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Thanks for the replies.  With regard to final payment, I'm still waiting for my 2nd jab, so have no intention of paying anything until at least 2 weeks after that.  Hopefully by then some of the fog will have cleared.

I know I should have done this before, but instead of relying on the media I checked the Government's website on the rules on travel to Amber countries and they only say, "should" not travel and not "must" not travel.  In that case, there's no UK statutory reason to stop the cruise going from the UK to Greenland as long as we're prepared to do the necessary when we get back to the UK.  Having said that, if one is fully vaccinated, having to quarantine does seem to undermine the Government's stance on the effectiveness of the vaccines.

15 hours ago, nosapphire said:

Latest update 10th May - link attached

https://visitgreenland.com/corona-faq/#cruisetrip

see section 5 of the FAQ.

This may well change before the cruise.

 

I still feel so sorry for those desperately trying to organise a cruise itinerary and playing "guess the changes".

Thanks for that link.  Not sure how it works if all passengers and crew (I assume) have been fully vaccinated.  But, as you say, all we can do is guess the changes until nearer the time.

14 hours ago, Windsurfboy said:

Don't understand why Greenland is on UK Amber list , they have had only ONE case since January. 

 

However understand why they would be very strict about letting people  in. Only hope is they follow EU and relax restrictions for fully vaccinated people. 

 

 

Linked to Denmark I think.  Logical, no; Civil Service logic, yes.

Same way my electric car is classified a hybrid with the associated annual car taxes, whereas technically it's not.  But, as there only one or two models in the UK like it, I can't expect a set of rules to be made just for 2 models. 

51 minutes ago, Glenndale said:

Where did you get the information with regards to the cancellation of the Round UK Cruise?

Having just tried to find the news again on the web and failed, clearly it was in in my dreams 🙄

Although my partner clearly remembers us both talking about how Greenland was now the inaugural cruise.  We must have both had the same dream.  That's very disturbing 😀 

Does anybody have any information as to whether this cruise will take place as advertised?  Our only reason for booking is to go to Greenland but, as Greenland is currently on the UK Amber travel list this won't be allowed.  I've spoken to Saga a couple of times and get the standard answer, yes it's still on, but before we make the final payment (not an insubstantial amount) I'd like a little more comfort we're getting the full story.

I know the SOA's inaugural round UK cruise has been cancelled, which did surprise me as I can't see any COVID reason for that, so I'm more than a little sceptical this cruise will take place as advertised. 

Thanks for the responses.

Just spoke to her again and she tells me it was a sexual assault whilst visiting Grenada.

Why she couldn't tell me this originally I don't know.

I was speaking to a friend the other day and they told me about a female passenger on a P&O cruise getting into trouble on one of the island stops during a cruise to the Caribbean in February this year.

I've looked at the P&O schedules and she might have been on the Oceana.

I've seen nothing in the papers/internet.

Does anybody have any information on this?

No, you watch a crew member put theirs on, but don't do it yourself.

Thanks, that's useful to know as we won't need to go back to our cabin to get them for the drill.

I've only sailed with P&O (from the UK) and Princess (from the USA) and both of them ask you to practice putting your jacket on during the drill.

 

.... You don't need to take your lifejacket....

 

 

:)

Don't they ask you to put your life jacket on during the drill to make sure you know what to do?

When is your cruise.

 

This is interesting.

 

Thanks.

Norwegian Sun leaving Vancouver 25 July 2016.

At this point though how has notice actually been given to passengers? Other than my being on cruise critic, we have received no notification on our booking of any new policy regarding bringing on beverages. Will be interesting to see if we suddenly receive a notification after our final payment due date, which is 4 days from now.

It might be different for us as we booked through NCL UK, but we both received an email from NCL (donotreply@ncl.com) on the 1 July notifying us of the change in policy.

If Skagway is missed on the south bound trip, when do the passengers get told?

We're on the 25 July sailing Vancouver to Seward and back and have booked an independent tour for the return visit to Skagway.

Funny you should ask this as I've just finished talking to NCL UK and asked the same question.

According to the lady I spoke to there is no additional gratuity to pay, despite what some on here have said recently.