Sailing78

With the entire cruise being within the United States will you even need your passport?

Also since you are not setting foot on non USA soil does that change requirements for disembarking and testing requirements?

Obviously there may be non US residents that this won't apply to and the ship will probably enter international waters at some point.

Interesting questions since Canada can have entry restrictions due to past alchohol convictions.  (I was a stupid 21 year old but am now a responsible 43 year old)

Anyone going to convert their FCC back into cash? 

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2 hours ago, tallnthensome said:

At this point and including the loss of the Alaska cruise season now I would bet 60/40 that some sort of bankruptcy reorganization will happen soon at this point. Just my opinion of course. With the PVSA around and the current inability to legally have cruises to nowhere it is not looking good. I canceled my August cruise to Alaska last week before this hit as I saw it coming .....I would NOT want to have any money tied up with NCL right now and feel that those with FCC are going to lose it after all this if it hits the courts. 

I very much hope the positive posters in this thread are correct and NCL survives but something in the back of my mind (not very scientific I know) tells me that they stopped issuing FCC and went to cash refunds only is because they know now that they will have to screw over the customers that are holding FCC and by stopping the FCC program they are hoping to minimize customer outrage when they find out there money is gone and they are not getting it back.

For me personally it is not so much impatience to sail but worrying about my FCC expiring or it just disappearing during a restructure.  If I new NCL was secure and the FCC would be there until it was time to sail again I could wait as long as it took with feeling impatient.

I understand it was my choice to accept a FCC and if I lose it I will not be bitter.  I understand that a company is going to do what they have to do in order to survive and they have no control of the situation.

11 hours ago, CarolinaMamma said:

Oh please do not talk of scrapping the Spirit. She’s one of my favorite ships! 

I hope no more ships end up at the scrappers, but if they don't start sailing again the NCL Encore, Carnival's new Mardi Gras, and Virgins Scarlet lady and all other ships that cannot find employment  will be melted down into razor blades.

That is the reality the cruise industry faces if they do not start earning revenue and borrowing opportunities get more difficult.  I know they are good to keep up operations for while yet and that will hopefully tide them over until a combination of the vaccine, testing, and safety protocols, and all the other items needed to resume operations are a success.  I fell in love with cruising in 2015 and no other vacations interest me nearly as much.

I pray for and end to the pandemic, and a resumption of normal activity.

The Joy has arrived in Brazil.  Not sure where it is off to next.

If it was me I would take the money and not book with new money until cruising has restarted.  But that's just me.

Thanks for the recommendations.  I saw quite a few apps and such but I figured the experts would know the good ones 🙂

Title says it all.  I am looking for a decent cruise ship tracker now that ship movements are bound to pick up a bit in order to get them ready to resume sailing.