What can I book right now? What has a chance of sailing?

[SumoCitrus]

I'm just needing a cruise. I'm sure you can relate. What HAL cruises can I book right now and which have the best chance of sailing? Summer Alaska? Summer Europe/Med? Early Winter Caribbean out of Ft. Lauderdale?

[happywandering]

Personally I'm pulling for early winter Caribbean.  But then part of that is not needing to fly to Lauderdale. 🥴

[PROCRUISE]

14 minutes ago, SumoCitrus said:

I'm just needing a cruise. I'm sure you can relate. What HAL cruises can I book right now and which have the best chance of sailing? Summer Alaska? Summer Europe/Med? Early Winter Caribbean out of Ft. Lauderdale?

If you get THE answer, please share. We're booked with HAL for Alaska in mid August 2021 and already feel it will be cancelled since it begins and ends in Vancouver.

Edited January 21, 2021 by PROCRUISE

[ski ww]

I think you need a crystal ball to answer this question. We're booked for summer 2022, hopefully things will be back to what will be the new normal.

[DaveOKC]

43 minutes ago, PROCRUISE said:

If you get THE answer, please share. We're booked with HAL for Alaska in mid August 2021 and already feel it will be cancelled since it begins and ends in Vancouver.

I think your concern is correct.  Case in point - we just received a Casino Offer (free Oceanview rooms) for this summer sailings to Alaska.  I have never seen one of these for mid-summer and LOTS of cruises included in the offer.

[DFD1]

I expect for those who have been vaccinated there will be mid to late summer cruises available, perhaps earlier, but I would not bet on it.

[Vict0riann]

There was an article in the paper the other day that said that there are 308 bookings for cruise ships here in Victoria for this summer.  The tourist industry is looking forward to seeing some business reappear, but there are doubts about the whole thing!  We don't even know when the border will reopen.

[FlorenceItaly]

16 minutes ago, DaveOKC said:

I think your concern is correct.  Case in point - we just received a Casino Offer (free Oceanview rooms) for this summer sailings to Alaska.  I have never seen one of these for mid-summer and LOTS of cruises included in the offer.

Me too, but, I am not biting.  I have a HAL 26 day October 2021 cruise Venice - FL booked, and doubt it will go.  I am thinking a safe bet is 2022.

[Sea42]

We have a cruise booked for January of 2022. The final payment is mid-October. If ships aren't sailing at that point we will cancel. I'm hoping in the coming months we'll see greater vaccine availability and cruising will resume but today I'd say it's 50/50 that we'll be going.

We also received the free offer but I doubt those Alaska sailings are going to be a go and we're not interested in a Caribbean cruise.

[rodndonna]

we're in for Panama Canal Dec 5 from Florida - I think at least 50/50 by then .

 

[Lady Arwen]

We’re booked on Rotterdam for October 2021 TA sailing.  I think we have a chance, if we can get vaccinated this summer.  If not, we have one booked in April 2022 with Princess.  Just hoping we get either one.

[iancal]

You will need a Ouija board to answer that question.

[zelker]

47 minutes ago, rodndonna said:

we're in for Panama Canal Dec 5 from Florida - I think at least 50/50 by then .

 

We're booked on a Seabourn Caribbean and Full Canal Collector Holiday voyage, embarking Dec 10 in Miami.  Still a long time until final payment is due so we will continue to watch and wait but at the moment, we're giving it about a 60/40 chance that it will go.  Fingers crossed for both of us! 

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

I think the Rotterdam sailing is a safe bet.

[oaktreerb]

6 hours ago, SumoCitrus said:

I'm just needing a cruise. I'm sure you can relate. What HAL cruises can I book right now and which have the best chance of sailing? Summer Alaska? Summer Europe/Med? Early Winter Caribbean out of Ft. Lauderdale?

I’m hoping Alaska cruises will go this summer but it depends on Canada to open their ports and that is a real concern.   I think a strictly European cruise would be your best bet with no North America ports to worry about.

[Sue from Canada]

24 minutes ago, oaktreerb said:

I’m hoping Alaska cruises will go this summer but it depends on Canada to open their ports and that is a real concern.   I think a strictly European cruise would be your best bet with no North America ports to worry about.

Considering how Canada is way behind in Covid shots and being able to obtain the vaccine, I wouldn't book Alaska or any Cda/New England cruises.

[boom_boom]

We have a mid-Jan. 2022 roundtrip to Hawaii from San Diego  Picked this cruise largely because no flying needed. Only a 4 hour drive to San Diego or train if we don't want to drive. But if cruises haven't restarted in the US by the time final payment is due, will likely cancel.

[Himself]

7 hours ago, PROCRUISE said:

If you get THE answer, please share. We're booked with HAL for Alaska in mid August 2021 and already feel it will be cancelled since it begins and ends in Vancouver.

If the Brittish Coumbia ports do not oprn, that will mean NO Alasks.   I am hoping Alaska will open up.  

[Hlitner]

7 hours ago, DaveOKC said:

I think your concern is correct.  Case in point - we just received a Casino Offer (free Oceanview rooms) for this summer sailings to Alaska.  I have never seen one of these for mid-summer and LOTS of cruises included in the offer.

Giving out offers for cruises that will never happen is a pretty interesting marketing ploy.    If there are to be any 2021 cruises to Alaska, Canada will need to open up some of their ports (i.e. Vancouver and probably Victoria).   The chances of that happening are very very unlikely

 

Hank

[drowelf]

7 hours ago, ski ww said:

I think you need a crystal ball to answer this question. We're booked for summer 2022, hopefully things will be back to what will be the new normal.

We are not planning on any cruises this year. Our next booked cruise is late January 2022. If things get better by the fall, we are thinking of a 2-3 week DIY land tour in Europe. 

[Lady Arwen]

3 hours ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said:

I think the Rotterdam sailing is a safe bet.

I’ll hold you to that one!

[iancal]

1 hour ago, Hlitner said:

Giving out offers for cruises that will never happen is a pretty interesting marketing ploy.    If there are to be any 2021 cruises to Alaska, Canada will need to open up some of their ports (i.e. Vancouver and probably Victoria).   The chances of that happening are very very unlikely

 

Hank

That is exactly what I think it is.  Hook as many as possible into the FCC gag, lock them into future HAL cruises as much as possible with special pricing on cruises that will most likely not leave the dock.  It is a great strategy.  Absolutely no downside for the cruise line.  It is a win win for HAL no matter what transpires.

Edited January 22, 2021 by iancal

[Horizon chaser 1957]

3 hours ago, Sue from Canada said:

Considering how Canada is way behind in Covid shots and being able to obtain the vaccine, I wouldn't book Alaska or any Cda/New England cruises.

Good point. DH and I are in the 60 - 70 age group, and aren’t expected to have access to the vaccine until September. Will Canadian ports open to cruise ships before the population has had a chance to be vaccinated? I wouldn’t count on it!

[cruzn single]

I have 2. Weeks booked in September in Europe.  Today read on Trip Advisor that returnees from anywhere outside US must quarantine for 10 days!  I am in vaccine process now as I have gotten the first shot and second shot scheduled for February.  
 

To have the quarantine dumped on me makes me seriously consider cancelling.  Oh well.  Hawaii next January looks better all the time.

[sail7seas]

11 hours ago, rodndonna said:

we're in for Panama Canal Dec 5 from Florida - I think at least 50/50 by then .

 

May I ask?

 

which cruiseline, which ship?