HI there! I am going to Havana on RCL cruise out of Miami in 3 weeks. I checked the " In Support of Cuban People" option and that is all you have to do. Then go and explore. Definitely do NOT need to book their excursions!!
We cruised with Azamara in November. We booked our cruise after 6/16 and were the first cruise to Cuba on Azamara after the regulations changed, just a matter of days before our cruise. The cruise lines appear to lump the visa and the affidavit into one bin, though that is incorrect. But Azamara was definitively using the confusion over the new regulations to sell tours by telling some people they could not have a Visa unless they booked a ship tour each day we were in port. We were not hassled, got our visa without issue and had a fabulous tour with Blexie that we booked ourselves via email before we departed. We tweaked the itinerary to suit our preferences and to make sure we stayed away from the banned sites. Blexie could not be more accommodating. We also ate in private paladars we booked in advance, went to museums on our own, talked to local artist and business owners and lots of other warm and wonderful Cuban People. I've written about it a lot on the Cuba forum as there are so many threads on the subject. Search my name for more details about our tour. I'll cut and paste a past post here that details the Support of the Cuban People reason for travel you should select on your affidavit as well as the applicable regulations and the examples of permissible travel set forth by the Treasury Department.
Can you wonder on your own or do excursions? RCL says we have to do their tours!
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HI there! I am going to Havana on RCL cruise out of Miami in 3 weeks. I checked the " In Support of Cuban People" option and that is all you have to do. Then go and explore. Definitely do NOT need to book their excursions!!