Check your August bookings

[ISLABONITA]

This memo is circulating on social media and here on CC. I believe it's a memo for employees.  Relaunch dates, only one has a typo ( year) Star for November.  NCL met with CDC on Thursday , this came out May 8th.

[Miro2007]

August is blocked if you search for a new cruise...

So now we are waiting for the official announcement

[ISLABONITA]

My August cruise is still showing on my account but as you said not when doing a search.

 

I am confident it will be cancelled due to the memo I posted.

[Miro2007]

4 minutes ago, ISLABONITA said:

My August cruise is still showing on my account

Mine too, but with the error page showing if I click on 'make a payment'

[sammee]

12 minutes ago, Miro2007 said:

Mine too, but with the error page showing if I click on 'make a payment'

Also get errors if you try to book an excursion or onboard items.

[mpk112782]

I have a September sailing. I have been getting issues as well. Final payment was done a month ago and now on hold. Excursions can’t be done or any other packages.

[seaman11]

I just felt for a while ncl threw in the towel for the summer.  Lets see if the cdc extended the no sail for all big ships.  

[Sand and Seas]

3 hours ago, Homestyle said:

I have just spoken to NCL. They were happy to take payment of final balance over the phone.  They said they are working on their website today...changes to itineraries etc and that's why there is an issued online.  They said that cruises in August are still on sale.

"Changes to itineraries"

Maybe they now have a better idea of what ports they can't sail to.   I'm up for a cruise to Harvest Caye, then a stop at GSC.

[G-DawgMN]

1 hour ago, Sand and Seas said:

"Changes to itineraries"

Maybe they now have a better idea of what ports they can't sail to.   I'm up for a cruise to Harvest Caye, then a stop at GSC.

 

 

 I just looked, I only saw one cruise for August....NY to Bermuda.

 

 

[Snowrose]

7 hours ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

I hope it's not because of a failed CDC meeting...but the timing of it is suspect.  Especially if other lines are also showing as "sold out".  I just checked Celebrity and only one August 1 ship (Infinity) is showing as completely sold out.

That could just be how their IT handles web page changes.

[Snowrose]

Disney announced their cancellations, already. https://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Disney-Cruise-Line-Cancels-More-Europe-and-Alaska-2020-Sailings

[seaman11]

26 minutes ago, Snowrose said:

Disney announced their cancellations, already. https://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Disney-Cruise-Line-Cancels-More-Europe-and-Alaska-2020-Sailings

That is Canada and Europe cruises we already heard about days ago. 

Edited June 12, 2020 by seaman11

[Georgia_Peaches]

29 minutes ago, Snowrose said:

Disney announced their cancellations, already. https://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Disney-Cruise-Line-Cancels-More-Europe-and-Alaska-2020-Sailings

Yes but that was to be expected...at least the Alaska cancellations. NCL should just go ahead and call the Alaska season....if they haven’t already. Hard to keep up. 

Edited June 12, 2020 by Georgia_Peaches

[Snowrose]

1 minute ago, seaman11 said:

That is Canada and Europe cruises we already heard about days ago. 

Urm, I have a Canada cruise booking with NCL for Sept and haven't heard a thing - except the website now says it's on hold.

[Georgia_Peaches]

1 minute ago, Snowrose said:

Urm, I have a Canada cruise booking with NCL for Sept and haven't heard a thing - except the website now says it's on hold.

That’s just wrong. Come on NCL step up!!

[seaman11]

7 minutes ago, Snowrose said:

Urm, I have a Canada cruise booking with NCL for Sept and haven't heard a thing - except the website now says it's on hold.

This was no surprise i mean.  All sailings yes would be new news. 

[drvmywifecrzy]

Cancelled today

[hftmrock]

18 minutes ago, drvmywifecrzy said:

Cancelled today

Did they cancel it or did you cancel it? when was it?

[zqvol]

9 hours ago, TSUmom said:

My August Alaska cruise now shows my cruise is on hold and payment is due.  I have read here on cc that has happened to people just before the cruise is canceled.  

Alaska is done for the season. Your cruise is not going even if NCL hasn't admitted it yet, because Canada is closed until 1-November.

[BirdTravels]

7 hours ago, sammee said:

This was supposed to be my first cruise, but after all the lying and smoke blown up my butt on the phone since March. There will not be a first or a last cruise with them after I finally can get my money that they held hostage.

No smoke. Have you looked outside since March?  Can you say for certain what will happen next week, let alone 2 months from now?  Neither can the cruise line. Everyone from your local dime store to Las Vegas wants to get back open and making money. Just because someone says they are closed doesn’t mean that they can really afford to be closed. Including Canada or all of the ports of call that rely on tourism. Yeah, you can take your business elsewhere, but every cruise line is in the same boat. They will all open the minute they are allowed to. And they will keep reservations active until they are 100% sure that they are being forced to cancel. It is all smart business. 

[mugtech]

8 hours ago, Homestyle said:

 They said they are working on their website today...changes to itineraries etc and that's why there is an issued online.  They said that cruises in August are still on sale.

Sure they are still on sale, does not mean they will sail.  Some get sale and sail confused.

[Casino Comp Chick]

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Edited June 12, 2020 by Casino Comp Chick

[sammee]

32 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

No smoke. Have you looked outside since March?  Can you say for certain what will happen next week, let alone 2 months from now?  Neither can the cruise line. Everyone from your local dime store to Las Vegas wants to get back open and making money. Just because someone says they are closed doesn’t mean that they can really afford to be closed. Including Canada or all of the ports of call that rely on tourism. Yeah, you can take your business elsewhere, but every cruise line is in the same boat. They will all open the minute they are allowed to. And they will keep reservations active until they are 100% sure that they are being forced to cancel. It is all smart business. 

Excuse me, but when they lie to you on the phone,  I put it nicely instead of calling them a bunch on thieves. This money they are holding isn't even the base cruise fare. It's taxes, grats and all the extras. My "free cruise" with $1700 extra out of my pocket is what they are holding. I know the situation. I'm not a new cruiser, but their customer service sucks. I really don't give a crap about losing my free cruise, but why do they have to hold my extra money and force a FCC. So because of their crap, I'm on the hook until August 9 is an official cancellation, than I can  just maybe get my out of pocket back.

[drvmywifecrzy]

13 hours ago, hftmrock said:

Did they cancel it or did you cancel it? when was it?

 

Says I owe money when it is paid in full which means they canceled it

[pcakes122]

A travel agent on another site shared this statement from NCL:

 

“With the current situation continuing to impact communities and ports around the globe, we are working to determine our next course of action. While we evaluate the opportunity to resume with sailings, we have temporarily frozen voyages that might be impacted should we need to delay sailing further. Please bear with us. We will make a decision shortly and will provide information as it becomes available.”