NCL Short Extension of Suspended Cruises to May 14 2020 - Updated on NCL Website 4/10/2020

[tgloersen]

TRAVEL ALERTUpdated: April 10, 2020 - Suspended cruises into May 2020

The safety, security and well-being of our guests, crew and communities we visit is our number one priority. We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 coronavirus situation and the global health environment. With COVID-19 continuing to impact communities and ports around the globe, we have extended our voluntary temporary suspension of voyages. Our suspension that was for voyages embarking March 13 to May 10 has been extended to now include all voyages embarking through May 14, 2020. We plan to recommence operations beginning May 15, 2020.

We are committed to taking all appropriate steps and actions to combat the spread of COVID-19 and are working closely and in partnership with local, state, federal and global agencies. While this may result in additional future changes, please know our teams are working around the clock to do what is right by our guests and travel partners. We continue to monitor this situation closely and will provide additional updates as they are available.

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[Hearthosesteeldrumsplayin]

Interesting.  The CDC guidelines put a 100 day timeline for not cruising.  If that 100 days is from the original date of March, that would put cruising on hold until mid-to-late June.  Of course, the CDC is only issuing guidelines, not a stop.  Not looking good for my end of May cruise, though.  Sigh!

 

[tallnthensome]

16 minutes ago, Hearthosesteeldrumsplayin said:

Of course, the CDC is only issuing guidelines, not a stop.  Not looking good for my end of May cruise, though.  Sigh!

 

That May Cruise was as good as gone a month ago .....nobody going anywhere for at least ....at least .... 3 months at the earliest if that. 

[Georgia_Peaches]

Honestly, I think it's a ploy to keep people from cancelling before they make final payment on a cruise they have on the books for say, August or later.  With the issuance of the recent 100 day ban, there are some people who will meet their final payment date within that 100 days.  NCL is likely hoping that people will go ahead and make that final payment in the hopes that their sailing occurs.  It's a short term cash grab that can be useful to them until they are forced to cancel the cruise and begin the 90 day refund process.  Messages such as these posted on the NCL site helps feed optimism to hopeful cruisers but is in direct contradiction with current CDC and USG restrictions.  Perhaps the cruise lines will provide the necessary plans described in the CDC order and the ban will lift earlier than expected, but I doubt it....and all of this is coming from an optimist!