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Not to mention two sets of airline tickets and couple of night in hotel in Panama City--Refundable recovery unknown.

Per Viking--$1020 insurance -- non-refundable PP 120 days in advance $100 pp Total $1200 Today is 122 days before cruise. By your theory--why did they remind us at all.

Funny how they "remind" you just days after the final payment is due.

Boy you take things personal--and then again, who asked you? If you don't like factual info--don't read the Boards and enjoy the surprises. I'll buy you a drink on the ship.

We may just stay on the ship at Roatan. Not much there than jungle. But that eliminates 3 ports on a 10 night cruise. Not what we bought in to. Colon was removed a month or two ago, but Key West was cancelled two days before final payment was due and two days after I paid. Until then only had two $50 deposits at stake. Not happy with Viking.

So no stop in Panama city or Colon? Ours Classic Panama Cruise starts in Panama City (thus the email from Viking) --Colon was cancelled by Viking. great for you. Looks like yellow fever vaccinations run between $300-400 per person---at least in LA. Means $700 to get off in Roatan for us.

Squakman--I also initially didn't count Amawaterways cruises---where they give you multiple choice of included excursions--not just the city tour.

Classic Panama Canal Passage Panama City (Fuerte Amador) to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 07OCT2022 Dear Viking Guest, Thank you for choosing Viking for your upcoming Classic Panama Canal Passage voyage. We would like to take a moment to advise you of an important requirement for your journey. As you may be aware, Honduras has a Yellow Fever vaccination requirement for travelers who visit Panama or South America prior to arrival in Honduras. Your itinerary begins in Panama City, Panama, with a call to Roatan, Honduras occurring later in your journey. For this reason, all guests must show proof of a Yellow Fever vaccination at embarkation. Please obtain the vaccination at least 10 days prior to your departure date and bring the original and a copy of the vaccination record with you to the ship. Guests who are unable to have the Yellow Fever vaccination for medical reasons must obtain a letter from their physician on the physician's letterhead and bring it with you to the ship. If you are unable to have the vaccination or simply do not wish to have the vaccination, you will not be able to go ashore in Roatan, Honduras. You will remain on the ship during the call to this port. Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact your Travel Advisor or call us at 1-855-300-3970, Sunday - Saturday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, PT. We look forward to welcoming you aboard and wish you a wonderful journey. Sincerely, Viking

According to Viking the yf vaccination is required for anyone traveling from Panama--which is all of us according to Viking email on 10/7 even if you are only in Panama for day. I only know what is stated in the Viking email, don't have any independent knowledge of such.

And further Squakman, I said 20 plus on Celebrity and Oceana--I have also cruised on Princess, Holland America, and Carnaval (carnaval once and probably never again--just not the right demographic).

And by the way, Viking sometimes that they don't have as many amenities as their cruises are port intensive--not this one now. Also, not Vikings fault, but they notified us yesterday that we will need a yellow fever vaccination to get off the ship in Roatan.

Squawkman, 20 vs 30. I went back through my records. When I assumed 20 plus in my mind I did not count combined cruises. For instance, I was on two back to back Celebrity Caribbean cruises (which I think about as one) ("continuing cruiser" as it is called) in January of this year. And we were upgraded to a small suite for the second cruise. Funnier yet--the the last port for both cruises, before disembarking in Fort Lauderdale, was Nassau. Nassau. On cruise one Nassau turned into a seaday because Nassau decided not to allow cruise ship to enter THE NIGHT BEFORE due to Omicron. We woke up in the morning and could see Nassau and did for most of the morning.--- Celebrity only had 8 hours notice--Not four months to respond to "operational reasons." However on the second cruise (7 days later) we pulled into Nassau with ships from Disney, Virgin, Carnaval and one other.

Only been on 30 plus cruises. Missed a few ports along the way, but usually given a reason and OBC. They were on the spot cancellations, mostly for weather or vaccine restrictions. Never had ports cancelled months in advance or two on on 10 night cruise. We have not been given a plausible reason for the cancellation of Colon or Key West. I do know from aviation that airlines often state "operational reasons" when the cancel flights and that often, not always (like lack of crew), means they don't have enough passengers to make the flight profitable--remember the "shuttle" days. Otherwise they say weather or mechanical reasons.

Received email from Viking on 8/11/22 substituting an extra day in Panama City for the day in Colon. I wouldn't have minded the trade but have fixed plans to be in Panama City for several days before boarding the ship.

Your right, already have 35 planned on Oceana in 2023-24. All on Insignia--a sub 1000 customer ship. Because of costs in changing arrangements I will be on the Viking Star Panama cruise--but doubt they can make-up for what they have taken away.