livylotte Posted March 12, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now on Sky News ... "Princess Cruises has announced a voluntary and temporary pause of it's global ship operations for 60 days". This comes after the Viking announcement. Will Royal follow suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokomo91165 Posted March 12, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 12, 2020 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/carnivals-princess-cruises-to-pause-global-ship-operations-for-60-days-over-coronavirus.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suesnake2002 Posted March 12, 2020 #3 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Hopefully not, but princess has had boats with the virus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livylotte Posted March 12, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted March 12, 2020 https://www.princess.com/news/notices_and_advisories/notices/global-ship-operations-pause.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mac_tlc Posted March 12, 2020 #5 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I would be surprised if they are the last to do so. mac_tlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kernow Posted March 12, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Think all of them will have to do something similar soon. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jknc Posted March 12, 2020 #7 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I don’t think they’ll completely cease cruising, but I forsee certain ships/itinerary’s being cancelled. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri914 Posted March 12, 2020 #8 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I noticed Princess is suspended, but not their parent company, Carnival. Viking has done the same thing. Do they both concentrate primarily (sailing) out of Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted March 12, 2020 #9 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I feel sad for the workers who won't be getting tips for 60 days 😞 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridgemama Posted March 12, 2020 #10 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Cruise lines are definitely taking a financial hit. So many crew members will be losing their source of income over the next few months. For us it is a matter of inconvenience in missing our cruise and having to reschedule. For many of the cruise line employees it is a much more serious issue of losing their income. The obvious question now is whether cruise fares will increase to make up for their losses or decrease to encourage people to cruise? Edited March 12, 2020 by blueridgemama 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TwoMisfits Posted March 12, 2020 #11 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Any ship that stops in US ports will likely be following suit. So, if you have those types of cruises, I'd be planning the cancel now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livylotte Posted March 12, 2020 Author #12 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) sherri914 The summer season hasn't really started Europe/Med so there aren't many ships here. Looking on cruisemapper I can see Princess have 8 ships in Caribbean/West Coast and others in Asia/Australia. I suspect any that were heading over to the Europe/Med will not now be coming. The only Royal Caribbean ship in the Med at the moment is Allure. it's a transatlantic due to dock in Barcelona tomorrow. Edited March 12, 2020 by livylotte 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumstix40 Posted March 12, 2020 #13 Share Posted March 12, 2020 This will be All Cruise lines. Most likely Carnival corp. will be first since Princess is under their umbrella. Royal, MSC, NCL ect... will follow suit. Problem is NCL probably wont survive this financially. They are heavily in debt and very little in cash. However, someone will buy them out. I truly hope we can ALL soon enough have this in our rear view mirror, and this crisis will be over very soon and we all stay well and healthy. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumstix40 Posted March 12, 2020 #14 Share Posted March 12, 2020 26 minutes ago, kernow said: Think all of them will have to do something similar soon. Are they closing schools and Universities in the UK? Seems you guys are able to test for. COVID-19 much quicker than in the states right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUNDSGOOD! Posted March 12, 2020 #15 Share Posted March 12, 2020 wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kernow Posted March 12, 2020 #16 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) They are talking about it but haven't announced it yet. Ireland have just done it this morning. Edited March 12, 2020 by kernow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsfecura Posted March 12, 2020 #17 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I'm assuming the others will follow suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising89143 Posted March 12, 2020 #18 Share Posted March 12, 2020 We have two cruises within the next two months and I fully expect them to be canceled. Not surprised with Princess. They have had a bad string of luck and the press has not been good. Our lives is going to be changing a lot over the next several months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livylotte Posted March 12, 2020 Author #19 Share Posted March 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Drumstix40 said: Are they closing schools and Universities in the UK? Seems you guys are able to test for. COVID-19 much quicker than in the states right now? Schools not closed yet but it is imminent. We are all waiting for the announcement on this which will probably be sometime today. One of my DC's is a teacher and they have been told this morning that her school will be closing for 4 weeks and to prepare work sheets and revision guides for the students who have exams fast approaching. Our exam season is just weeks away so the timing couldn't be worse. They are only testing Covid-19 on people who have been to Italy/Hubai etc or in close contact with someone who has been diagnosed. So the numbers of people who actually have the virus is probably a lot bigger that the statistics show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumsychica Posted March 12, 2020 #20 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Well. Fully expecting my May 9th on SOS out of Miami to be cancelled now. I know it's nothing in the grand scheme of things, but trying to wrap my head around losing this event my family has been planning for so long is hard. Just trying to prepare for the inevitable I guess 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S904 Posted March 12, 2020 #21 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I’m waiting for royal to suspend. Hopefully they offer similar to Viking. Cash refund or 125% FCC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmo8 Posted March 12, 2020 #22 Share Posted March 12, 2020 We are definitely cancelling our 4/5 trip. But we are waiting for the actual cancellation.. We paid alot of money for our cruise during spring break at suite level. I don't want that FCC, I would rather a cash refund. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadpirate3 Posted March 12, 2020 #23 Share Posted March 12, 2020 My current booked cruises are farther away than two months, so I hope I will be sailing. My university has switched to online instruction for the next two weeks after being closed this week for spring break. The issue is not how many current cases their are, but that they are doubling every week, and that healthy people are likely to be carriers. I did just book travel insurance in case I need to use it. Be safe everyone and washy washy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted March 12, 2020 #24 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Current discussion: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifes-a-beach Posted March 12, 2020 #25 Share Posted March 12, 2020 We are scheduled to leave next Friday on Enchantment. Just waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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