A cruise to Cuba?

[marco]

If I booked a cruise on Fred.Olsen or Thompson, or some other line that sails regularly out of Barbados or some other Caribbean port, as a US citizen, could I "just get off" the ship with everyone who is either British, Canadian (any other than US)? Now that certain trips that meet certain criteria permit US citizens to travel to Cuba, what about someone arriving on a cruise ship? If not permitted, would I not be accepted for travel on the cruise or would I just not be permitted to go ashore?

[wassup4565]

You should ask the cruise line this question. However, my observation is the Cubans don't want to keep people out. We are Canadians, but we have met US citizens while in Cuba - they seem to have found a way to travel there despite the travel bans. And we never observed the US citizens were treated any differently than we were.

 

I don't want to be insulting or political, but it seems to me the US is concerned about being "contaminated" by Cuba. I never had any experience that Cubans had this concern.

[tiessa]

If I booked a cruise on Fred.Olsen or Thompson, or some other line that sails regularly out of Barbados or some other Caribbean port, as a US citizen, could I "just get off" the ship with everyone who is either British, Canadian (any other than US)? Now that certain trips that meet certain criteria permit US citizens to travel to Cuba, what about someone arriving on a cruise ship? If not permitted, would I not be accepted for travel on the cruise or would I just not be permitted to go ashore?

 

 

As I understand it, Americans often go from one of the other islands to Cuba. You can't go from a U.S. territory to Cuba. The restriction is by the American government not the Cuban government.

[tiessa]

You should ask the cruise line this question. However, my observation is the Cubans don't want to keep people out. We are Canadians, but we have met US citizens while in Cuba - they seem to have found a way to travel there despite the travel bans. And we never observed the US citizens were treated any differently than we were.

 

I don't want to be insulting or political, but it seems to me the US is concerned about being "contaminated" by Cuba. I never had any experience that Cubans had this concern.

 

 

I don't know what you mean by "contaminated." The reason there are restrictions against Cuba by our government is because of violations of human rights and because Cuba has been determined to carry on state sponsored terrorism.

 

As a Canadian, perhaps you should just speak for your country.