rmorita Posted February 25, 2021 #1 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I have an FCC that needs to be booked by April 2022 and taken by September. Are more cruises still being announced? I'm not sure when I should book our next reservation. We're flexible on where to go, but don't want to lock in too early if more destinations and dates are announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaBag Posted February 25, 2021 #2 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I'm looking for Hawaii beyond May 2022, but nothing seems to be scheduled yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Wildcat Posted February 25, 2021 #3 Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, rmorita said: I have an FCC that needs to be booked by April 2022 and taken by September. Are more cruises still being announced? I'm not sure when I should book our next reservation. We're flexible on where to go, but don't want to lock in too early if more destinations and dates are announced. Flexible is excellent as it is impossible to predict the schedules for really any future cruises. Certainly there will be many changes for cruises already announced along with new journeys. Am, however, perplexed by your locked in comment. If you live or book under North American rules you can can cancel until final payment date. Maximum damage is $100pp and a FCC. If booked with a TA and a refundable deposit - you just cancel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted February 25, 2021 #4 Share Posted February 25, 2021 A lot of "ifs" ahead....but if the restart relies on short cruises as has been indicated, and depending on how long short cruises are the status quo, itineraries may change drastically. Celebrity doesn't offer much in the <7 day range. Would that entail a complete cancel of existing cruises and selling new shorter cruises? Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted February 25, 2021 #5 Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 hours ago, rmorita said: I have an FCC that needs to be booked by April 2022 and taken by September. Are more cruises still being announced? I'm not sure when I should book our next reservation. We're flexible on where to go, but don't want to lock in too early if more destinations and dates are announced. I am booked on APEX, Turkey and Israel, Oct. 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_dream Posted February 25, 2021 #6 Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Jeremiah1212 said: A lot of "ifs" ahead....but if the restart relies on short cruises as has been indicated, and depending on how long short cruises are the status quo, itineraries may change drastically. Celebrity doesn't offer much in the <7 day range. Would that entail a complete cancel of existing cruises and selling new shorter cruises? Who knows. First of all, love your logo - and for a Wisconsinite no less! Anyway, I am wondering if the short cruises will only be for the first one or two sailings. Beyond smoothing out the rough edges of the protocols and procedures, what exactly would it accomplish to continue with short sailings? Everyone onboard will be pre-tested, tested again while onboard, and likely will require a vaccination before sailing. Are the odds of someone catching Covid really that much worse for a 7 night than a 4 or 5 night with all those precautions? I seriously doubt it. I think some of the planning to do short cruises was made well before we knew we would have such very effective vaccines. Perhaps that will change the original thinking (presuming of course that variants don't throw a wrench into all the plans) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted February 26, 2021 #7 Share Posted February 26, 2021 20 minutes ago, phoenix_dream said: First of all, love your logo - and for a Wisconsinite no less! Anyway, I am wondering if the short cruises will only be for the first one or two sailings. Beyond smoothing out the rough edges of the protocols and procedures, what exactly would it accomplish to continue with short sailings? Everyone onboard will be pre-tested, tested again while onboard, and likely will require a vaccination before sailing. Are the odds of someone catching Covid really that much worse for a 7 night than a 4 or 5 night with all those precautions? I seriously doubt it. I think some of the planning to do short cruises was made well before we knew we would have such very effective vaccines. Perhaps that will change the original thinking (presuming of course that variants don't throw a wrench into all the plans) We do part-time in Chicago too...so I'm not all Wisconsin! I've seen nothing that would hint at the expected timeframe for these short cruises. Additional CDC Technical Instructions are supposedly coming out any day now so maybe that will shed some light. The 'short' sailing approach was created due to the incubation period of the virus. If you don't show symptoms until at least day two after exposure but are most contagious 24-48 prior to symptoms appearing they're able to wash passengers in and out during critical periods. Get them on the ship with a negative test and off before they're sick or highly contagious, essentially. I tend to think they will either have to take the short cruise approach for quite some time, or have a vaccine requirement which would last shorter than the short cruise concept would. Vaccines + short cruises may be a requirement but I don't see that lasting long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphir Posted February 26, 2021 #8 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Hawaii in September 2022. I postponed my 2020 in 2021 and now in 2022 🤪😳😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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