Questions include whether there is insurance coverage (depends on your carrier), whether you can reschedule your cruise (depends on when your cruise departs and whether you have trip protection coverage), and whether people are still booking cruises from the Gulf (there appears to be no decline in the number of bookings being made).

For those who booked their cruise, but did not get travel insurance, they might still be able to cancel with no penalties if the final payment has not yet been made, and then they can rebook the cruise immediately and purchase the “cancel for any reason” insurance coverage. Those whose cruise has been rescheduled will be notified by CruiseDeals by either phone or email.