SashaCanadk

Hi There, I wish the cruise ship had offered an overnight stay, but they did not, that is why we went with another tour.

Thanks! We have our visas- our tour company did let us know about the change for Canadians. We got ours before the Oct 1 deadline.

Hello, Our cruise has 2 stops in Egypt - Alexandria for one day, departing in the evening and then Port Said the next day, again departing in the evening. In order to save 6 hours travelling back and forth to the cruise ship, we have booked a private tour with a company that will pick us up at Alexandria, tour us around, arrange a hotel, and then the next day return us to Port Said. We are travelling with another couple who called NCL asking if this was permitted. (When I had first booked it, they had said that as long as we let guest services know before hand it is fine). My friend was told that this is not permitted. Can anyone clarify this for us? Looking on cruise critic and other sights, it seems possible. Thank you for your helpl. S

Thanks! I will repost in the NCL forum. yes, we have received a e-visa pre October 1st- it was actually the tour company that brought the change to our attention, thankfully. Initially they made it so everyone had to apply to the consulate, but a couple of days later Egypt made it so that as long as we had received our e-visa before October 1st, they will still accept them (I think they got inundated because we started the hard copy process and within a day it went from 5days turnaround to 15 days). So we have all of the documents to enter Egypt. Thanks for asking, that is a critical question.

Hello, Our cruise has 2 stops in Egypt - Alexandria for one day, departing in the evening and then Port Said the next day, again departing in the evening. In order to save 6 hours travelling back and forth to the cruise ship, we have booked a private tour with a company that will pick us up at Alexandria, tour us around, arrange a hotel, and then the next day return us to Port Said. We are travelling with another couple who called NCL asking if this was permitted. (When I had first booked it, they had said that as long as we let guest services know before hand it is fine). My friend was told that this is not permitted. Can anyone clarify this for us? Looking on cruise critic and other sights, it seems possible. Thank you for your helpl. S