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On 3/24/2020 at 11:51 AM, ColeThornton said:

 

 

I was always under the impression that it was us cruisers who paid the port fees.  Do the cruise lines pay extra above and beyond what they charge the passengers for port fees?

NCL makes money on the port fees, miss a port for bad weather, do you get anything back, no way, that has happened a few times to me

Homeland security would have you in irons, straight to jail, 

You are looking at a situation going out 6 months or more and the cruise prices well crash by then, wait for NCL to CXL your cruise, then take the best offer,

I am looking at booking in Sept or Oct,   on the Jewel for the same price or lower than Apr. cruses.

2 hours ago, knight2096 said:

 

First they screwed over the people who cancelled with the "peace of mind" March 10 FCC refund now this. The more I read about NCL the more it makes me sick. This company is as slimy as they come.

You just finding that out now ??

10 hours ago, zqvol said:

 

The cruise has to go to a Canadian port, or a distant foreign port, which I am guessing would be Iceland. The most likely scenario is that it will be turned into a Caribbean or Bahamas cruise. 

There are two French Islands off the south coast of Newfoundland, you could pay a visit there and then be legal,

10 hours ago, njhorseman said:

Everyone here is discussing the issue because we already know what the Canadian government has done.

 

 I was addressing what the US government would have to do to waive the PVSA requirement that a foreign-flagged ship must visit a foreign port in order to make a cruise legal. In other words how can the Alaska cruise season be salvaged in light of Canada's closing their ports to virtually all cruise ships.

 

Who wants cruise ships in CDN waters ??

Can they go the long way around and add a day or two to the cruise ?? 

1 hour ago, Ptroxx said:

They have to go to a At least 1 foreign port    And that’s Canada.   So where else would they port ?   
and I’m sure Seattle is going to do something’s soon enough. 

It's called the Jones Act,

2 hours ago, kmchisholm said:

Do you think the declaration of a national emergency is declared and other ports closing will?  Wondering when Bahamas and other ports will shut down to protect their people.....

 

Canada closed it's cruise ports this morning, till July, east and west ports

Canada just closed it's ports to cruise ships till July,

Canada just closed it's ports to cruise ships till July,

The land borders are next,

13 hours ago, caterpa said:

My concern isn’t about a FCC.  Like many, I paid for a vacation that cost near 10k for my entire family of 6 (3 rooms) and getting a FCC does nothing to help now pay for an alternate vacation over spring break that I may now have to make over all this.  They just hold on to my 10k?  
 

If we aren’t able to go or ‘travel isn’t advised’ I want 100% refunded within 2 weeks.  

Good luck on that

Hi,

Any single ladies with an interest in ballroom dancing ??

If so, I;ll pack my dance shoes,

Doing Rostock to Aruba,

Joe from Windsor

Have you seen the change in ports ????

We live in Canada and have cruised with Pullmantur four times and generally have enjoyed ourselves. We booked through an online company (VtG) but would really like to know if there are other online companies that will book Pullmantur, as we have had issues with our bookings lately.

We don't know of any companies in Canada that will book Pullmantur.

I am CDN and have not found any CDN on-line sites, what type of issues with V to G ?? Sailing Sept 10, from Rostock.

Joe, from Windsor.

My friend just took this cruise from Colon to Portugal this past May. Theme nights were white night (wear white), gala night (he wore a nice dress shirt), tropical night (Hawaiian shirt), pirate night, and formal night (nice top again). This is from what he remembers and might be few more. We are traveling Europe before embarkation in Portugal, so my wardrobe is going to be limited to nice tops for these nights (or sundresses). He also said that people were turned away for wearing tank tops in the dining room, but shorts were still acceptable (even though the notes state "no shorts in dining rooms"). Hope this helps with the theme nights!

Thank for the info

Joe

Ok--I wrote your name down!! What is White Night?

Hi,

It's one of the theme nights, you dress all in white for the evening, a few bead

to offset the white.

Joe

Hi everyone:

 

My husband and I are taking this cruise from Bilbao--getting off in Aruba. Would everyone on this roll call like to meet up on embarkation day--or the day after? If so, we could maybe arrange to meet somewhere at a certain time. Maybe to identify ourselves we could wear mardi gras beads? I think you can still get them at the $store.

If anyone wants to do this, just reply to this post and I'll keep a record of our names.

 

Doreen & Jim

Hi, Joe from Windsor, count me in, doing Rostock to Aruba, and Air Canada to T.O.

The beads can come in handy on White Night,also.

A great review, thank you for the info.

A few questions, if you have time

(A) any formal nights, or theme parties ?

(B) any English books in the library?

© I am a ballroom dancer, should I leave my dance shoes at home ?

I am doing 22 days out of Rostock to Aruba in Sept, so any info would be a helpful.

Joe,

If someone could answer that question, it could be worth a million or two.

The freeze booze is 24/7 at some of the bars, no need to pack the special mouth wash.

Joe

Rostock to Aruba

The free booze is 24/7 at some of the bars, no need to pack the special mouth wash

JOE,

DOING 20 DAYS

Where are you staying in Aruba?

I'm planning to fly out of Aruba on Oct. 1, too.

 

JOAN

A great flight to Toronto on Oct. 1st,

I am still looking for a place in town, and you ???

Warm winds from the east, hurricane season, pack lite cloths, Spain should be cool and then warm to hot after that,

Joe

That is a great 7 day cruise, 5 ports in 7 days.

Hope to meet you on board.

Joe

I am doing 20 days from Rostock to Aruba, flying home on Oct 1 AirCanada,

looking foreward to meeting a you. Do you dance ??

Joe

Hi, did you get a good price ?