celebrity cruiser Posted April 5, 2020 #1 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Anyone know the reason for the Summit beginning a voyage today to Freeport, Bahamas? She has been anchored for a while off the west FL coast. The only thing I can think of is a possible dry dock situation. Thoughts from the boards? Celebrity Cruises response? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted April 5, 2020 #2 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Ships have been repositioning frequently. Edge just left Port Everglades. Shuffling crew, fuel, supplies, etc. Summit just had a huge refurb a year ago. Definitely not time for a dry dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_tchr Posted April 5, 2020 #3 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Part of the reason is the CDC changed the rules on repatriation cruise ship passengers and crew. As of today NO public transportation can be used! Only drivers taking people home or charter flights. Understand the rule doesn't necessarily apply outside the USA, but crew off a ship would need a chartered flight. Very difficult. Gonna be a while till we cruise out of the USA. Months and months away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalves Posted April 5, 2020 #4 Share Posted April 5, 2020 perhaps reprovisioning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celebrity cruiser Posted April 5, 2020 Author #5 Share Posted April 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, jalves said: perhaps reprovisioning? And could not do that off the coast of FL? Agreed, that is just recently came out of Dry Dock but Freeport, but that is where the dry dock is? There were many other choices where it could have sailed to. Perhaps as mentioned repatriation would be a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 5, 2020 #6 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Sad...we were looking forward to cruising on her in May..out of Bayonne. Not to be. Wish the best for her crew..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celebrity cruiser Posted April 5, 2020 Author #7 Share Posted April 5, 2020 We were cancelled April 25. May is probably not possible also. The safety of her crew right now is ULTIMATE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh84 Posted April 5, 2020 #8 Share Posted April 5, 2020 There are 16 ships off the coast of Freeport right now. Take a look at Marine Traffic. Nothing unusual going on at all. Logistically, there aren’t many other choices to sail to. Port availability, fuel, supplies and crew movement among a million other things all come in to play. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them sit near Freeport for a day or two then return to MIA or FLL later this week then transition out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 5, 2020 #9 Share Posted April 5, 2020 May was already cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS2BS Posted April 5, 2020 #10 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Not all of the May sailing have been canceled yet. The 5/19 & 5/28, out of Bayonne, are not canceled by Celebrity. But, New York Harbor is not going to allow any cruise ships in for quite a while, being that coved-19 is at extremely high levels in the NJ/NY area. Hal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 5, 2020 #11 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Wow..how ridiculous! Suggest you wait it out. If X cancels you get a refund . We jumped the gun with Cruise with confidencec & got a 50% refund ( based on penalty percentage on date we cancelled) plus 50 %...future cruise credit which may well turn out to be useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted April 6, 2020 #12 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Wow..how ridiculous! Suggest you wait it out. If X cancels you get a refund . We jumped the gun with Cruise with confidencec & got a 50% refund ( based on penalty percentage on date we cancelled) plus 50 %...future cruise credit which may well turn out to be uselessI agree wait it out for Celebrity to cancel and get a refund. The FCC is a gamble. Shortly we will probably see the ships put in cold layup or mothball status. Sailing around in circles is burning up money. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celebrity cruiser Posted April 9, 2020 Author #13 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Summit must have gone to MIA for provisions for a few days. She left MIA for a return to TPA yesterday. I wonder who coordinates where all these ships can dock or anchor? USCG probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Georgia_Peaches Posted April 9, 2020 #14 Share Posted April 9, 2020 8 hours ago, celebrity cruiser said: I wonder who coordinates where all these ships can dock or anchor? USCG probably. Glad it's not me! What a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP99 Posted April 9, 2020 #15 Share Posted April 9, 2020 On 4/5/2020 at 9:45 PM, Charles4515 said: I agree wait it out for Celebrity to cancel and get a refund. The FCC is a gamble. Shortly we will probably see the ships put in cold layup or mothball status. Sailing around in circles is burning up money. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Presently getting the cash refund is also a gamble. HUGE stalling and a multitude of excuses for not giving refunds. More stalling = longer they can stay afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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