cruise_shipThe SWINE flu is screwing up my cruise to Cozumel. This is the cruise we are going on in two weeks…to Cozumel from Mobile.

What kind of dumb luck do I have to have that we haven’t been on a real vacation, alone, in 5 years and this happens 2 weeks before we go.

No Amazing Cozumel Race for me.

Sniff.

~Trisha

Carnival spokesman Tim Gallagher tells USA TODAY all three Carnival ships scheduled to call in Mexico today also have stayed out to sea. The 2,052-passenger Elation, which sails out of San Diego, had been scheduled to visit Ensenada. The 2,052-passenger Carnival Inspiration and 1,452-passenger Holiday, sailing out of Tampa and Mobile, Ala., respectively, were expected in Cozumel.

Carnival announced earlier today that it was reviewing its decision to go ahead with cruise ship calls in Mexico this week in the wake of the U.S. government warning that Americans should defer all non-essential travel to the country due to the outbreak of swine flu.

Carnival spokesman Tim Gallagher tells USA TODAY the line still is in the midst of forming a plan for the rest of the week and beyond. “We are actively working on plans for coming days and will advise as soon as possible,” Gallagher says.