CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Port Canaveral cruises departed as scheduled Monday as dangerous beach and marine conditions began setting in from Tropical Storm Imelda .

Before she boarded the Utopia of the Seas, Lacy McClintock told Cape Canaveral Community Correspondent James Sparvero it wouldn’t be the same cruise she was hoping for when she planned her vacation.

“The sun was shining, and we thought we were gonna have the same kind of weather for today, but not so much,” she said as she watched it rain at Grill’s tiki bar next to the cruise terminal.

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Utopia’s cruise over the weekend ended a few hours early because of Imelda, same for the Disney Wish and the Carnival Glory ships.

McClintock said wh

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