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1 hour ago, Paul Escarraz said:

Members are eligible for a higher tier level on the next cruise following completion of necessary cruises and/or cruise days. Land portion of cruisetour does not apply. Only cruises taken on Princess® and P&O Australia count toward the Princess Captain’s Circle Program. P&O UK cruises are no longer eligible.

 

Above is from the Princess web site

But this is the Carnival Cruise line forum. Carnival does change your status if it changes during your cruise.

We had a Panama Canal cruise with Celebrity booked for Nov. 2020. Based on what I knew of the 1918 pandemic, we canceled in April 2020.  Refund with no drama. 🙂

We've done this excursion and will be doing it the week before you.🙂
We left our luggage out and did not have any problem.
Unfortunately, I can't remember if there were multiple drop offs at the airport or what time we got there. We had no problems at the airport.
I wore a t-shirt and capris but that was in the fall. 

Hold the baby alligator! I think a donation is requested.
Don't know how helpful this is. I just remember the fun or really annoying parts of travel. 🙃

Same problem on the web site. 

Thank you for your reply. I had deleted the old passport before I scanned the new one. Thinking of just doing it on the web site also. Will the other features work if I'm still blue lane? (Assuming any of this will work when on the ship. 🙄)

I'm trying to enter my new passport info. When I scan it, my first name/middle is flagged as invalid. When I try it manually, it still flags as invalid with or without middle name.
I uninstalled/ reinstalled didn't help. I guess I need to find tech support. 😬

2 minutes ago, adstz said:

Thanks for the info about Sitka taxis. We disembark there and have a plane to catch at 11:55 am. I had hoped to be able to get a taxi for the short ride to the airport but I guess I will be taking the expensive short ride by using the cruise line shuttle. Already booked but was hoping to cancel.

If this were a more "normal" town with plenty of taxis, I agree. But the peace of mind may be worth the more expensive option. 🙂 

I think the on shore team running the testing thought that the test result page was all that was needed. Authorities at the dock disagreed. Everything ran pretty smoothly just slowly. Disembarked looked like it would go smoothly until we couldn't dock on time. We only had 97 guests, so that kept the waits down.

Just got back from our Ocean Victory cruise. Once on the ship had a great time. We only received one water bottle after asking. Food was fine, but I'm not too fussy. DH didn't find out you could ask for a hamburger at lunch until late in the cruise. Everyone was very friendly and helpful.

Doing the zodiacs was the best. We got close the glaciers and saw lots of animals. One group saw a bear. They also have kayaks, but we decided we aren't very good kayakers. lol

We only did the pre-cruise tour in Sitka and saw bears at Fortress of the Bears (a sanctuary). It was still too early for bear excursions to see wild bears. Some people went on a fishing excursion and caught some salmon. Everyone that took the jet boats really enjoyed them.

Now for the not so nice.

Sitka taxi situation sucks. There were ten of us at the airport looking for a ride. One person was trying to call the taxi service but couldn't get an answer. Someone saw an idle hotel van. He talked to the driver and he agreed to take us to his hotel which was across the street from ours.

The ship is docked away from town and not where the other cruise ships dock for their port stops. Not a big deal as they have shuttles. The big deal was a mis-communication as to what was required to embark. (Hint: not just the covid test results.) We had our paper ticket but some had packed theirs in their suitcase. If that wasn't enough, bags were manual searched and every one was wanded. Needless to say we left a bit late. 😕 

Disembarkation turned into another fiasco. We were almost at the dock when we went back out into the harbor. After 2 hours we had 2 tugboats push us to the dock. Once we actually left we didn't have too much problem. The port terminal was a madhouse. Once we pushed through that we made it to the train and zipped to the airport and  through their lines. 

I don't expect them to test before getting off. They didn't want to test before boarding. The other lines are not testing on board before departure.  We have appointments at CVM near the pier.

12 minutes ago, OwenMeany said:

We embark on Anchorage Alaska on July 8th

Disembark on July 15tn in Vancouver, CA

Is a "one-way" from Anchorage to Vancouver

 

CGinMTL -- What does "try filling the ariive can application" mean? 

 

Thank you! .

Everyone entering Canada needs to fill out the ArriveCAN app. You input passport and vaccination status for Canada. There are threads detailing the app elsewhere that are more detailed.

Thank you for your review. I'm disappointed to hear the captain didn't go to the glaciers. I expected they may have supply chain issues being new to the region. We will be doing this cruise June 7, will see if more kinks have been ironed out.  😉

We just received our documents for our June 7 Alaska cruise today, May 21.

According to the docking schedule Victory Ocean will be at the North Berth, Canada Place. Where that is exactly I don't know.

4 hours ago, adstz said:

 

Just went to their website. $299 for one night. Pretty pricey. Is it cheaper through the cruise line?

The hotel is included in the cruise. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

2 hours ago, adstz said:

 

Are you staying in Sitka beforehand? We have one night there after the cruise before flying home. I'm having trouble finding a hotel that is near the downtown and walkable.

Yes, Aspen Suites Hotel. The cruiseline booked the hotel. My husband says it looks to be downtown. He also says there are restaurants nearby. Warning: he's not particular on restaurants. lol

We are going on the Ocean Victory June 6 from Sitka to Vancouver. Looking forward to this cruise.

10 hours ago, caribill said:

 

A virus evolves to be vaccine resistant when the variations that survive the vaccine can replicate.

 

Although a significant portion of the benefit comes from a first dose and the full benefit of protection can come at four weeks or instead at 12 weeks, the delay of 8 more weeks to get the second dose means the virus has 8 more weeks to possibly evolve in a partially potected body.

A vaccine is not an antibiotic. The vaccine is to give your body a "fire drill" so that it is ready to quickly attack the virus should it appear.

2012 was supposed to be the end according to  the Mayan calendar. 

Thank you AF-1. I've managed to get his picture posted. 🙂

I'm having a problem setting up Ocean Ready. It just has pictures of me for both my  husband and me. We have green checks but the pictures are wrong and I can't change them.

Still lurking. :cool::cool:

Thank you for the pictures. I can't wait for our cruise in Sept. :D

We took the bus trip from Copper River to Denali. We were in regular full size buses. They were comfortable. The road was fine, I've been on worse. We enjoyed the scenery. Think of it as an adventure! :D

I find it hard to believe someone posted about this massive snow storm. Was this posted for those living in a cave?

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