Poor weather cancels Napier’s opening cruise visit of the season
Carnival Splendor skipped its scheduled call at Napier Port after poor weather affected the season’s first planned cruise arrival.
Napier’s first cruise visit of the season was cancelled because of poor weather. Carnival Splendor had been scheduled to arrive at Napier Port and begin the city’s cruise season, but the ship did not make the planned visit.
The scheduled arrival would have brought Carnival Splendor passengers to Napier for the opening call of the season. Instead, the ship decided to skip Napier, leaving the city’s first planned cruise visit cancelled due to the weather.
Carnival Splendor’s call had been set to mark the start of Napier’s cruise season. With the vessel bypassing the port, that opening visit did not proceed as scheduled. Poor weather was given as the reason for the cancellation.