changes or cancellations.
For each impacted sailing, the notification email has used identical language to break the news that the ship has to put on the brakes.
“Due to a reduced sailing speed, we’ve made a few adjustments to ensure our voyage remains smooth, comfortable, and above all, safe,” the emails read.
Homeported from Miami, Celebrity Beyond offers 7-night sailings on both Eastern Caribbean and Western Caribbean routes. How individual cruises are adjusted depends on the sailing date, route, and what alternative ports or adjustments may be possible.
For example, the ship’s August 24 departure is a Western Caribbean voyage to Bimini, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica. That itinerary has now been adjusted as follows:
- Sunday, August 24 – Depart Miami
- Monday, August 25 – Bimini, Bahamas; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (formerly 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
- Tuesday, August 26 – Day at Sea
- Wednesday, August 27 – Falmouth, Jamaica; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (formerly Cozumel)
- Thursday, August 28 – George Town, Grand Cayman; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (formerly 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- Friday, August 29 – Cozumel, Mexico; 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (formerly Falmouth)
- Saturday, August 30 – Day at Sea
- Sunday, August 31 – Arrive Miami
These changes are typical of the shifts being done to other itineraries, including altered times in port and swapping port visit days.
Whenever possible, the overall number of port visits are being preserved, but further adjustments are always possible.
On each impacted sailing, any pre-purchased Celebrity Cruises shore tours are being adjusted in accordance with the schedule changes as needed.
Wasn’t Celebrity Beyond Just Fixed?
The 141,420-gross ton, Edge-class Celebrity Beyond first developed a “technical issue” that required slower sailing speeds on her July 13 sailing.
At that time, the ship was delayed in her return to Miami, and her July 20 departure was subsequently cancelled for emergency repairs.
Theoretically, those repairs were completed in Freeport, Bahamas and the ship returned to service for her July 27 departure. So why are so many upcoming cruises continuing to be adjusted, and should guests be concerned?
First, the ship would not have welcomed guests if she was not seaworthy or if any safety systems were compromised. Likewise, there have been no reports of any difficulties with her onboard systems, such as restaurants, entertainment, hotel operations, etc.
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It is possible that the reduced sailing speed is simply precautionary to prevent additional difficulties.
Full repairs to return to the ship’s top speeds may not be possible until a more extensive dry dock. At this time, a preliminary dry dock appears scheduled for the ship in early November 2026.
If these issues persist or worsen, however, it may be necessary for another emergency dry dock to be arranged so more repairs can be made.
