Hurricane Damages Grand Turk Cruise Terminal

Hurricane Ike in the Atlantic and Tropical Storm Lowell in the Pacific continue to wreak havoc on travel plans. Ike apparently caused major damage to the new Grand Turk cruise terminal in the Turks and Caicos. A spokesperson for Carnival Corp. (which owns the facility) told the Associated Press that it will take “some time” to repair and re-open the facility, though the pier itself apparently survived the storm relatively unscathed. Almost a dozen different cruise lines that have existing plans to call in Grand Turk this year and beyond – from Celebrity and Crystal to Princess and Royal Caribbean – will probably change their itineraries in the near future to replace Grand Turk.