Two Carnival Cruise Lines ships will call in Roatan, Honduras, this week, despite the military coup in Tegucigalpa, the country's capital city. The coup has unleashed waves of protest throughout the country.
Carnival said it is "monitoring the situation and keeping in touch with authorities there," but that its Roatan contacts have advised that there are no issues in Roatan, a tiny Caribbean island that has become a popular cruise destination in the last five years.
On Sunday, the U.S. State Department recommended that American citizens defer all non-essential travel to Honduras, but added that outside of the capital, "reports from the rest of the country indicate that calm prevails, although there have been cases of occasional roadblocks."
The Carnival Valor and Carnival Legend are scheduled to arrive in Roatan on Wednesday and Friday, respectively. They are the only two ships calling in Roatan in July and August, the island’s low season.
As many as 28 ships call in Roatan during the winter. NCL, Holland America, Princess and Royal Caribbean ship call there.
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