skeeter195 Posted June 24, 2021 #1 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I just went to book the Breakaway for October to Bermuda and it is now gone. It was there 2 hours ago. Nothing for the Breakaway until November now. Just in case we are able to book this, what are the current requirements on covid testing for passengers? I know things are changing almost daily now. I can only find old info on Bermuda. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted June 24, 2021 #2 Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) I just logged in to check both of my bookings (9/26 and 10/3) and I am not getting the dreaded "Your cruise is on hold" screen of death, so that's a good sign at least. Just yesterday they finally made excursions available on the 9/26 sailing. Also just searched on NCL for Bermuda sailings in September and the 9/26 sailing is there. Edited June 24, 2021 by JamieLogical 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation44 Posted June 24, 2021 #3 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I just went to the NCL website and the first cruise to Bermuda to come up is the Gem in December 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MichiganBound Posted June 24, 2021 #5 Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, skeeter195 said: I just went to book the Breakaway for October to Bermuda and it is now gone. It was there 2 hours ago. Nothing for the Breakaway until November now. I have no particular insight as to whether the Breakaway cruises are a go or not in October. What I can say is that I am always looking at cheap rates for a solo balcony stateroom on NCL (not seriously planning any cruises for 2021...just checking things out). The Breakaway cruises from NY keep coming up as relatively cheap compared to some other options. Some of the Epic cruises in the Med also come up pretty cheap. Whether that means they are not selling well is open to interpretation. Edited June 24, 2021 by MichiganBound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter195 Posted June 24, 2021 Author #6 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I just went in and can still book things on my Joy November 6th cruise that was cancelled yesterday. I have another bad feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation44 Posted June 24, 2021 #7 Share Posted June 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, JamieLogical said: Glad you were able to bring it up. I will try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted June 24, 2021 #8 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Here's a screenshot from another TA site I check frequently: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter195 Posted June 24, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I hope this just a glitch on my system. Sorry for the panic guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billslowsky Posted June 24, 2021 #10 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Has anyone seen articles on the Manhattan Cruise Terminal opening? I have heard some about Bayonne, but not NYC. Just curious, always looking for a last minute deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karaboudjan Posted June 24, 2021 #11 Share Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, skeeter195 said: I just went to book the Breakaway for October to Bermuda and it is now gone. It was there 2 hours ago. Nothing for the Breakaway until November now. Just in case we are able to book this, what are the current requirements on covid testing for passengers? I know things are changing almost daily now. I can only find old info on Bermuda. Go to the Government of Bermuda web site. There is a Bermuda Bound FB group but things are changing so often and there is so much confusion that pretty much everyone just recommends checking the official site. And at this point most of the discussion is around arriving by air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand and Seas Posted June 24, 2021 #12 Share Posted June 24, 2021 2 hours ago, JamieLogical said: I just logged in to check both of my bookings (9/26 and 10/3) and I am not getting the dreaded "Your cruise is on hold" screen of death, so that's a good sign at least..... We never did have the 'Your cruise is on hold' screen of death for our just cancelled Oct 19th on the Joy. The Joy cruise is still is available to me on MyNcl today even though they have already added a 10% off coupon to my account. We have all suffered through too many cancellations. I think Joy was cancelled for lack of staffing from all the chatter we are hearing. I hope your Bermuda cruises will be OK🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYcruzzer Posted June 24, 2021 #13 Share Posted June 24, 2021 2 hours ago, skeeter195 said: I just went to book the Breakaway for October to Bermuda and it is now gone. It was there 2 hours ago. Nothing for the Breakaway until November now. Just in case we are able to book this, what are the current requirements on covid testing for passengers? I know things are changing almost daily now. I can only find old info on Bermuda. Hopefully that was just a glitch. I just logged onto myNCL account. My 9/26 cruise is still there. If they were going to cancel Breakaway cruises out of NYC you would have thought they would have been included in yesterdays updated calcellation announcement . NY has a very low Covid-19 positivity rate and would certaily be pro 100% vaccinated. Biggest challage forNCL is getting enough vaccinated staff to restart ships. They seem behind Carnival and Royal in that regard. I know Royal and Carnival have been pulling ships into Florida ports to get crew vacciniated. Is NCL doing same ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted June 24, 2021 #14 Share Posted June 24, 2021 24 minutes ago, NYcruzzer said: Hopefully that was just a glitch. I just logged onto myNCL account. My 9/26 cruise is still there. If they were going to cancel Breakaway cruises out of NYC you would have thought they would have been included in yesterdays updated calcellation announcement . NY has a very low Covid-19 positivity rate and would certaily be pro 100% vaccinated. Biggest challage forNCL is getting enough vaccinated staff to restart ships. They seem behind Carnival and Royal in that regard. I know Royal and Carnival have been pulling ships into Florida ports to get crew vacciniated. Is NCL doing same ? NCL is vaccinating crew in San Juan currently. The are vaccinating crew on the Joy right now to move them to the Encore for Alaska and next up they will be vaccinating the crew of the Gem for sailings out of Miami in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYcruzzer Posted June 24, 2021 #15 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Just now, JamieLogical said: NCL is vaccinating crew in San Juan currently. The are vaccinating crew on the Joy right now to move them to the Encore for Alaska and next up they will be vaccinating the crew of the Gem for sailings out of Miami in August. Great. Good to know. That makes me feel a little better. I'd hate it if NCL was relying on hiring crew that were already fully vaciniated in their home countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trex-de Posted June 24, 2021 #16 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Following. Hope it sails. We are on the 9/26 as well. We hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eynsteinp Posted June 24, 2021 #17 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I just checked and my October 10th Breakaway to Bermuda is still showing in my account and open to book dining and everything else. I hope that this is not cancelled as it is our first cruise back since Covid!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eynsteinp Posted June 24, 2021 #18 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Does anyone know if or when the Breakaway crew is scheduled to get vaccinated?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PhillyTravelBug Posted June 24, 2021 #19 Share Posted June 24, 2021 You think it may have reached their capacity and could be sold out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamiangie Posted June 25, 2021 #20 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Well it can't be on hold for evaluation they just called me to try to turn my curiosity hold into a booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyQT Posted June 25, 2021 #21 Share Posted June 25, 2021 We are flying to Bermuda for a land-based vacation on July 5th of this year. Here are the current vaccination requirements for travelers to Bermuda: https://www.gov.bm/applying-bermuda-travel-authorisation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYcruzzer Posted June 25, 2021 #22 Share Posted June 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, ShelleyQT said: We are flying to Bermuda for a land-based vacation on July 5th of this year. Here are the current vaccination requirements for travelers to Bermuda: https://www.gov.bm/applying-bermuda-travel-authorisation Not sure if these land based requirements would be practical for cruiseship visitors. Is NCL going to test all cruise passanger upon arrival in Bermuda ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karaboudjan Posted June 25, 2021 #23 Share Posted June 25, 2021 As it stands now someone is going to test you on arrival and you would need to stay on the ship until you get your results. The pre-arrival test would be tricky also. You need that within 4 days of arrival so that only leaves a day or two to have it done, and then you may need to be able to get your results and upload them while you are traveling to the ship or onboard. I wonder if there will be any cruises to Bermuda while the current requirements are in effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted June 25, 2021 #24 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Karaboudjan said: As it stands now someone is going to test you on arrival and you would need to stay on the ship until you get your results. The pre-arrival test would be tricky also. You need that within 4 days of arrival so that only leaves a day or two to have it done, and then you may need to be able to get your results and upload them while you are traveling to the ship or onboard. I wonder if there will be any cruises to Bermuda while the current requirements are in effect. I suspect some additional guidelines specifically for 100% vaccinated cruises will be put in place before NCL starts sailing there in September. But for the pre-arrival test, the one NCL conducts at embarkation should suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karaboudjan Posted June 25, 2021 #25 Share Posted June 25, 2021 15 minutes ago, JamieLogical said: I suspect some additional guidelines specifically for 100% vaccinated cruises will be put in place before NCL starts sailing there in September. But for the pre-arrival test, the one NCL conducts at embarkation should suffice. But NCL is doing an antigen test, correct? Bermuda requires a PCR test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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