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I got a letter today of all cancellations until 15Nov20 offering only FCC.  I also have crew member friends and seen internal memos to active crew regarding the re-contracting to Celebrity.  The Horizon is heading to Mumbai as we speak.  As of today, Pullmantur has not made this public nor does their website indicate cancellation notice.  You can track all ships on www.marinetraffic.com  All ships are being berthed until further notice.

I've been a past passenger on several cruises with Pullmantur.  However, please DO NOT BOOK any trips with them at this time.  I had a transatlantic fully paid for and 2 B2B from Lisbon to Norway, and Trieste to Athens.  All were canceled due to CV19.  Pullmantur refuses to refund all deposits and paid in full cruises, offering ONLY FCC till Sept. 2021.  I have no plans to be in Europe in 2021 and they refuse categorically to refund any of these 5 cruises.  It is doubtful that they will survive 2020 let alone 2021.  So DO NOT book anything unless you don't mind getting stiffed.  Its a shame because I truly enjoyed my 7 past trips with them and forged some wonder friendships still strong after 3yrs.  The active crew is being re-contracted to Celebrity and I understand that the leased ships are going back to Royal Caribbean.

On 7/4/2019 at 4:02 PM, ISLABONITA said:

Hi Victor, as you recall I was booked on it but the morning or the day we were planning to get to Miami for our flight to Madrid my husband had a stroke.  He recovered 100% after receiving TPA and having surgery to remove the clot. A blessing in disguise as it would have been much worse had we been on the plane.

 

Then I booked a similar cruise without Agadir as they had removed it from the itinerary for Feb 2020.

On Friday I received an email from my TA about their cancelation of most of the Zenith sails into April of 2020 and some being taken over by Horizon.

 

We are now booked for this November , come hell or high water we will be on this cruise!  God willing.

Glad to hear you  had a good cruise.

ib

HI IB, I do hope your husband is better.  The Canary Islands and subsequent repo to Lisbon was very good.  Unfortunately there were way too many kids onboard.  We are actually doing the Nov.2020 Horizon Trieste to Athens with b2b Athens to Israel and back. Looking forward to being on the Horizon once again after doing the b2b Malaga to Atherns and on to Dubai last November. Stay well!

Plz read this article on Zenith:

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21168-zenith-to-leave-pullmantur-fleet-as-company-primes-growth-plans.html

This cruise was in March 2019; it was great. The Zenith is being removed from service in 2020. Google-it for details; no replacement was mentioned in the article. Hope this helps. 

Hola. Can you let me know what kind of tours you’ve booked? I’m just now trying to get my act together on this trip. I have 2 other travelers that might be interested. You can reach me at Victor907@gmail.com

Hi Isla Bonita,

I was wondering if you've had made any tour arrangements for this cruise.  I'm traveling with 2 other people, so maybe we can come up with good options.  You can contact me at victor907gmail.com.

Victor & friends

Yes, they do on Horizon, Zenith and Monarch.  Never been on Sovreign so I don't know.

Hola, I've been on Pullmatur 4 times now and love it.  Just got back from Malaga to Dubai.  Would love to join private tours you may have in mind.  I'm bilingual English/Spanish with some Italian and French, so languages are not an issue.  So far I'm traveling solo but it may change later on.  Please keep me in the loop. Feliz An~o Nuevo.   Victor from California