Mardi Gras 7/3/21 now cancelled

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

11 hours ago, SNJCruisers said:

Alaskan cruises out of the USA only happen with a foreign port stop, which always happens to be in Canada.  If Canada still does not allow cruise ships to port there this summer, then the 2021 summer Alaskan cruise season will be officially dead, even though it has been on life support for awhile. 

Date	Port	Arrive	Depart
Tuesday, October 12	Seattle, WA		4:00pm
Wednesday, October 13	At Sea
Thursday, October 14	Ketchikan, AK	7:00am	4:00pm
Friday, October 15	Juneau, AK	9:00am	7:00pm
Saturday, October 16	At Sea
Sunday, October 17	Anchorage (Seward), AK	6:00am	4:00pm
Monday, October 18	At Sea
Tuesday, October 19	At Sea
Thursday, October 21	Cross International Dateline (Cruising)
Friday, October 22	At Sea
Saturday, October 23	Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia	7:00am	7:00pm
Sunday, October 24	At Sea
Monday, October 25	At Sea
Tuesday, October 26	Hakodate, Japan	7:00am	5:00pm
Wednesday, October 27	At Sea
Thursday, October 28	Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan	6:30am

[ProgRockCruiser]

2 minutes ago, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

Date	Port	Arrive	Depart
Tuesday, October 12	Seattle, WA		4:00pm
Wednesday, October 13	At Sea
Thursday, October 14	Ketchikan, AK	7:00am	4:00pm
Friday, October 15	Juneau, AK	9:00am	7:00pm
Saturday, October 16	At Sea
Sunday, October 17	Anchorage (Seward), AK	6:00am	4:00pm
Monday, October 18	At Sea
Tuesday, October 19	At Sea
Thursday, October 21	Cross International Dateline (Cruising)
Friday, October 22	At Sea
Saturday, October 23	Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia	7:00am	7:00pm
Sunday, October 24	At Sea
Monday, October 25	At Sea
Tuesday, October 26	Hakodate, Japan	7:00am	5:00pm
Wednesday, October 27	At Sea
Thursday, October 28	Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan	6:30am

And that is not a typical itinerary for Alaskan cruises.  I can't even find that on the Carnival site, so I assume it is some other cruise line.

 

A typical (Carnival) itinerary appears to be:

 

Start: Seattle > Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord > Skagway > Juneau > Ketchikan > Victoria > End: Seattle 

 

Congrats, you found the exception!  How many times will they do that in a year?

[NightOne]

Russian owned Aleutian Island could be a new service port of call. 🙂

[cruisingguy007]

If there is one thing that may come of this terrible virus it's that the cruise lines may expand their horizons and seek out more port options in order to be able to make changes on the fly and increase their negotiating power. They have the captive audience, that's a powerful position and having itinerary options only makes their position stronger. It could also lead to some savings through refueling/provision incentives/special arrangements and such.    

[Host Carolyn]

2 hours ago, ProgRockCruiser said:

And that is not a typical itinerary for Alaskan cruises.  I can't even find that on the Carnival site, so I assume it is some other cruise line.

 

A typical (Carnival) itinerary appears to be:

 

Start: Seattle > Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord > Skagway > Juneau > Ketchikan > Victoria > End: Seattle 

 

Congrats, you found the exception!  How many times will they do that in a year?

Several cruise lines have done this itinerary at end of Alaska season for years to reposition ships to Asia for winter sailings ....Carnival has never offered it

[ProgRockCruiser]

23 minutes ago, Host Carolyn said:

Several cruise lines have done this itinerary at end of Alaska season for years to reposition ships to Asia for winter sailings ....Carnival has never offered it

That's what I figured.  It looked like a re-positioning itinerary.

[xDisconnections]

23 hours ago, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

Date	Port	Arrive	Depart
Tuesday, October 12	Seattle, WA		4:00pm
Wednesday, October 13	At Sea
Thursday, October 14	Ketchikan, AK	7:00am	4:00pm
Friday, October 15	Juneau, AK	9:00am	7:00pm
Saturday, October 16	At Sea
Sunday, October 17	Anchorage (Seward), AK	6:00am	4:00pm
Monday, October 18	At Sea
Tuesday, October 19	At Sea
Thursday, October 21	Cross International Dateline (Cruising)
Friday, October 22	At Sea
Saturday, October 23	Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia	7:00am	7:00pm
Sunday, October 24	At Sea
Monday, October 25	At Sea
Tuesday, October 26	Hakodate, Japan	7:00am	5:00pm
Wednesday, October 27	At Sea
Thursday, October 28	Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan	6:30am

 

20 hours ago, ProgRockCruiser said:

That's what I figured.  It looked like a re-positioning itinerary.

It is a repositioning itinerary. Carnival would never be able to fill the ship if this were offered consecutively to sail to Alaska in lieu of a service call with Canada.

[musbeus]

On 5/12/2021 at 12:32 PM, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

Date	Port	Arrive	Depart
Tuesday, October 12	Seattle, WA		4:00pm
Wednesday, October 13	At Sea
Thursday, October 14	Ketchikan, AK	7:00am	4:00pm
Friday, October 15	Juneau, AK	9:00am	7:00pm
Saturday, October 16	At Sea
Sunday, October 17	Anchorage (Seward), AK	6:00am	4:00pm
Monday, October 18	At Sea
Tuesday, October 19	At Sea
Thursday, October 21	Cross International Dateline (Cruising)
Friday, October 22	At Sea
Saturday, October 23	Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia	7:00am	7:00pm
Sunday, October 24	At Sea
Monday, October 25	At Sea
Tuesday, October 26	Hakodate, Japan	7:00am	5:00pm
Wednesday, October 27	At Sea   Thursday, October 28
	Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan	6:30am

That would be an interesting cruise. Too bad it is so hard for us to get away in October.