Carnival cancels New Orleans return for Triumph

Carnival will not be moving Carnival Triumph back to New Orleans in September as it had planned. Although the cruise line stated it had wanted to return the mega-liner to The Big Easy, weak bookings jinxed its plans. Carnival's Fantasy, already sailing from New Orelans, will remain.

Carnival said that travelers seem to still be taking a hesitant about cruising from New Orleans, undoubtedly driven by persistent reports of slow or stalled recovery efforts. We haven't been to New Orleans lately to judge for ourselves, but since the vast majority of cruise passengers simply "pass through" their embarkation city anyway, there seems to be no major reason to avoid the port.

Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line also have vessels sailing from New Orleans already.