Breakaway skipping Bermuda today (October 27)

[MsTabbyKats]

20 minutes ago, shof515 said:

What happens if the ship can not dock at bermuda tomorrow? i wonder if ncl will get some kind of wavier if they can not stop at a port or call

What kind of waiverr?  FCC?

[billslowsky]

8 minutes ago, MsTabbyKats said:

What kind of waiverr?  FCC?

More like being able to operate the casino without a foreign port stop.

[CPT Trips]

20 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

 

3 minutes ago, billslowsky said:

More like being able to operate the casino without a foreign port stop.

It’s not the casino that needs a waiver. It’s DHS immigration rules that effectively prohibit a “cruise to nowhere.” https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=255

[Turtles06]

1 hour ago, MsTabbyKats said:

What kind of waiverr?  FCC?

 

1 hour ago, billslowsky said:

More like being able to operate the casino without a foreign port stop.

If we cannot dock at all in Bermuda, I believe NCL will need a waiver of the PVSA requirement that it cannot have a closed loop cruise (a cruise out of and retuning to the same U.S. port) without calling at a foreign port.   I hope someone will correct me if I’m wrong. 

[GeezerCouple]

18 minutes ago, Turtles06 said:

 

If we cannot dock at all in Bermuda, I believe NCL will need a waiver of the PVSA requirement that it cannot have a closed loop cruise (a cruise out of and retuning to the same U.S. port) without calling at a foreign port.   I hope someone will correct me if I’m wrong. 

 

Could end up like Charlie and the MTA:

 

♫  ♫  ♫  ♫

"Let me tell you the story

Of some hopeful sailors

On a disappointing and fateful day

They set out from Boston

For Bermuda beach time

Went to sail on NCL

 ♫  ♫  ♫  ♫

Did they ever return

No they never returned

And their fate is still unlearned

They may sail forever

On the seas and oceans

They're the ship that never returned."

♫  ♫  ♫  ♫

 

Enjoy!

 

GC

 

 

[NYcruzzer]

31 minutes ago, Turtles06 said:

 

If we cannot dock at all in Bermuda, I believe NCL will need a waiver of the PVSA requirement that it cannot have a closed loop cruise (a cruise out of and retuning to the same U.S. port) without calling at a foreign port.   I hope someone will correct me if I’m wrong. 

I believe you are correct. We were on that ill fated Anthem of the seas cruise out of NJ that got caught in a storm. Ended up as a cruise to nowhere. I'm sure a waiver was given due to weather emergency.

[snorklinbarb]

@GeezerCoupleYikes!  Hope nobody requests that from the piano entertainer!😉

 

So sorry you are unlikely to dock again today!

Back to the pool or is the wind causing the water to slosh around?

 

Your first "Away" ship - you must be getting to know it very well and like you say may never have just 38% capacity again!

Edited October 28, 2021 by snorklinbarb

[psac]

33 minutes ago, Turtles06 said:

 

If we cannot dock at all in Bermuda, I believe NCL will need a waiver of the PVSA requirement that it cannot have a closed loop cruise (a cruise out of and retuning to the same U.S. port) without calling at a foreign port.   I hope someone will correct me if I’m wrong. 

It’s exactly this. The PVSA is the cruise line equivalent of the Jones Act for cargo vessels. It prevents cruise ships from cruising without a foreign stop unless they are an American cruise line — hence the NCL America subsidiary doing the Hawaiian cruises.  Alaska had a specialty exemption passed by Congress this year because Canada wouldn’t allow cruise lines to enter.  I’m not sure what the process is for a weather related exemption in this case!

[GeezerCouple]

9 minutes ago, snorklinbarb said:

@GeezerCoupleYikes!  Hope nobody requests that from the piano entertainer!😉

 

So sorry you are unlikely to dock again today!

Back to the pool or is the wind causing the water to slosh around?

 

Your first "Away" ship - you must be getting to know it very well and like you say may never have just 38% capacity again!

 

Can you imagine a group singing this onboard at a bar this evening?  Or on the pool deck?

 

For those not familiar with the Kingston Trio's "Charlie and the MTA"

 

 

[Turtles06]

It’s about 1:30pm local time. We’ve just sailed past Bermuda and turned away from her. Seems really unlikely we’ll dock today, though the Captain has yet to make another announcement. 

[Turtles06]

I’m a very big believer in communication, especially when things aren’t going as planned.  It would be really great if the Captain would let folks in on what’s going on this afternoon. We’ve just made another pass by Bermuda. Still going to try to dock sometime today?  Giving up for the day?  
 

 

[stacvand]

4 hours ago, Laszlo said:

Real shame they could not have gone somewhere else. The forecast hasn't changed in three days. Winds are not suppose to drop until later today / tonight

Due to Covid protocols they cannot divert to another port.

[charlie murphy]

here's something to ponder as we feel your pain and disappointment. Go to the deck with a cold drink face east and toast all us sitting at our desks hoping for calm seas around the  your ship and a successful tie down at the dock ..... and then toast: 

At least I am NOT at work! to all of you hoping the best for me , I'll drink to your well wishs!

hang in there we are sending good vibes!

[stacvand]

I looked at the latest MARINE forecast. 2 other passengers agree. Odds are we will not dock today nor tomorrow.  Set expectations low. If it happens it will be a happy surprise.

[Laszlo]

3 minutes ago, stacvand said:

I looked at the latest MARINE forecast. 2 other passengers agree. Odds are we will not dock today nor tomorrow.  Set expectations low. If it happens it will be a happy surprise.

Your probably right, Windy has low twenties high teen's forecasted thru Friday AM. Friday Noonish showing single digits. Maybe they will pull in just to say the did stop in Bermuda Lol

 

What a bummer, I feel your pain

[meatball_nyc]

It is a bummer. To be so close, yet so far...

 

At least you’re not home raking up all the leaves from the nor’easter we had on Tuesday (yeah, that’s my day today).

 

Cheers to everyone onboard Breakaway! 🥂

 

Who IS the Captain anyway??? Why is he being so quiet??

 

[psac]

14 minutes ago, meatball_nyc said:

It is a bummer. To be so close, yet so far...

 

At least you’re not home raking up all the leaves from the nor’easter we had on Tuesday (yeah, that’s my day today).

 

Cheers to everyone onboard Breakaway! 🥂

 

Who IS the Captain anyway??? Why is he being so quiet??

 

Captain Dan (don’t know his last name but that’s how they kept referring to him a few weeks ago.)

[meatball_nyc]

Thank you!

 

[Turtles06]

1 hour ago, psac said:

Captain Dan (don’t know his last name but that’s how they kept referring to him a few weeks ago.)

The current Captain is Andreas Karlstrom. He speaks so softly that his announcements can barely be heard. Fortunately, Cruise Director Alvin comes on right after to repeat everything the Captain just said. (Which, so far this afternoon, and it’s nearly 4pm, has been nothing.)

[Turtles06]

1 hour ago, meatball_nyc said:

Who IS the Captain anyway??? Why is he being so quiet??

See my comment immediately above. 

[Turtles06]

The Captain just announced we’ve given up for the day, after several attempts to enter the channel; wind gusts of 30-40 knots. We’ve ordered the pilot for 7am tomorrow and expect to be docked at 9am. The pilots in Bermuda don’t work in the dark.

Edited October 28, 2021 by Turtles06

[CPT Trips]

If you do get into the channel in the daylight, go high on the ship and look at how close to the reef the ship gets. I surely would not want to attempt that passage in the dark.

[Roger88]

2 hours ago, charlie murphy said:

here's something to ponder as we feel your pain and disappointment. Go to the deck with a cold drink face east and toast all us sitting at our desks hoping for calm seas around the  your ship and a successful tie down at the dock ..... and then toast: 

At least I am NOT at work! to all of you hoping the best for me , I'll drink to your well wishs!

hang in there we are sending good vibes!

The best toast I heard in awhile. I mean when I rest or have a vacation, espcially cruising, I always think of those people who stayed on shore and are working. I really hope that they will also have time to chill on board a cruiser or at least travel somewhere soon. This thought makes me a little happier 

[billslowsky]

3 hours ago, charlie murphy said:

here's something to ponder as we feel your pain and disappointment. Go to the deck with a cold drink face east and toast all us sitting at our desks hoping for calm seas around the  your ship and a successful tie down at the dock ..... and then toast: 

At least I am NOT at work! to all of you hoping the best for me , I'll drink to your well wishs!

hang in there we are sending good vibes!

I would guess most of us are west of Bermuda.

[anthonyg1996]

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