<p>Carnival Destiny will undergo a seven-day dry dock next month to resolve a propulsion problem. The issue is only affecting the vessel&rsquo;s sailing speed and all other systems are operating normally.&nbsp;&nbsp; The dry dock will take place Feb. 13-20.<span></span>Carnival is cancelling two cruises that were scheduled&nbsp;to take place during the dry dock period &ndash; the five-day departure of Feb. 13 and the four-day departure of Feb. 18 (the Feb. 18 cruise&nbsp;will now operate as a modified two-day cruise to Nassau Feb. 20-22).&nbsp; Effective with the February 22, 2010 departure, the Carnival Destiny will be operating its regularly scheduled itineraries.</p>
<p>Guests scheduled to sail on the Feb. 13 or 18 voyages will have the option&nbsp;of receiving a future cruise&nbsp;credit or full refund of their cruise fare.&nbsp; A $100 shipboard credit will be provided&nbsp;to those guests who were scheduled&nbsp;on the Feb. 13 voyage while those on the Feb. 18 departure will receive a $75 shipboard credit.&nbsp; The shipboard credit can be&nbsp;used on a future&nbsp;cruise departing prior to&nbsp;Dec. 15, 2011. For guests with independent air transportation, Carnival will reimburse up to $200 per person in the form of a shipboard credit for airline change fees when rebooking&nbsp;a future cruise.&nbsp; Travel agent commissions will be protected.</p>
<p>Additionally, three other cruises taking place prior to the dry dock will now operate&nbsp;modified itineraries.&nbsp; The five-day cruise departing Jan. 30 will now visit Cozumel and Costa Maya instead of Ocho&nbsp;Rios and Grand Cayman. The four-day cruise departing Feb. 4 will&nbsp;visit Cozumel&nbsp;and cancel the scheduled call in&nbsp;Key West; and the five-day cruise departing Feb. 8 will now&nbsp;replace the scheduled call&nbsp;in Grand Turk with a stop at Freeport, along with visits to Nassau and Half Moon Cay.&nbsp; Although the itineraries for these voyages were modified&nbsp;because of the propulsion problem, all of the Carnival Destiny&rsquo;s normal dining, activity and entertainment options will be available.</p>
<p>Guests booked&nbsp;prior to Jan. 25 who sail on these&nbsp;three&nbsp;modified voyages will receive a $50 per person shipboard credit.&nbsp; If guests elect&nbsp;to cancel,&nbsp;they&nbsp;will have the option&nbsp;to&nbsp;receive a full refund or a future cruise&nbsp;credit equal to the amount of their cruise fare.&nbsp;&nbsp;Travel agent commission will be protected for cancellations on these cruises.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We sincerely apologize for the impact of these changes on our guests&rsquo; vacations plans and wish to thank them for their understanding,&rdquo; said Gerry Cahill, Carnival&rsquo;s president and CEO.</p>