The pool area onboard the Carnival Sunshine during a 2021 cruise.
The pool area onboard the Carnival Sunshine during a 2022 cruise.
  • The Carnival Sunshine became a "cruise to nowhere" after windy weather kept the ship from docking.
  • Longtime cruiser Margie Marsh told Insider she hadn't even planned to get off the boat in the first place.
  • But the cancelled port stop challenged her efforts to seek peace and quiet onboard the ship.

The Carnival Sunshine's Bahamas-bound journey became a "cruise to nowhere" earlier this month after inclement weather kept the 3,000-person ship from docking in Nassau — the only planned port stop during the four-day journey.