njhorseman

Even that may very well be gone before your cruise in 2023. They're discussing the replacement or elimination of the current form .

A few days ago Canada announced they were eliminating all COVID-19 border measures including ArriveCAN and testing requirements effective October 1.

Most people seem to get their approval about 7 to 10 days before their cruise. Many have filed the application up to 30 days before, so it can take a while . I'm sure filing no more than a week before your cruise will be fine, particularly since there are fewer cruises going to Bermuda at that time of the year . With the announcement made today about discontinuing the need for testing effective October 25 they said the need for some type of paperwork and a decision about the $40 fee were still being worked on. I have to believe those details will be finalized fairly quickly. My bottom line advice to you is don't do anything now. If the issue is still unresolved a week before your cruise then you probably should consider filing the paperwork at that time.

Bermuda's government says you won't need to test: www.gov.bm/cruise-travel-authorisation

People need to display some patience! Bermuda just announced this today. It will take a day or two for NCL to update their website with the new rules. NCL isn't going to make vaccinated passengers take a test if the destination doesn't require one.

That was me .😉

Bermuda officials have just announced that the testing requirements will be eliminated effective 10/25/22 . https://www.royalgazette.com/health/news/article/20220929/ta-form-to-be-phased-out-but-no-decision-on-fee/ "From October 25, the requirement for pre-arrival and pre-departure testing, arrival testing, and day-four testing for travellers will be dropped. The requirement for unvaccinated visitors to provide proof of health insurance which covers Covid medical expenses will remain."

While not having a formal night for many years, NCL has had a night where dressing up was highlighted in the Freestyle Daily and included (at one time) an opportunity for taking a photo with the captain. It had a variety of names over the years including "Dress Up or Not" and "Norwegian's Night Out". It was traditionally held on the night of the first full day of the cruise. My point was that there was exactly one of these nights on a cruise regardless of the length of the cruise. Even three week cruises that I've taken have had only one "Dress Up or Not" night. Personally we never dressed up on that night.

My recollection is that it was charged to our onboard folio.

You need to check your cruise line's documentation requirements, which can be found on their website. While it generally would be allowed under US and Bermuda government regulations, cruise lines have the right to impose more stringent rules such as requiring a passport.

Zero appetite or need, and I doubt any bank would be dumb enough to loan them the money. The last thing NCL needs at this time is additional capacity. They can't fill the current fleet with a sufficient number of passengers to make a profit. They have ships of their own design on order to fill future needs when (hopefully) their financial picture improves.

Except that NCL has traditionally only had one...even on much longer cruises of three weeks that I've taken.

Yes. You're in Bermuda once the ship enters its territorial waters. It doesn't matter whether you set foot on land.

Be patient. NCL will change it shortly. I saw on the Oceania board that they just released an email announcing the end of the ArriveCAN and testing requirements. Oceania's website hasn't yet been updated either.

Iceland is not an EU member . It is a Schengen country.

The web cam is now working again.

That's absolutely legal but it's Oceania discretion as to whether to permit it. You'll almost surely be charged for the full itinerary even if Oceania approves the downline embarkation.

Canada has a similar cabotage law, as do other countries. Apparently many countries don't consider them obsolete. Canada has a single maritime cabotage law, the Coasting Trade Act, that governs the transportation of both cargo and passengers, while the US has one law for passengers, the PVSA, and another law for cargo, the Jones Act.

The US government most definitely cares about it and enforces it.

There were many times when I flew home from interesting places on disembarkation day because I just didn't have the time to stay . Job or family obligations took precedence over additional vacationing. Not

Yes, there's a fine for PVSA violations but cruise lines do not intentionally permit passengers to violate it as intentional violations can get cruise line in a lot of additional trouble with the US government beyond mere payment of the per passenger fine. Intentional violations potentially could result in something as drastic as revocation of the cruise line's right to dock in US ports. Cruise lines will not even allow unintentional violations of their own making. There was a recent discussion on Cruise Critic about a different cruise line that accidentally let some passengers book a prohibited itinerary on a B2B cruise and they required those passengers to change their plans at the last minute, having them disembark in Victoria, stay overnight in Canada, travel from Victoria to Vancouver and then re board the ship in Vancouver the next day.

Seward to LA is never allowed. Seward to LA would violate the PVSA, even if you paid for LA to LA. Boarding in a foreign port such as St. Maarten eliminates that problem. (edited to be more specific)

No, you can't do a Seward to LA cruise because that would violate the Passenger Vessel Services Act. That type of itinerary from one US port to a different US port requires a port call at what is known as a distant foreign port, but there are no distant foreign ports within thousands of miles of that itinerary. The examples you cited were of a completely different type of itinerary where you and your brother eventually embarked in foreign countries, which eliminated the PVSA issue.

That's not quite correct. You are not fully cleared for customs purposes until you actually are taking your belongings off the ship and the country in which you are disembarking has the right to inspect your baggage when you are leaving the ship. In order to disembark in the early morning you have to advise the ship that you intend to do so and they will determine whether customs officials will be available at that hour to screen you if they wish . Probably it will be OK but there's no guarantee that it will be.

When you disembark you either have your ship's room key card scanned or you are identified by a facial recognition system as you're approaching the gangway. CBSA will both advise you that you are not permitted to go ashore and will order the ship's security officer to flag your record in the ship's computer system. If you were to attempt to disembark the security guard at the gangway would see you are not permitted to and would prevent you from disembarking.