Alaskafitzway

If you choose not to take a HAL excursion, do they bus you from Catania to Taormina or do they leave you in Catania to find your own way? The information on the itinerary is not specific and there's no Taormina on your own excursion. We would like to meet relatives in Taormina so no need for an excursion but we'd like to pre-book transportation into Taormina if necessary.

Unfortunately for those who have flights booked already this puts people in a pretty precarious position. You can take the chance that internet on the ship will be good enough to do an online test or wait until you disembark and scramble. I understand why HAL wouldn't want to take on the burden of this testing but it's too late to change policy at this point for people who are cruising imminently. Ending the policy for future cruises makes sense but backing out of a commitment will definitely make me hesitate to take future cruises on HAL.