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Look first at P&Os itineraries for 2023 and 2024 before writing this. There are still Baltic cruises planned, they didn't cancel all. Compared to other cruise lines there are still a lot Baltics from P&O.

If it would not be safe in the Baltic, they would cancel all cruises. So it is clearly a lack of demand..

Caribbean Princess will also be in Northern Europe

If they don't base a ship out of Copenhagen why don't they even sail with Jewel a Scandinavian cruise out of Amsterdam..

The Pride isn't going directly to Stockholm. It goes to Nynäshamn with distance about 50 minutes to Stockholm.

Last year the Carnival Pride itineraries were available at the end of September 2021 for summer 2023. It seems that they need this time longer, maybe Nov oder Dec..

Euribia will sail in winter 2023/24 the same program like Virtuosa this winter from Southampton/Hamburg.

Many Americans take the tour to Berlin but take in mind that the train ride takes about 3 hrs from Warnemunde to Berlin. But I think it's worth it. If it is too long for you then Warnemunde is also a nice little place. In Kiel a lot of passengers are going to the "Kieler brewery" it is around 5-10 minutes from the quay. I don't like beer but if you like.. 😉 Hamburg is also great but here you have to take a train or bus ride for around 1 hour. I don't know why Carnival stays here only 9 hours when they support Hamburg for this stop.. If you like walking near the ship, then you can go to the "Kiellinie" or you follow the blue line to the town and shopping areas.

I'm from Germany and I can tell you in Kiel you will get the central quay at "Ostseekai" LP 27 or 28. Warnemunde will be Pier 7 or 8, also really central in the small place of Warnemunde. In Stockholm you won't pass the archipelago, you will berth at Nynäshamn, it is not directly in Stockholm (about 45 minutes distance with bus).

Last year they released the summer 2023 program on July. This year they are later.

Seems that they will reduce 2024 the Baltic cruises. Britannia has still 5 gaps where she was supposed to do Baltics and she is booked now on 12 June 2024 in Orkney.

How many guests are onboard this Baltic cruise?

Marina is still doing 2023 2 Baltic and 2 Scandinavian cruises. Riviera 1 Baltic and 1 Scandinavian. Maybe he thought about 2024.

Anyone know what's going on here? A few months ago, NCL canceled the Baltic tours and replaced them with Caribbean tours. A few days ago, an Atlantic trip to Southampton on August 28th was also bookable, which has now also disappeared. Again redeployment?

Warnemunde is fully booked on 24 Sep 22 that's why they had to cancel it. Construction work is currently taking place on the 3rd large berth in Warnemunde where NCL Star should dock. It doesn't affect your cruise.

Here an info from the port of Amsterdam about this problem. https://sea.cruiseportamsterdam.com/adjusted-passage-regime-at-ijmuiden-sea-lock-affects-calls-at-cruise-port-amsterdam/

Visby Ronne and Skagen are the 3 most cancelled ports in the Baltic because of the open location in the sea. Several cruise calls there have been cancelled this year, so this is not only a specific P&O thing. I live in the Baltic and follow the daily cruising movements in the Baltic.

So no one is replacing here? I saw that Brilliance is also not bookable anymore for the summer months 2023.

I don't think they will cancel her Europe season. Pretty sure they will take off Russia now and replace them with other ports. Or maybe changing some Baltic cruises with Norway cruises.

I'm not saying he's inexperienced, he just seems not to know how the canal works. Maybe he was frustrated that he is not allowed to navigate the ship himself through the canal because each ship over 100 metres needs a "Kiel Canal helmsman" and they are navigating the ships safely through the channel. The Azamara Quest took exactly 9 hours for the passage. Any other ship of this size needs the same time. So it was not "the slowest transit ever" like he said. Now she is on the way to Copenhagen with 17 knots.

Here some photos of the passage. Sadly today was bad weather..

He's also probably too inexperienced about the Kiel Canal rules. I hope you enjoy the daylight transit, I will try to make later some photos of Quest around the Kiel area in the afternoon. Hopefully with no rain 📸

Hmm I live in Kiel and I can say you are well on time. Quest had only 30 minutes to wait, we have here sometimes days where you have to wait 1-12 hours to join the Kiel Canal (Viking Cruises had to wait 2 times around 10 hours). So I don't know why the captain is telling that. You should be around 6-7 p.m in Kiel and then with moderate speed to Copenhagen. Today there is also less traffic in the Canal.

How many passengers are currently on board during the Baltic cruise?

Skagen is a really problematic port. Today Costa Diadema couldn't get there due to high winds. 2 days ago Celebrity Silhouette couldn't go either. But wondering that they cancelled Kiel, the larger Costa Diadema is going to Kiel tomorrow as planned. Kiel is really good protected by the fjord and from winds from western directions.