Last minute bookings.  Having the solo supplement waived.  Cruising for $249 for a 7-day and using cruise next to pay for it.  And when you can double up, the second cruise next pays for taxes and port fees.✌️

Just wondering on how all those cruisers will be compensated for the inconvenience of cruising during a pandemic. How could a cruise line be so irresponsible to allow this to happen?  Not like a medical emergency where you can just let the passenger off at the next port.  Was a waiver signed before the cruise?  Looks like more FCC.✌️

Not very positive.  ✌️

8 minutes ago, hamrag said:

 

Why not read this thread for starters? 😉

How is the UK handling cruises?  Do they file the same paperwork?✌️

9 hours ago, seaman11 said:

i think that is what im going to rebook for. 

Where are you sailing from and what are the destinations?

4 minutes ago, seaman11 said:

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3629660-february-seen-likeliest-month-for-cruise-restarts

 

I tend to agree with this . out of florida that is .  

Keeping stockholders happy✌️

5 minutes ago, seaman11 said:

I dont get all the negativity at last there has been some good news and ppl are downplaying it. 

 

 

There has to be test cruises per the cdc before the real passenger cruises can go. It stands to logic that reg cruises will be canceled for as to allow these test cruises to happen. i expect they will file the paperwork this week. they are not in business to just sit and not do anything when the cdc has given them a path and florida giving them a green light for ports.  

File what paperwork?✌️

I wear a mask in public because it is a requirement to do the things I need.  I comply with the rules.  But having to wear a mask on a cruise ship is not a need. Cruising is not a need.  I am finding other ways to spend my entertainment dollars.  Just got from  7000 mile road trip visiting my daughter in Michigan.  Always wearing a mask and noticing most people doing also.  During that road trip traveled through 16 states.  Places of interest I was able to spend time at were the Upper Peninsula, Mt Rushmore, the Black Hills, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon,  Las Vegas and more.  

So people "be real" cruising isn't coming back the way it used to be anytime soon, so take a road trip and visit the country you live in.  ✌️

9 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

It'll will probably be several years before this criteria is met. 

I can and will wait.  I am just thankful that I am not locked into a FCC.  ✌️

The election just is around the corner and the CDC standing pat. When, where and how do you think any cruising will happen before the end of the year?   People cruising out of the United States,  where are you going?  Mexico, Bahamas,  Central America?  Spikes happenings.  Europe locking down.  Unless you are locked into a future cruise credit and hoping you can use your already spent money why would you even consider cruising?     Let us be real.

I miss cruising too.  But unless I know I will be able to take a cruise without  a mask you can count me out.  ✌️

On 10/22/2020 at 10:27 AM, seaman11 said:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article246620348.html

 

Carnival plan to resume U.S. cruises on Dec. 1 remains on track after judge’s ruling

 

of course i wont hold my breath but it looks like the percentage of it has gone up a bit. 

spend your cruise credits wisely

1 minute ago, Laszlo said:

Oh man......2021.........so much for that joke LOL

Sorry I missed the joke.  Ha Ha

18 minutes ago, Laszlo said:

All cruises are cancelled until April 1st 2020

Isn't today August 20th 2020? ✌️

12 minutes ago, Budget Queen said:

I found the last minute opportunities very unpredictable.   I had multiple twists and turns last year that were nice surprises.   
 

For  me,  “total” flexibility means much more than what most people can do. 🤩.   I was/am pretty close to that fortunately.   

Me too🙂  After all if you are all ready on the ship why not one more week if the price is right.✌️

46 minutes ago, Russ Lomas said:

We are the exact opposite of you and  for that reason do not travel NCL very often.  Working in education and having children we do not want to pull out of school, we can only travel Christmas, March Break, and summers.  All cruise lines jack up their prices at those times and reduce the number of perks they offer to entice you.  I have found very good deals with RCCL when you book far in advance.  Not so with NCL.  The lack of flexibility in our schedule and NCL's pricing strategy as you mentioned (jack up prices and drop them close to sailing date) does not work for us.  Glad it works for those like yourself though.

 I too had to limit my cruise choices because of work and family.   I too had to plan and book six months to a year out.  And I too didn't cruise on NCL. I found better deals with other cruise lines. But even when I only cruised one or two weeks a year I didn't complain about the prices  I am not saying you are complaining, but telling it like it is. 👍  When your window is small the deals are few. You might as well complain about prices on all cruise line threads.  I was just happy to be able to cruise again and hoped for good weather.  Now that was 20 years.   And then I found CC.   I learned how to research.  Today that the kids are gone and I work my own schedule.   Now NCL is a major player on last minute cruises with waving the solo supplement and doubling up on cruise next certificates on inside cabins.  Can we say FREE CRUISE.  And if the cruise sells out, oh well there is always the next week.✌️

25 minutes ago, sfaaa said:

Vaccine will kill the virus and save the cruise industry.

🤞

4 minutes ago, blcruising said:

 Norwegian Cruise Lies 

I saw that✌️

19 minutes ago, casofilia said:

 

You not from North America.  Everyone deals with travel costs.  It is part of cruising.   Some not as much than others.  But the discussion is cruise rates not travel costs. 

Last minute bookings mean nothing right now.   May even be a thing of the past.  With social distancing who knows how full ships will sail with and how will the governments will monitor occupancy.  It is not up to the cruise industry to start cruising again.  Just think how a second wave of the virus will kill the cruise industry.✌️

Another thread about high price complaints.  You people make me laugh.  I have never had a problem with the price I paid for a cruise.  Some better than others.  But nobody forced me to take a high priced cruise during peak season just because I had to.  Just pick another cruise line or find another itinerary or another time.  Nobody is cruising now anyway.✌️

13 minutes ago, romalley99 said:

 

Many congratulations to you... if that's what you were looking for 🤣🤣

Why am I being congratulated?  Still haven't found it. That is why I go back.  ✌️

I think I was at a  safe distance from the moose on the ship.✌️

7 minutes ago, Budget Queen said:

I always see something new.   🙂   

Last year cruising into Hubbard Glacier the ship was close enough to spot a moose.  Been there many many times.  Never saw that before.  A Moose.   I was ready.  And you know with wildlife, there one minute(if you are lucky) and then gone.  Remember the bubble netting of the pier in Icy Strait?  That was cool.✌️

18 minutes ago, seaman11 said:

well im not going to hide in my condo forever. i will be cautious ,follow the guidelines and not be around crowds.  plenty of space on the casino floor to distance. 

You can place a  bet on when the cruise lines will open again.  Put a $1 on Feb 19, 2021 for me.✌️

On 7/1/2020 at 2:20 AM, romalley99 said:

 

 

If I may, I'd like to offer some advice. The Jewel leaves from Vancouver and does one way cruises Northbound and Southbound. Vancouver to Seward and Seward to Vancouver. If you do a back to back (or a one way with an added Denali/land portion) this is the BEST way to see Alaska. If you do a combo Northbound and Southbound (total of 14 days) on the Jewel... you will see EVERYTHING in Alaska. You hit all the major parts in one shot... Tracy Arm, Glacier Bay, Hubbard Glacier... etc. From what you say above with all that FCC, this may be a good option! 

 

 

You must have been lucky to have seen EVERYTHING in Alaska on that B2B.  Everything is a well everything.  I have done the Jewel and Sun B2B in Alaska over 10 times.  Although I have seen a lot I have yet to have seen everything.  That is the reason I keep going back.✌️

10 minutes ago, Budget Queen said:

Yep-   I sure agree with this.    🤩🤩🤩.     I do NOT care about a cabin and am at the opposite end of the Haven.   And I can guarantee-  both Jeff and I see and do  “Alaska”-   WAY more than most of the cruisers.   

I got my binoculars ready