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I put in my date and the message is: "There is no availability or scheduled trips on the date selected."

You, and me both!

The least expensive 75 minute Swedish massage I have found is $139 pre-cruise (which is really $164 when grats are added). This is usually offered for boarding day, as others have pointed out. Onboard the least expensive 75 minute massage I've seen is $149 for the "Manager's special" which adds things like scalp-massage, body-brushing, foot massage...

That was my second guess!

Dining en-suite?

Not sure the size of the ship matters? 🤔 If it's registered to a foreign country and you are not doing a round-trip to the same port, sounds like you are in the same "boat" as us?

Maybe for next time? I am unfortunately locked into my current reservation with Celebrity unless I want to burn the cash I have given them. Plus additional penalties per person. 😳

I know.. it totally does! Lol! They do have one of the Cascades trains operating, though. Southbound leaves around 5 PM and arrives at King Street Station at 10 PM... Too much waiting around and the longest trip time of all the choices.

You are most welcome! I tried to do the same thing, but my TA cautioned me against it because of all the penalties I would have to pay to Celebrity. I didn't have a whole lot of time to decide because Royal only gave me a few days before intending to cancel BOTH of my cruises!

We were trying to work with Royal via my TA. Wanted to keep the "money in the family" so to speak. At first glance it seemed like a good solution. I thought between Royal and Celebrity they would help me with a transfer between the two ports. But alas, that didn't happen. Everyone was giving me wrong information about how easy it would be to transfer between Canada Place and Pier 91. Once upon a time, maybe? So we are either staying the night at Pan Pacific and transferring to Pier 91 in Seattle the next morning via rental car. Or we are taking the Amtrak bus from Vancouver to King Street Station in Seattle and staying at a hotel in Pioneer Square for the night . Then maybe Ubering to Pier 91?

We fly domestic airlines with everyone in the loop... airport, TSA, airline. It is rather amusing when we show up to the gate and they think we haven't already checked our bags... We make sure not to impact other travelers by taking up more than our allotted space. Four people, four overhead carry-ons. Medical equipment underneath seats. The rest goes in a rack behind the last seat in the galley. Wheelchair and dolly are gate-checked with the understanding that they be returned to us at the next gate. We get a receipt to ensure this. We also use public transportation such as light rail, subways. Very hard to find HA taxis in many cities we have visited.

I must also mention for those who do not remember us from several years back on our first trip to Alaska and our challenges/obstacles... We are travelling with our special needs daughter in a wheelchair and her nurse. We carry approximately 20+ bags. (First trip was over 30 because she was on a ventilator with oxygen.) We do bring a dolly to load bags on so one person rolls two large suitcases with 2 smaller ones on top. Nurse puts duffle and hangs bags on back of wheelchair while carrying a back pack. And I roll the dolly with our "jenga-packed" bags... This is why I am trying to not have to move/re-pack more than we must!

I don't know about anyone else but I feel I have gotten a real education about PVSA from this thread! Thank you to all the knowledgeable people who responded to this. It looks like I will keep my original plan to fly to Hawaii and stay at Aulani for a few days. Board Ovation for the Hawaii transpacific. Disembark for a day and board Celebrity in Seattle. I just need to decide whether to stay the night at Pan Pacific in Vancouver, or get our tail feathers to Seattle and stay the night in Pioneer Square. I am thinking about taking the Amtrak bus since it will end near our hotel in Seattle. But then I still need transportation to Pier 91. So I am narrowing my choices and feeling more confident that our trip will still be magical if not a little convoluted! 🙃

Spotted him on the elevators multiple times on Serenade in December.

No 7 passenger vans that I can find? I'm looking at about $300 one way with a Dodge Durango SUV. Pan Pacific is about $400/night. I tried to switch to Quantum, but I would have to cancel Aulani pre-trip and pay penalties to Celebrity plus lose what I already paid them. So cost prohibitive to switch, but I thought it was a really good idea! Quick Shuttle is not picking up or dropping off where I need to go, despite what their website says. That would have been my choice if they were continuing to pick up at Canada Place and drop off at Pier 91. But no... Quick Shuttle does not pick up from the pier or drop off where they say on the website. I tried to book it online and called their phone number. (Bah, COVID! Shaking fist...) That one gave me a chuckle!

Thanks for that, Merion_Mom! Just when you start to think you know what you are doing, something like this happens and you learn something new! I thought I knew the PVSA ... but did NOT know about B2B being treated like one long cruise. It seems rather pointless to make travellers jump off one ship to get on another in order to continue their journey. I'll bet changes will be forthcoming to modify this due to the current nature of the cruise industry!

Yes! I am a Costco member and you have to either pick up from an airport or drop-off at an airport, that is why I was picking it up at YVR so I could drop off downtown near Pier 91. Thank you for all the good ideas! You are definitely mirroring my fears of problems at the Border crossing, etc... And I really don't like the idea of waiting around until twilight to jump on the Amtrak Cascades heading south. Arriving after dark and trying to check in late to our hotel, sounds stressful and tiring as well...

That sounds like a good plan! The only reason I'm jumping through hoops is because I have excellent airfare back home to Florida and didn't want to lose that. I'm a little bummed because we just turned Pinnacle and will not get near the same benefits on Celebrity Solstice since we have never sailed with them. Still looking forward to our glorious adventure, though!

We currently have a one-way rental car reserved from Vancouver to Seattle. As well as two hotel rooms. One in Vancouver. One in Seattle. I am hedging my bets all over the place, lol! If Amtrak starts back during the morning we will stay in a hotel near King Street station in Seattle. For now, my current plan involves us disembarking Ovation at Canada place and staying the night at Pan Pacific right there at the port. Then I must get up at the crack of dawn to take the light rail from the waterfront to the Vancouver airport to pick up our rental car. Driving back to Pan Pacific to load up our luggage and our special needs daughter. We will have to stow her wheelchair as part of the luggage which has me worried for the space it will take up... Four + hours on the road to Seattle. Drop everyone off at Pier 91. Return the car to the local rental agency and Uber back to Pier 91! Get onboard and find an adult beverage, lol....

Yes, I was led to believe that as well. Until whoever's job it is to check such things got caught up and notified the executive office. We've been booked for months with no problem. Suddenly it's a problem. (Don't know why the booking was allowed in the first place?) The way it was explained to me was on a B2B they only look at the embark point and debark point. If it is a foreign registered ship (Ovation is) you cannot start and end at an American port, which you are. I mistakenly thought since Ovation from Hawaii was terminating at Vancouver, we were covered. Apparently not, since we are staying onboard for Alaska back to Seattle. Maybe it's different for the reverse itinerary? But I would triple check before investing money in flights, etc... Especially if your RCL agent is not well-versed in that obscure law.

Considered Amtrak first because that is how we got to Vancouver back in 2019 Northbound. However, due to personnel shortages there is only one southbound and it leaves at 5 PMish getting to Seattle at 10Pmish. Then we still have to find transport to Pier 91 the next morning. Flying is costly plus we have luggage to consider. Then once we are at SEA-TAC we have to get all the way over to Pier 91. Looked at flights but they are cost prohibitive due to amount of luggage, wheelchair, and another shuttle to the ship. I wish.... maybe I'll get lucky and they will restart morning trips heading south. It sure was... pre-covid. Now it's like a red-eye going south. Looked at the Quick Coach since they used to transport from Canada Place to Pier 91, but they do not go there are this time.

Yes, I mentioned that in the body of my text.

Hello, All! I booked a fabulous vacation for 2022 that was cancelled by Royal and in honor of our 40th anniversary year, I re-booked the same itinerary for this coming April-May 2023. Flying to HNL to visit Aulani and board Ovation for the Hawaii/Transpacific to Vancouver. Then continuing on to Alaska for 8 nights ending in Seattle. Never once did my TA or Royal mention this would violate the PVSA provision of the Jones Act. I did not know that despite booking two separate cruises, it is looked at as one long cruise between two American ports. Yikes! So now they tell me, lol🤨! Their solution was to add the 17 day leg from Australia to HNL... uhm, nope! I found something better, I hope. Celebrity Solstice is sailing from Seattle on 12 May 2023 returning to Seattle on 19 May. We would have to disembark Ovation in Vancouver on the 11th of May. Find transportation to Seattle and accommodations for one night. (I've tentatively booked Pan Pacific in Vancouver and Courtyard Marriott Pioneer Square in Seattle.) Any ideas on the best way to reach Seattle? I thought it would be pretty easy, but post-covid is proving challenging!

That was probably me! Lol~!🙂

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