April 5, 2021 NY GEM Cruise Cancelled

[WeatherFx]

Just got an email from NCL. They are cancelling my April 5, 2021 12N cruise on the GEM out of NY. The reason given is redeployment. Automatic refund of my deposit plus a 10% FCC.

[ClevelandCruisin]

Yep, just got my email

[Sand and Seas]

Wow!  I wonder if this is just the start of alot of 'redeployment' emails.  Very strange they cancelling this far out.

[AKR2011]

It looks like your cruise was supposed to be the last one out of NYC before moving to Boston. I wonder if they are just moving it to Boston earlier? Do we know if other sailings on The Gem this spring have been canceled?

 

https://www.cruisemapper.com/ships/Norwegian-Gem-573?tab=itinerary#itinerary

 

My second thought is that maybe they are holding off on a longer dry dock until spring. Originally it was supposed to be this fall in Boston after The Gem finished there and before it moved to NYC. Then they added my sailing (Nov 20) late last fall, and whatever that dry dock was supposed to be was shortened to just 7 days instead of the original 17 days.

 

http://crew-center.com/norwegian-cruise-line-dry-dock-cruise-ship-schedule-2020

 

That link mistakenly says that that The Gem is dry docking until the 30th. The site never updated when the November 20th sailing was added, and that was months before Covid-19 changed everything. If anyone has a more updated dry dock schedule, that may answer some of these questions.