Itinerary Changed

Here are the Port numbers for this cruise until 30 Sept:

Venice 19-Sep 18:30 14818 Norwegian Jade, Splendour Of The Seas, MSC Musica, MSC Poesia, MSC Magnifica

20-Sep 18:30 23-Sep-15 10:00 At Sea

Istanbul 23-Sep 10:00 7042 MSC Opera, MSC Poesia

23-Sep 19:00 24-Sep-15 13:00 At Sea

Mykonos 24-Sep 13:00 25-Sep-15 07:00 6025 Norwegian Spirit, MSC Opera

Athens 25-Sep 07:00 25-Sep-15 17:45 1974

25-Sep-15 17:45 27-Sep-15 08:00 At Sea

Naples 27-Sep 08:00 27-Sep-15 19:00 3240 Ryndam

27-Sep-15 19:00 28-Sep-15 07:00 At Sea

Rome 28-Sep 07:00 28-Sep-15 19:00 18924 Vision Of The Seas, Celebrity Equinox, Costa Pacifica, Oceana, MSC Sinfonia, Costa Fascinosa

28-Sep-15 19:00 29-Sep-15 07:00 At Sea

Livorno 29-Sep 07:00 29-Sep-15 18:00 Florence (Livorno), Italy 1974

29-Sep-15 18:00 30-Sep-15 07:00 At Sea

Toulon30-Sep 07:00 30-Sep-15 16:00 Toulon, France 1974

30-Sep 16:00 01-Oct-15 06:00 At Sea

Here are the Port numbers for this cruise until 30 Sept:

Venice 19-Sep 18:30 14818 Norwegian Jade, Splendour Of The Seas, MSC Musica, MSC Poesia, MSC Magnifica

20-Sep 18:30 23-Sep-15 10:00 At Sea

Istanbul 23-Sep 10:00 7042 MSC Opera, MSC Poesia

23-Sep 19:00 24-Sep-15 13:00 At Sea

Mykonos 24-Sep 13:00 25-Sep-15 07:00 6025 Norwegian Spirit, MSC Opera

Athens 25-Sep 07:00 25-Sep-15 17:45 1974

25-Sep-15 17:45 27-Sep-15 08:00 At Sea

Naples 27-Sep 08:00 27-Sep-15 19:00 3240 Ryndam

27-Sep-15 19:00 28-Sep-15 07:00 At Sea

Rome 28-Sep 07:00 28-Sep-15 19:00 18924 Vision Of The Seas, Celebrity Equinox, Costa Pacifica, Oceana, MSC Sinfonia, Costa Fascinosa

28-Sep-15 19:00 29-Sep-15 07:00 At Sea

Livorno 29-Sep 07:00 29-Sep-15 18:00 Florence (Livorno), Italy 1974

29-Sep-15 18:00 30-Sep-15 07:00 At Sea

Toulon30-Sep 07:00 30-Sep-15 16:00 Toulon, France 1974

30-Sep 16:00 01-Oct-15 06:00 At Sea

Three big ships in Mykonos could be the problem.

The key is it only takes one port to cause an effect, so you only need 'port congestion' at one location to affect the entire itinerary (including things like travel time) - there are also issues with shipping lanes, tides, etc.

Princess is NOT going to give you the exact reason because they may not have it. If the Harbormaster says change - you change.

As I noted, Princess does NOT want to change itineraries. It costs them money and time. They did not just decide to do this for fun.

Three big ships in Mykonos could be the problem.

I just checked August - and there are several days over 5000 pax, and this one! :eek:

19-Aug-15 12883 Norwegian Spirit, Rhapsody Of The Seas, MSC Lirica, MSC Lirica, Costa Deliziosa, Costa Celebration

I just checked August - and there are several days over 5000 pax, and this one! :eek:

19-Aug-15 12883 Norwegian Spirit, Rhapsody Of The Seas, MSC Lirica, MSC Lirica, Costa Deliziosa, Costa Celebration

Holy crap...would not want to be there that day. Can't remember if one or two can dock but that's going to be a lot of tendering. :eek:

Holy crap...would not want to be there that day. Can't remember if one or two can dock but that's going to be a lot of tendering. :eek:

I doubt this has do to with anything in Greece or a collision on the Bosporus.

I thought there were issues (comments here on CC) with the Island and vibrations due to the remodel and cruising speed/engineering issue had to be cut back?

I just checked August - and there are several days over 5000 pax, and this one! :eek:

19-Aug-15 12883 Norwegian Spirit, Rhapsody Of The Seas, MSC Lirica, MSC Lirica, Costa Deliziosa, Costa Celebration

What ports?

What ports?

We were discussing ships in Mykonos.

We were discussing ships in Mykonos.

That's crazy. I know we end up in Istanbul on a Sunday. The bazaar and many other places are closed. Mykonos is a shortened day as well as Kusadasi. I hope more of this does not carry over to the rest of the Med cruises. :(

A couple of years ago I read about a Princess cruise that changed from the Holy Land to a Black Sea itinerary. :eek:

A couple of years ago I read about a Princess cruise that changed from the Holy Land to a Black Sea itinerary. :eek:

That would be cause for a cancelation. :(

Holy inflation! I just checked your itinerary...$4,200 pp for a balcony (Cdn). It's the same itinerary...same week actually...that we paid $1,199 for in 2012.

Yes, it is a disappointment, but with area of the world where there is unrest, etc., it's a hazard you are forced to accept. You have my sympathies.

If you notice, I mentioned that the "unrest" reason for cancellation was on a former cruise with Princess (a few years back). I understand this rationale and am not complaining about it, but merely mentioned I was disappointed. I then commented that we are now disappointed again, because on this cruise, Princess is changing the itinerary due to "port congestion" (???) and now we will be visiting Istanbul on the Sacrifice Holiday when the Grand Bazaar and other attractions will be closed. When the main purpose for choosing this cruise is the port of Istanbul, namely for the visit to the Grand Bazaar, as well as other attractions there, I think you can understand my disappointment. I have been to the Khan Kalili Market in Cairo, Egypt and loved that, and it was on my "bucket list" to visit the "Grand Bazaar" in Istanbul. This is the second attempt to visit the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, and I am pretty confident there will not be a third opportunity, which is disappointing for me.

The Greece thing could be to do with the economic problems.

Many Government employees have not being paid for a couple of months and those that are being paid are being paid some months in arrears.

The Greek ports are owned by the Government and even if they are being paid their salaries on time, I would guess that there is no overtime pay and no-one is working outside the normal working day.

So if you are not out by 17.30 then your ship will probably be stuck overnight.

Given that I'm not surprised Princess are leaving early. It may be a big issue for the OP that they are not staying until midnight, but looking at the bigger picture, I can't see many folks wanting to get off after dinner for a couple of hours and giving up that is probably better than missing a port altogether.

now we will be visiting Istanbul on the Sacrifice Holiday when the Grand Bazaar and other attractions will be closed. When the main purpose for choosing this cruise is the port of Istanbul, namely for the visit to the Grand Bazaar, as well as other attractions there, I think you can understand my disappointment.

Check if the Spice Market will be open that day. It is about the same experience as the Grand Bazaar, just smaller.

Thanks to the OP for posting this. I will be in Istanbul during this period and had no idea about this holiday. Not a darn thing I can do about it, but at least I'll be prepared.

As to all those ships in Mykonos on a given day: you have to look at the times they'll actually be there. Some of those ships may be arriving after the others have left. That will be the case for us in Santorini--I thought there were 5 other ships in port with us, but it turns out that two of them are arriving after we depart.

Check if the Spice Market will be open that day. It is about the same experience as the Grand Bazaar, just smaller.

The spice also call the Eygptian market will be closed for the 4 days.

Check with your travel insurance carrier, some companies will pay you a settlement for an itinerary change.

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