Celebrity Eclipse Makes a Surprise Switch That Has Guests Asking Questions

Some future guests of Celebrity Eclipse will get to have the private island experience, but not at the exclusive destination that they expected.

During its April 19, 2026, sailing, the 2,850-guest ship will be switching out a stop at the newly completed Royal Beach Club Paradise Island on Nassau with a day at the tried-and-true Perfect Day at CocoCay in the Bahamas.

This is an interesting change of pace, especially after Celebrity Cruises’ sister-brand, Royal Caribbean, recently changed several itineraries for early 2026 to direct more sailings to Nassau.

“Recently, we’ve revised our plans for our itinerary. To ensure your experience remains effortless and enjoyable, we’ll now visit Perfect Day at CocoCay on Friday, April 24, 2026, from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, before returning to Fort Lauderdale,” the cruise line wrote to impacted guests.

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Other than guest enjoyment, Celebrity Cruises did not provide a reason for the change of plans. These tweaks can happen for a variety of reasons, like unexpected changes to port availability or maintenance requirements.

The rest of the 6-night itinerary, which includes calls to George Town, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel, Mexico, remains unchanged.

Changes Lead to Guest Confusion

This itinerary change was made very recently, and not all guests have received the official notice from Celebrity Cruises yet – especially those that only just booked their sailings.

Popular cruise tracking websites, which function independently from the cruise line, have not been updated online yet. This is leading to confusion for guests who see the revised itinerary on Celebrity’s website and app, but not elsewhere.

“Have you heard of an itinerary change? It is shown online as Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Perfect Day. Perfect Day would be 4/24,” one recent booker inquired on Reddit.

“Looking at port schedules…Eclipse is not showing scheduled for Perfect Day on 4/24. It is, however, showing scheduled for Nassau on 4/24,” they continued.

Making things more complicated, not all of Celebrity’s customer service representatives were in the loop on the changed itinerary.

“I called Celebrity to ask if there was an itinerary change, and the representative doesn’t see any reference to an itinerary change. However she also sees the “mismatch” between destination and shore excursions,” they went on.

“She created a ticket to IT about the issue, and they say to check again after 3-5 business days, meaning I suppose that from their perspective it seems like a glitch. It doesn’t seem like a glitch if I look at port schedules, but maybe I have trust issues,” the poster added.

Rest assured, this definitely is not a glitch and official communication from the cruise line confirmed that the itinerary did replace Nassau with Perfect Day in CocoCay. Just not everyone has received the formal letter yet.

Are More Itinerary Changes Coming?

While cruise lines sometimes issue itinerary changes in waves that impact multiple voyages, this does not seem to be the case for the Solstice-class cruise ship.

The Royal Caribbean-owned cruise line has released a couple of itinerary updates for future sailings operated by other ships in which Nassau is again replaced by CocoCay, but these appear to be unrelated to each other.

Celebrity Silhouette’s October 26, 2027, sailing, which is a 4-night sailing to the Bahamas, replaced the capital of the Bahamas with the private destination on October 29, 2025. No reason was given for the change beyond guest enjoyment.

Celebrity Reflection has also made the same change for one of its 4-night Bahamas sailings, switching out Nassau for CocoCay during its April 17, 2028, voyage. The reason cited here was a berthing conflict.

In general, it’s always a good idea to keep an eye out for possible itinerary changes, as they can happen anytime for a variety of reasons.