Another Royal Caribbean cruise reroutes from sunny hotspot to chilly Canada which is shockingly legal: experts

Two Royal Caribbean cruises have been rerouted from their intended tropical destination to chilly Canada because of nasty weather so far this month — and there’s shockingly little recourse for upset customers, industry experts told The Post.Last weekend, vacationers expecting a five-night Bermuda getaway onboard the cruise liner’s Independence of the Seas were suddenly slapped with a whole new plan: They were sailing to Saint John, New Brunswick, instead, according to a last-minute email sent to passengers and obtained by the Royal Caribbean Blog.The 3,858-passenger vessel was rerouted because of inclement weather off the East Coast – just hours before it was scheduled to embark from New Jersey’s Cape Liberty on Saturday, the outlet reported. “Make sure you pack some light sweaters and clothing for cooler temps, the current forecast is in the mid-50s during the day in port,” Royal Caribbean wrote to passengers who, up until that point, had expected to enjoy Bermuda’s balmy climate. The company’s latest itinerary overhaul comes after more than 5,000 passengers expecting a week of fun in the sun in the Bahamas instead found themselves headed for Halifax, Nova Scotia, after bad weather forced their cruise to change course on Oct.18. Actress Mikayla Iverson and other passengers from that voyage expressed frustration about not being given enough notice of the switch-up, which cost them the opportunity to trade in their bathing suits for winter boots. “Just got told after landing in Newark that our family Bahamas cruise leaving in literally 12 hours, we will now be going to Nova Scotia?!? And that we will not be allowed to leave the ship all week.

@royalcaribbean, we don’t have the clothes for this,” Iverson wrote in an Instagram video that racked up a whopping 1.5 million views.Aside from expressing their outrage, there is little that disgruntled passengers can do in such situations, according to industry experts. “Cruise lines basically h...