3-27-22 Divina Cruise Canceled

[RichNY]

Our 12 night Divina repositioning cruise , Miami to Port Canaveral, had been canceled. Not exactly sure why, needless to say we are not happy. 

[Two Boys Cruising]

Oh no!  Let me know what you hear.  I'm on the 3 day ending on 3/27 and just yesterday I finally called to link dining reservations on 4 rooms.  Nothing was said about our cruise or any issues.  

[kidless]

Our TA said it was due to itinerary challenges. Not sure what that means but that’s their story. 

[Lisichka]

I was just reading in the NCL forum that a Panama cruise from LA

to Miami was denied entry in almost all ports (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, etc).  It is ending up almost all sea days for them.  MSC is probably trying to avoid a similar fate.

[tunaman2011]

18 hours ago, RichNY said:

Our 12 night Divina repositioning cruise , Miami to Port Canaveral, had been canceled. Not exactly sure why, needless to say we are not happy. 

Greetings

 

If they can't stop at one of the A,B,C islands they cannot cruise from Miami to Canaveral.  It would violate the PVSA.  Not sure of the original itinerary but this may be the problem.

 

Good Sailing

Tom

[no1talks]

3 hours ago, tunaman2011 said:

Greetings

 

If they can't stop at one of the A,B,C islands they cannot cruise from Miami to Canaveral.  It would violate the PVSA.  Not sure of the original itinerary but this may be the problem.

 

Good Sailing

Tom

Why wouldn't the PVSA be covered and the repositioning cruise made legit with a quick stop at OC? After all, that island is in the Bahamas.

Edited January 30, 2022 by no1talks

[lovemycruisetoo]

[no1talks]

34 minutes ago, lovemycruisetoo said:

A tricky business, those federal regulations.

 

I guess if a cruise company wanted to have a reliable way out, they'd dredge up a private island sufficiently far away for the statute. Not enough repositioning activity to make it worth all the trouble.

 

Before COVID, it would have been laughable to consider Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao could ever be simultaneously verboten.

[phissy]

Ah ha, this explains why we had such a great itinerary on our repositioning cruise in November.

Meraviglia - Miami to Port Canaveral 8 nights.

We had 2 days OC , sea days then full days at Bonaire and  Curaçao .

Went on dive excursion on Bonaire and locals had never seen  MSC ship before.

Lots of questions about ship and cruise line.

Would love to go back to Bonaire again.

Edited January 30, 2022 by phissy

[FrostyJoe]

I believe y’all are have wrong act cited. I believe it’s Jones Act that y’all are thinking about. 

[lovemycruisetoo]

[RichNY]

Interesting how in March the Divina is sailing our same itinerary, from Miami, with the exception of Roatan.

Also there is no Divina repositioning  cruise from Miami to Port Canaveral. The plot thickens.

Edited January 30, 2022 by RichNY

[cherylnj]

2 hours ago, RichNY said:

Interesting how in March the Divina is sailing our same itinerary, from Miami, with the exception of Roatan.

Also there is no Divina repositioning  cruise from Miami to Port Canaveral. The plot thickens.

I've been wondering if they're going to keep Divina in Miami and keep Meraviglia in Port Canaveral. 

[Av8tor]

I wonder if the PVSA and/or Jones Act applies if they reposition a cruise liner from Miami to Port Canaveral or FLL (or vice versa) with NO passengers aboard?  If not, there may be no need to go to a foreign port, distant or otherwise.  Those ports are so close that it could be done quickly and only delay the onward boarding of the follow on cruise with passengers by a few hours...

[tunaman2011]

10 hours ago, Av8tor said:

I wonder if the PVSA and/or Jones Act applies if they reposition a cruise liner from Miami to Port Canaveral or FLL (or vice versa) with NO passengers aboard?  If not, there may be no need to go to a foreign port, distant or otherwise.  Those ports are so close that it could be done quickly and only delay the onward boarding of the follow on cruise with passengers by a few hours...

Greetings

 

It is the PVSA that regulates passengers.  The Jones Act regulates chattle (ie cargo).  If the ship is just moving to another port and not transporting passengers or cargo from one US port to another US port then they are fine.

 

Good Sailing

Tom

[FrostyJoe]

3 hours ago, tunaman2011 said:

Greetings

 

It is the PVSA that regulates passengers.  The Jones Act regulates chattle (ie cargo).  If the ship is just moving to another port and not transporting passengers or cargo from one US port to another US port then they are fine.

 

Good Sailing

Tom

but but....multiple posters on these boards say we are cargo with MSC.  Not too valuable one at that too 🤪

[fortheboys]

What options is MSC offering for Divina March 27 cruise. We have not been told of cancellation by MSC. Only found out by looking at roll call.  Thank you

[RichNY]

This is what we received. Since we are booked to cruise in August  my refund and FCC  will be switched to that cruise.

 

GUEST COMPENSATION

If you have already paid for your cruise in full, MSC Cruises USA will automatically provide a 100% Future Cruise Credit of the amount paid to MSC Cruises. No action is required on your part.

In addition, if your cruise was paid in full, you will receive an onboard credit to use on your next cruise, based on the length of your original cruise.

• If the original cruise was 4 nights or less, you will receive $100 onboard credit per stateroom to use on your next cruise. Those booked in a single occupancy stateroom will receive $50 onboard credit per stateroom.
• If the original cruise was 5 to 14 nights, you will receive $200 onboard credit per stateroom to use on your next cruise. Those booked in a single occupancy stateroom will receive $100 onboard credit per stateroom.