It wasn’t a perfect day at CocoCay for passengers sailing aboard Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas on February 2, 2026, and they have bad weather to thank for it.

The 5,610-guest Icon-class ship cancelled her call to the line’s private island destination, Perfect Day at CocoCay, and will spend the day at sea, a notice sent to guests confirmed.

The ship is operating a 7-night cruise to the Western Caribbean and Perfect Day at CocoCay roundtrip from Port Canaveral. Star of the Seas departed the Central Florida port on February 1, 2026, and CocoCay was to have been the first port of call.

“As previously announced by our Captain, we, along with our chief meteorologist, Craig Setzer, have been closely monitoring a strong cold front which has affected and impacted our own Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas, as well Nassau and the surrounding Bahamian waters, yesterday, today and for tomorrow,” Royal Caribbean’s advisory to guests states.

“As a result of the high winds and large ocean waves in and around Perfect Day at CocoCay, we’ll skip our visit and enjoy a Sea Day instead,” it explains.

The notice apologized for the itinerary revision, adding that being onboard a cruise ship is the safest place to be since the vessel can maneuver away from rough weather.

Guests who posted the notice on social media received plenty of sympathy from others for missing the exciting CocoCay destination. Some had similar weather experiences in recent days, as the bad weather impacted the entire Bahamas area as well as most of Florida.

“I just got off of star of the seas yesterday. I was on the January 25 to February 1 sailing and there was 70 mile an hour winds when we came into port,” wrote one commenter.

“We got off the ship on Sunday it was 20 degrees at the port in Florida! Crazy weather!” posted another commenter.

The stormy weather and frigid temperatures impacted a large area from Florida to the Bahamas. The remainder of the itinerary is, so far, unaffected.

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The ship is calling at Cozumel, Mexico, on February 4; Roatan, Honduras, on February 5; and Costa Maya, Mexico, on February 6 before ending in Port Canaveral on February 8, 2026. The last full day of the cruise will be an at-sea day.

Bahamas Weather Caused Earlier Changes, Too

The problems at Perfect Day at CocoCay began a few days ago. Oasis of the Seas cancelled its call to Perfect Day on January 31. It would have been the final call on a Southern Caribbean cruise that left Port Everglades on January 24, 2026.

Utopia of the Seas nixed her call to the private destination on February 1 and shortened a planned call at Nassau, Bahamas, on January 31. Also, Wonder of the Seas cancelled her call to CocoCay on January 31 as well as Nassau on February 1, making the sailing a cruise to nowhere, since those were the only scheduled calls.

Part of the problem at CocoCay stems from damage to the pier, where strong winds caused the collapse of several catwalks, the elevated walkways that enable people and cargo to access the ships.

The damage, on the eastern side of the pier, means that just one ship, instead of the usual two, can dock. The Star of the Seas’ notice to guests does not specifically point to the damaged catwalks and the reduced pier operation as the reasons why the ship cancelled her call.

Other cruise lines have been dealing with the unusual weather in the Bahamas region, too. Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Sunshine, for example, cancelled her calls to Nassau, Bimini, and Celebration Key on her February 1, 2026 sailing from Norfolk. This voyage also became a cruise to nowhere.

Star of the Seas Joins Growing List of Ships Missing CocoCay After Storms