Bahamas-bound cruise rerouted to Canada with less than 24 hour notice [Video]

(NewsNation) — A last-minute change had cruise passengers, who were planning on a tropical beach vacation for the holidays, bundling up in the winter weather in Canada instead.

The passengers were notified 24 hours before the ship sailed off that it was re-routed from the Bahamas to Canada due to severe weather.

Reaching the Bahamas was impossible because of “unseasonable and rapidly worsening weather,” MSC Cruises USA communications director Field Sutton told CNN.

Lakeya Allen and her best friend, Val Montgomery, started planning a cruise to the Bahamas months ago to be together with family, hoping to escape a cold Christmas in Chicago.

That was the plan until the email came in from MSC Cruises less than 24 hours before their voyage, informing those passengers that unseasonable weather made it impossible to reach their island destination.

The ladies decided to continue with the trip and remained in good spirits …