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16 hours ago, cindik said:

Received my cruise refund today. Credited back to Amex. Cruise was April 9, cancelled on March 17. Haven’t received Cheers refund or Wi-Fi refund yet.

Thank you for this. I just got a refund today and was trying to figure out what it was - it was the Wi-Fi.

We were supposed to sail on 3/14 and got all other feeds credited approx. 4/14. What was weird about it is that the credit card said that the refund was dated 3/15, but took a month to process? I don't know.

1 hour ago, sbycroft said:

My cruise date is June 24th out of New York (pretty sure that's not happening) 

my question is: is it best to cancel now or wait till carnival cancels me.

If there is a penalty for cancelling (you don't get the top tier trip insurance) I'd let Carnival do the honors. I wish it would be a safe option for you by then. I'm just not holding out a lot of hope.

3 hours ago, declansdad said:

 

Exactly how were they slow to respond?

 

Princess, Royal Caribbean, MSC, etc. had already released statements by the time I found out about my cancelled cruise that was leaving the next day - via presidential tweet. 

It's a good offer and a pretty necessary offer. Carnival was very slow to respond to the crisis so they have some serious PR points to make up.

23 minutes ago, jpolm said:

the other lines have.

 

The other lines all announced earlier today. Makes me wonder if he's mixed up Princess with Carnival since it's the same parent company. No official word from Carnival. What a mess.

39 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

Figures, packed the car already....

The first time I've ever started packing our suitcases a few days out. I just decided that it was going to cancel from under us and decided to scramble to try to recoup losses for airfare and hotel.

1 hour ago, Pstrater said:

It would solve a lot of problems.  Just pull the pin, no one else left to go to.  I should have booked this trip on the 3/8 departure not the 3/22 departure, but I didn't get the ring back in time for 3/8.  I'll propose to my girlfriend elsewhere.  So much for making it truly memorable.  

 

I hear you. I was really excited to go and had a milestone to celebrate, but public safety comes first. I'm honestly upset with Carnival right now for letting people get down to the port and turning so many away. I'm also pretty sure that all cruises will be cancelled after this weekend, because the email that I got was urgent for cruises departing 3/13-3/16. That doesn't bode well for cruises departing after that.

The letter that your doctor will refuse to write is Carnival covering their butts. The good news for those of us will sailings scheduled to depart this weekend is that you can get a full refund (not just a FCC + OBC) for the whole cabin of the impacted member. Something to consider. Pretty much every line has cancelled sailings. Get out while you can. There's an online form to fill out in the email.

3 hours ago, pzsdd6 said:

Here’s one for you......

Wife and I were scheduled to leave Saturday out of Tampa on Carnival Paradise. We made the decision to continue with the cruise and just be prudent and exercise good flu protocols. This morning at 11am my wife received an email from her employer “Sarasota Memorial Hospital” informing her that should she take the cruise, she would have to self quarantine for 14 days upon return....without pay! 
They cited CDC and Florida health board announcements that both stated that their recommendations for cruise travel is to defer to a later date........They told her that if she goes, she is in violation of CDC and Florida. 

We are less than the 3 days to go and so we now don’t qualify for Carnival’s new policy for cancellations.

 

I'm in a similar boat, pardon the pun. We're under 3 days away and things have really escalated in the last 24 hours. I'm afraid to actually pull the trigger on cancelling without the guarantee that I'll at least get a FCC. Can't get through on the phone and there's no other way to contact them.

I was all in...until today. Unfortunately my cruise is planned for Saturday, so I'm beyond the cancellation window and can't get through. I'm hoping they publish a new policy that would give me the confidence that if I cancel online I can get at least a FCC.

15 hours ago, MeganGC1983 said:

The “Empty chair without person” sticker. lol I don’t know the exact wording, but it’s saying that the chair being saved with a towel hasn’t been visited in 30 minutes and is subject to item removal in 10ish minutes. 

I'm so glad that they've actually started doing this. The "single flip flop left on a chair at dawn for a never visited chair" thing has always driven me nuts. I just want to be out there at some point for 30 minutes during the day.
 

People on current cruises didn't have a lot of notice if they wanted to cancel. I'm thinking that the emptier ships will start this weekend.

1 hour ago, MeganGC1983 said:

This really is the big issue. We just returned from the Magic yesterday. At least 2 dozen people on our roll call have been told by work not to return for 2 weeks. There’s also a family who’s town is rallying on social media to quarantine them at home once they return tomorrow. Craziness!

I sure hope that work is going to be paying them and not penalizing them in any way if they are going to unofficially keep them away.

As of now we are still cruising. I'm worried about being stuck at the port and having the cruise canceled at that point, but it is what it is. We wouldn't consider canceling without getting change fees waived by the airline, too.

I think that this is going to get worse before it gets better, and booking further out would just make it more likely that things are grounded/canceled. 

I am getting a little tired of the pity that I'm getting from people. Going on a cruise is supposed to make them jealous. 😜

31 minutes ago, Jerseygirl1416 said:

“Mild” could mean no down time for some. 

There should be downtime for everyone. If you think you have it, you stay home. 

5 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

I thought the show was pretty good as well.   Never been a big fan of any network news and cringed when they started talking cruises.  Thought it was just ok till the end when they threw in that the vast majority of cases would be mild.    

Keep in mind that "mild" will still keep you on the couch for about a week and another week of feeling not great. "Mild" means "won't require hospitalization". This is according to Public Health.

I don't think you get any extra benefit for having the insurance (and unless you purchased the "cancel for any reason" coverage, your insurance wouldn't have let you cancel without penalty for COVID-19 concerns, anyway). You keep your reservation and get the $200 OBC or you cancel and get what you paid toward a future cruise. That's my understanding.

On the Magic on the 14th. Unless airlines offer cancellation policies, we'd still be out the money, so at this point we're going.

Copyright does not equal pro. I have several friends who are amateurs who do that so that others do not rip off their work.

a-tx-brit - This is breathtaking. Are you a pro?

Taken in St. Thomas on April 5th. Not sure which ship this is.