alaska june 2021

[Roaming Rover]

Anyone heard anything about Alaska cruising ??? Do you think it will go ahead?? We are due to go on Konigsdam 6th June  2021 ?? 

[ricko999]

??? Our family has booked the Eurodam from Seattle on 5th.I suggested much later, but......

Personally, I would wait till 22.

RO

 

[CruiserBruce]

Nobody knows. Everything is speculation....discussed here daily.

[Himself]

I hope we are back by 2021.

[Boatdrill]

I'll go out on a limb and say there will be Alaska cruises.  Perhaps a limited number, but the southeast Alaska economy has been hit very hard this summer without the cruise industry, and something's gotta give. 

 

 

 

[PigsCanFly]

We are booked to Alaska in May '21.  At this point, I am hoping it is a go, but we will be driving out to Seattle and made sure all of our hotel reservations out and back were refundable.  It also will require that Canada opens Victoria, BC as a cruise port.

[Roaming Rover]

HI we are flying  from Gatwick to Calgary end of May ,  then on to Banff for a few days , then on to Jasper for a few days,  then board the Rocky Mountineer over to Vancouver to board the Konningsdam  to sail the inside passage . So alot at stake for all going ahead !!! Has anyone done this journey ?

[wandb]

4 hours ago, Roaming Rover said:

HI we are flying  from Gatwick to Calgary end of May ,  then on to Banff for a few days , then on to Jasper for a few days,  then board the Rocky Mountineer over to Vancouver to board the Konningsdam  to sail the inside passage . So alot at stake for all going ahead !!! Has anyone done this journey ?

This has been on our “bucket list” for years!!  It sounds wonderful!  Surely hope all travel restrictions are lifted so you can do this trip. 

[kangforpres]

Saw an article in the business press saying Southeast Alaska could not stand losing another cruise season economically. Like the port towns except for Juneau would start to become depopulated.

[HaveWeMetYet]

From USA Today

Don't bet on the U.S.-Canadian border reopening after the closure agreement expires Oct. 21.

In an interview Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country is committed to keeping the border closed until the United States gets control of COVID-19.

 

Since the US is using containment instead of elimination strategies to battle Covid it may be a long wait.

[darwinsrule]

The good news is the 2021 Alaska season is still more than 6 months away, and as we all know at this point, a LOT can happen in 6 months.  Downside is that could be a good thing (vaccines and treatments changing how we deal with this crisis), it could be a bad thing (none of those previous things and we are still in the current state of things).  Reality is there may not be firmed answers on if there will be a season, and what it looks like if there is one until early spring.  My fingers are crossed since we would love to get out to Vancouver (older DD wants to visit one of the universities there, why not add on a cruise).  If 2021 is still tossing poop emoji's at us however, those cruises won't be happening.