BuckNut8412 Posted January 11, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I found an article on USA Today's website showing Puerto Rico was added as a port of Harmony. Does anyone know if this is started? My parents are on the Harmony right now and they were planned to have stops in Nassau, St. Thomas and St Maarten. I just checked the ships location on one of the tracker websites and it says its destination is San Juan, but that was not on my parent itinerary. In March I have a cruise planned on Harmony with the same stops listed above. http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/01/04/harmony-seas-puerto-rico-cruise/96015410/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted January 11, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I found an article on USA Today's website showing Puerto Rico was added as a port of Harmony. Does anyone know if this is started? My parents are on the Harmony right now and they were planned to have stops in Nassau, St. Thomas and St Maarten. I just checked the ships location on one of the tracker websites and it says its destination is San Juan, but that was not on my parent itinerary. In March I have a cruise planned on Harmony with the same stops listed above. http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/01/04/harmony-seas-puerto-rico-cruise/96015410/ Just this week I think. Due to the possibility of storms in the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted January 11, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) I'm also going to be on HOTS in March (eastern caribbean)....wish were were going to be in San Juan instead of Nassau ;);) Is the article referring to the western caribbean sailings which include Labadee ? Edited January 11, 2017 by Ashland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckNut8412 Posted January 11, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I'm also going to be on HOTS in March (eastern caribbean)....wish were were going to be in San Juan instead of Nassau ;);) Is the article referring to the western caribbean sailings which include Labadee ? It mentions Labadee, but also St. Thomas and St. Maarten. Are they Western? Not sure. I agree, rather San Juan. I have not been there, been to Nassau several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drarill Posted January 11, 2017 #5 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I found an article on USA Today's website showing Puerto Rico was added as a port of Harmony. Does anyone know if this is started? My parents are on the Harmony right now and they were planned to have stops in Nassau, St. Thomas and St Maarten. I just checked the ships location on one of the tracker websites and it says its destination is San Juan, but that was not on my parent itinerary. In March I have a cruise planned on Harmony with the same stops listed above. http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/01/04/harmony-seas-puerto-rico-cruise/96015410/ Buck. This article is in Spanish, but looks like there was a change in itinerary due to the bad weather. The HOS will dock in San Juan today. :) http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/positivoparaelturismoboricuaelmaltiempoenelcaribe-2279765/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 11, 2017 #6 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I found an article on USA Today's website showing Puerto Rico was added as a port of Harmony. Does anyone know if this is started? My parents are on the Harmony right now and they were planned to have stops in Nassau, St. Thomas and St Maarten. I just checked the ships location on one of the tracker websites and it says its destination is San Juan, but that was not on my parent itinerary. In March I have a cruise planned on Harmony with the same stops listed above. http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/01/04/harmony-seas-puerto-rico-cruise/96015410/ Unless you hit bad weather you will still be going to Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. San Juan was announced as a port stop for Oasis class ships when the itineraries were released last March they didn't just make recent changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckNut8412 Posted January 11, 2017 Author #7 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Unless you hit bad weather you will still be going to Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. San Juan was announced as a port stop for Oasis class ships when the itineraries were released last March they didn't just make recent changes. Harmony is in the Oasis Class??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 11, 2017 #8 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Harmony is in the Oasis Class??? Oasis, Allure and Harmony basically the exact same ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted January 11, 2017 #9 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Harmony is in the Oasis Class??? Yes, it's the newest & largest of the Oasis class. The only problem with SJ is that you may arrive at 2-3pm. This was the case on the Freedom & Anthem cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilkySal Posted January 11, 2017 #10 Share Posted January 11, 2017 We are on HOTS the week of October 7th this year and, yes, we will port in SJ on October 11th from 7:00am to 3:00pm! Itinerary says St Maarten, SJ and Labadee for our 7-nighter!!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetwhiz Posted January 11, 2017 #11 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Your parents received this onboard. The change was welcomed by most (no Nassau) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeski27 Posted January 11, 2017 #12 Share Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) Your parents received this onboard. The change was welcomed by most (no Nassau) ...yeah, and no St Thomas either, which I assume most would *not* quite so thrilled about. This is a 100 percent re-do of the original itinerary, which is the typical Oasis-class Eastern route. The key to remember here is that it's not so much a weather issue that will cause a crappy beach day in Nassau, but its that with any moderate wind/surf docking an Oasis-class ship in Nassau goes from relatively challenging (on a good day) to extremely challenging/possibly dangerous. I was on Allure a few years ago, supposed to dock in Nassau, and due to heavy wind/surf, we were told ours was the first ever time Allure was unable to make port in Nassau. It is by far the trickiest port that the Oasis class ships have to dock in anywhere on their normal itineraries. As a side note, I will have to say it is pretty sh*tty that RCI is only refunding to onboard credit, not to (for example) the CC that one used to purchase the excursion if that is how they did it (as in, in advance from home). Hell of a way for the company to make sure they still keep your money, smh. Question is, will RCI be refunding any unused onboard credit $$ as a result of this? Edited January 11, 2017 by joeski27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetwhiz Posted January 11, 2017 #13 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Most everyone on our large social media board was happy happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 11, 2017 #14 Share Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) ...yeah, and no St Thomas either, which I assume most would *not* quite so thrilled about. This is a 100 percent re-do of the original itinerary, which is the typical Oasis-class Eastern route. The key to remember here is that it's not so much a weather issue that will cause a crappy beach day in Nassau, but its that with any moderate wind/surf docking an Oasis-class ship in Nassau goes from relatively challenging (on a good day) to extremely challenging/possibly dangerous. I was on Allure a few years ago, supposed to dock in Nassau, and due to heavy wind/surf, we were told ours was the first ever time Allure was unable to make port in Nassau. It is by far the trickiest port that the Oasis class ships have to dock in anywhere on their normal itineraries. As a side note, I will have to say it is pretty sh*tty that RCI is only refunding to onboard credit, not to (for example) the CC that one used to purchase the excursion if that is how they did it (as in, in advance from home). Hell of a way for the company to make sure they still keep your money, smh. Question is, will RCI be refunding any unused onboard credit $$ as a result of this? Any shore excursions that are cancelled are refunded as fully refundable OBC that if unused will be refunded to the credit card that you secured your Seapass with or in cash if you set up a cash account. Edited January 11, 2017 by Ourusualbeach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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