Mexico cruise ports get up to date US journey advisory — what to know

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On Aug. 12, the U.S. State Department up to date its Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution Travel Advisory for Mexico, which provides steerage for U.S. residents touring to locations throughout the holiday scorching spot from vibrant cities to standard cruise ports.

When you’re making ready for a cruise, it’s all the time good to familiarize your self with these journey advisories, which the State Department gives to assist vacationers make knowledgeable choices and keep secure in locations world wide.

While all journey advisories are up to date periodically, new security concerns can pop up at any time that immediate advisory revisions, so if you happen to’re touring quickly, it’s vital to concentrate when new security steerage is issued.

Although cruise vacationers can sail with the added peace of thoughts that cruise strains are extremely centered on security and can by no means take passengers to cruise ports which are thought-about unsafe, that doesn’t imply there aren’t any security issues in a cruise vacation spot.

So, what do cruise vacationers have to know in regards to the up to date journey advisory for Mexico? Are there new security issues to pay attention to in Mexico’s cruise ports?

Doug Parker breaks down the up to date Mexico journey advisory for cruise passengers, and different cruise information, on the Aug. 14 version of Cruise News Today.

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US updates journey advisory for Mexico and its cruise ports

Cruise News Today Transcript:

This is Cruise News Today with Doug Parker.

Good morning, here is your cruise information for Thursday, August 14th.

The U.S. State Department has up to date its journey advisory for Mexico, elevating the nationwide stage to “Exercise Increased Caution” and including terrorism to the record of dangers.

Now for cruise passengers, most port advisories remained unchanged. Cozumel and Cabo San Lucas are nonetheless at Level 2 although Cabo’s replace now highlights cartel threats and elevated safety.

Puerto Vallarta stays at Level 3, which is “Reconsider Travel,” and Mazatlan stays at Level 4, or “Do Not Travel.” Cruise strains usually keep away from high-risk ports.

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Diana Ross bails as godmother for Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas

And the godmother bailed. Yeah, Diana Ross has backed out of her function of godmother from Royal Caribbean Star of the Seas, citing unexpected circumstances.

The 81-year-old singer was set to christen the world’s largest cruise ship from Port Canaveral on August twentieth, then sail a three-day voyage to The Bahamas. Well, that is not occurring.

Ross was named godmother of the ship this previous June and initially deliberate to attend together with her household. She did just lately wrap up her U.Okay. tour and kicks her U.S. tour off this weekend.

Royal Caribbean says it is on the lookout for a brand new godmother and hopes to announce one quickly.

Related: Royal Caribbean provides mother and father peace of thoughts with new ship function

Carnival Cruise Line releases itineraries for brand spanking new Excel-class ship

And following the information of Carnival Cruise Line sending Mardi Gras to brief cruises, the road has detailed sailings for its subsequent Excel-class ship, the Festivale.

Now launching within the spring of ’27, the ship will debut with a 15-night transatlantic cruise from Southampton to Port Canaveral. That’ll occur on May 2nd.

From there, Festivale will provide year-round cruises to The Bahamas and the Caribbean.

Also, some renderings have been detailed in regards to the ship’s new water park and inside areas with it being a music-themed cruise ship.

Related: Carnival Cruise Line embraces key Royal Caribbean technique

And cruise shares have been up on Wednesday. Carnival Corporation: up 3.3%, 30.63. Royal Caribbean: flat, 313.32. Norwegian: up 2.1%, 24.76. And Viking: up a half, 59.99.

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Here in Hollywood, California, I’m Doug Parker with Cruise News Today. Have your self an ideal Thursday.

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This story was initially reported by TravelHost on Aug 14, 2025, the place it first appeared.