Before, i wrote:
Yes indeed, I forgot to mention the exception, with the shore excursion organized by the ship.
Then, the cruise ship waits, as long as the financial repercussions allow it.
On one side are the costs to fly the stranded passengers to a next port and the compensations asked for by these passengers.
On the other side, apart from the port’s ability to let the ship docked overnight, are the foreseeable rewards for all other passengers on the ship for a lost stopover the next day…
If a higher speed to the next stop can make up for the delay, it costs just some fuel…