GREG781 Posted March 14, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 14, 2020 With all of the cruise cancellations, are the ships just going to sail around off shore for a month, or perhaps sail somewhere outside US to dock until the cruises resume? Just curious of what everyone thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenb Posted March 14, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) They will be docking in their home port at the end of their scheduled cruise. Edited March 14, 2020 by kenb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipeeinthepool Posted March 14, 2020 #3 Share Posted March 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, kenb said: They will be docking in their home port at the end of their scheduled cruise. or possibly anchored off-shore because there isn't enough room at all of the dock for all of the ships. Perhaps some will sail to alternate ports where dock space maybe available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG781 Posted March 14, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted March 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, ipeeinthepool said: or possibly anchored off-shore because there isn't enough room at all of the dock for all of the ships. Perhaps some will sail to alternate ports where dock space maybe available. That is what I was thinking! Time will tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipeeinthepool Posted March 14, 2020 #5 Share Posted March 14, 2020 It will be interesting to see what they do with the crew. If they really intend to start in 30 days, you probably should keep them on the ship. If you send them home, they may not be able to return, at least without a 2 week quarantine. If you think it will be longer than 30 days, perhaps you send them home and then deal with the staffing issue in a couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted March 14, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, ipeeinthepool said: It will be interesting to see what they do with the crew. If they really intend to start in 30 days, you probably should keep them on the ship. If you send them home, they may not be able to return, at least without a 2 week quarantine. If you think it will be longer than 30 days, perhaps you send them home and then deal with the staffing issue in a couple of months. Very good points. I think in 30 days time unfortunately the pandemic will not be really over and many experts are now thinking it will be June at the earliest. But this will vary widely by region of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Georgia_Peaches Posted March 14, 2020 #7 Share Posted March 14, 2020 29 minutes ago, ipeeinthepool said: It will be interesting to see what they do with the crew. According to a crew member I spoke with when we returned from our cruise on March 7th, they will remain with the ship in the event of a suspension of operation. Of course, this was projecting into the future as the cruise lines had not suspended operation at the time of our conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderMan3 Posted March 14, 2020 #8 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Reports from other cruise lines like MSC I’ve been hearing (from pax onboard yesterday talking to crew) is that crew is being sent home. Maybe it depends on the cruise line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride-The-Waves Posted March 14, 2020 #9 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, ipeeinthepool said: It will be interesting to see what they do with the crew. If they really intend to start in 30 days, you probably should keep them on the ship. If you send them home, they may not be able to return, at least without a 2 week quarantine. If you think it will be longer than 30 days, perhaps you send them home and then deal with the staffing issue in a couple of months. Crew, contract and corporate, will be working their tails off to make the ship ready for sailing again. Just because passengers get off doesn't imply that work on a ship comes to a halt. Edited March 14, 2020 by Ride-The-Waves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted March 14, 2020 #10 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I imagine that they'll try to get some ships into dry dock where possible to take care of minor work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted March 14, 2020 #11 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Could be difficult to send the crews home as many airlines have drastically reduced there international flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted March 14, 2020 #12 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Seriously doubt they will be parked off shore, they are already losing money, I'm sure they don't want to spend more money on fuel. My guess is they will all go to their homeports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted March 14, 2020 #13 Share Posted March 14, 2020 57 minutes ago, dkjretired said: Seriously doubt they will be parked off shore, they are already losing money, I'm sure they don't want to spend more money on fuel. My guess is they will all go to their homeports. As others have said, I don't see how there is room for ALL ships in the port at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted March 14, 2020 #14 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Port of Miami is waiving docking fees. But as has been mentioned, not enough space there for ell that homeport there. Watching the ships leaving FLL and MIA, some say Nassau. I saw NCL Sky showing Jacksonville as her distination. Jacksonville? She never goes there. And Ecstasy is there now. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted March 14, 2020 #15 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) MarineTraffic shows Infinity and Equinox heading to Freeport after dropping off their passengers today at Miami and Ft Lauderdale, respectively. Tomorrow Eclipse (San Antonio, Chile), Edge (Ft Lauderdale), and Silhouette (Ft Lauderdale) will be pulling into port to disembark. Edited March 14, 2020 by mahdnc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl281 Posted March 14, 2020 #16 Share Posted March 14, 2020 One of the RCCL ships is showing anchored off of Ft Lauderdale - I'm sure they'd much rather have them docked where possible - it's just a matter of space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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