Fluffy Tiger

And it continues Email late yesterday titled "Correction - Indonesian visa" Quote Email "Today you may have received an email from us with last-minute must do’s ahead of your Pacific Adventure cruise departing on Tuesday 30 January. This email included some information about Indonesian visa requirements which was incorrect and not the latest requirement provided by the Indonesian government. The correct information for Indonesian visa requirements is included below. This is the same information we provided in an email on 12 December 2023. Indonesia visa requirements All guests are advised to visit https://evisa.imigrasi.go.id/ to determine their individual visa requirements for entry into Indonesia and apply for the relevant visa in advance. For Australian and New Zealand passport holders, the required visa will cost IDR 500,000 (approximately $AU48). Guests should have at least one blank passport page available for the visa. All other passport holders are required to check their visa eligibility online or via the Indonesian Embassy and obtain the visa prior to embarkation. Guests who do not hold valid visas may be denied boarding. We apologise for any confusion and look forward to welcoming you onboard soon." End Quote email Well at least everybody is sure what will happen so that's a good thing and I am glad now I went though the drama of getting the Visa's before today. 5 days out from cruise and still being some confusion is not good though. And they really should look at the wording of that. Maybe leave the whole "Australian and New Zealand" stuff out as it make it seem like there are different rules for us especially seeing many of us have cruised before and know how it was done previously. Anybody still not sure, my advice is to get the Visa before you cruise no matter where you are from

After spending the morning getting the visas sorted due to the advice on Cruise control and that I didn't want to rick being denied boarding due to no Visa, I received a email from P and O titled "Anchors Aweigh - Your Last Minute Must Do's" at 11am this morning And now they say on this email that the will do Visa's on Board and charge the onboard account like they used to do. Here is what the email says "Please ensure your passport is valid for a minimum of 6 months after the return of the cruise. Any guest whose passport expires before this time will be denied boarding. Your passport should have at least one blank page available for the visa stamp that will be issued. Australian and New Zealand passport holders will be issued a visa on arrival at a cost of IDR 500,000 to be charged to each guest onboard account (converted to AUD, at the exchange rate applicable on the day). All other passport holders should contact the nearest consulate or a visa service to determine whether they are eligible for the visa on arrival or whether they will need to obtain another visa in advance of the cruise. Guests who check-in without the minimum passport validity and/or visa to enter Indonesia will be denied boarding." Now I guess in going to have to fight to not get charged onboard for a Visa when I already have purchased them. I am just a little pissed of with P and O not getting their messages straight.

Thanks for this fishtaco I have not done anything about a visa after reading on the cruise control for my cruise that they would be arranged on board (some months ago). That advice on the cruise control now seems to have changed to All guests are advised to visit https://evisa.imigrasi.go.id/ to determine their individual visa requirements for entry into Indonesia, and apply for the relevant visa in advance. For Australian and New Zealand passport holders, the required visa will cost IDR 500,000 (approximately $AU48). Guests should have at least one blank passport page available for the visa. That advise is a little confusing given the previous advise that it would be done onboard. After your phone call are you under the impression that they will still do it onboard like they used to? Or am I going to hope I can get one 5 days before the cruise?

Thanks for this. The initial report I saw siad it was in effect now.

A lockout of Tugboat operators by the major Tugboat company is now in effect in Australia. I'm not sure what effect this will have on cruise ship operations. Most new cruise ships can dock very well without the use of Tugs so in that way the effect should be minimal but there are many regulations in the ports around that require Tugs to be in attendance. Could be a non issue as I have no idea what ports these Tugs operate and if these Tugs are the ones cruise ships use but thought it might be worth posting and getting some other information about this.

I can beat that. Ridiculous