larches167 Posted May 12, 2015 #1 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Have heard that celebrity are now not going into Puerto vallarta in Mexico, due to issues there, do they stop at another port or will there be another at sea day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wine-O Posted May 12, 2015 #2 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I heard on the news that other cruise lines have decided to skip that port due to security concerns. I wish they would cancel all Mexican ports until they clean up their gang and cartel issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartyAllDaTyme Posted May 12, 2015 #3 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I assume this is for a Panama Canal cruise. Other ports are nearby, such as Mazatlan, so they may try to go there instead, but they may also simply make it another sea day-- more time for everybody to stay on the ship, buy drinks and lose money in the casino:eek:;):D. It can be problematic to switch ports of call with little notice, but if it's an ongoing problem and your cruise isn't for a while, there's more time to make alternate arrangements. But they need to find a port that isn't already booked full with other cruise ships, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartyAllDaTyme Posted May 12, 2015 #4 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I heard on the news that other cruise lines have decided to skip that port due to security concerns. I wish they would cancel all Mexican ports until they clean up their gang and cartel issues. Hopefully this clears up before next February-- that's our next cruise, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas:eek:. Maybe we'll just stay on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted May 12, 2015 #5 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Shirley, on the thread titled "Live from the Infinity." was asked about Puerto Vallarta. Her post #70 indicates that the canceled port call was replaced with a sea day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted May 13, 2015 #6 Share Posted May 13, 2015 What a shame..but safety comes first. Puerta Vallarta was a wonderful port when we did the Mex Riv some years ago...Mazatlan not so great...even then! And Acapulco was lovely but we traveled to a dbl gated, armed guard resort...beautiful but unnervingl Gladwe got the chance to see it... Hope itins are revised... is Cabo still OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted May 13, 2015 #7 Share Posted May 13, 2015 http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2014/12/27/cartel-violence-brings-us-warning-about-travel-to-mexican-resort/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdschwrt Posted May 13, 2015 #8 Share Posted May 13, 2015 http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2014/12/27/cartel-violence-brings-us-warning-about-travel-to-mexican-resort/ What is the point of posting an article from December 2014. Does not reflect current degree of safety. After all, no one even hinted that cruise ships would skip PV due to real or imagined, pick your side, safety concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted May 13, 2015 #9 Share Posted May 13, 2015 December 2014 was a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley C Posted May 13, 2015 #10 Share Posted May 13, 2015 On the Infinity now. Puerto Vallarta was cancelled & replaced with a sea day. Still waiting to find out if port charges for that port will be refunded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted May 13, 2015 #11 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Yesterday RCCL announced the cancellation of port calls in Puerto Vallerta for the the Jewel and the Infinity. Disney also announced they were canceling stops in PV so this isn't "old" news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipmaster Posted May 13, 2015 #12 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Yesterday RCCL announced the cancellation of port calls in Puerto Vallerta for the the Jewel and the Infinity. Disney also announced they were canceling stops in PV so this isn't "old" news. http://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2015/05/11/cruise-canceled-puerto-vallarta/27130245/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ine Posted May 13, 2015 #13 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Carnival Miracle docked in Puerto Vallarta May 12 as planned. Those unrests were in the morning of May 1, after that all was normal and quiet again. The airport is and was operating all the time. Many tourists didnot even notice it but heard about it later that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celebrity Cruises Posted May 13, 2015 #14 Share Posted May 13, 2015 On the Infinity now. Puerto Vallarta was cancelled & replaced with a sea day. Still waiting to find out if port charges for that port will be refunded. We can confirm that they will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrcruiser Posted May 13, 2015 #15 Share Posted May 13, 2015 What a shame that PV was cancelled due to incidents :o. It is such a nice port to visit . Acapulco is also a fabulous port to visit .:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley C Posted May 13, 2015 #16 Share Posted May 13, 2015 We can confirm that they will be. Great to hear. Will they just go back on our credit card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wine-O Posted May 13, 2015 #17 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Great to hear. Will they just go back on our credit card? My experience has been the refunded port charges are credited to your on board seapass account. If you don't spend all the refundable OBC, it will be refunded on your credit card at the end of the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmalagngl Posted May 14, 2015 #18 Share Posted May 14, 2015 We live on the West Coast and spend time in Cabo almost every year. It is very safe. Cabo is a long way from the Mexican mainland. It is isolated by water and a 1100 mile drive from the US border. Cabo has done an outstanding job at keeping the gang and cartel violence out of Baja. This really is a tragedy for the Mexican economy. It seemed like they had this cleaned up enough to make PV and Mazatlan safe but apparently not. We were just in PV in March on a cruise and it was fine. There was police and military visually on the streets but no sense of danger. I hope this is temporary and they get PV back on itineraries soon. As stated before, safety should be our and the cruise companies first concern. For the person who asked the question about Cabo, my opinion is it is very safe and our entire family will be there again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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