Cruisedreamer1 Posted February 17, 2022 #1 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I just asked Alexa, my smart speaker, if cruise ships were allowed to dock in Martinique and Alexa advised no ships until October. What is going on? It would be helpful if the cruise lines advised their guests of country closures or changes of itinerary due to Covid. Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted February 17, 2022 #2 Share Posted February 17, 2022 That would fit our experience in Riviera Jan 14-28 when Martinique was cancelled [along with Guadaloupe – so it seems to be a French Caribbean thing]. But isn't 'asking Alexa' even a lower standard of research than 'the Google'??? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kjbacon Posted February 17, 2022 #3 Share Posted February 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said: That would fit our experience in Riviera Jan 14-28 when Martinique was cancelled [along with Guadaloupe – so it seems to be a French Caribbean thing]. But isn't 'asking Alexa' even a lower standard of research than 'the Google'??? Where did you go instead of Martinique? We are supposed to be stopping there in early March. Please don’t say it’s a French thing because if we miss St Barts too, I might just cry!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlhamlten Posted February 17, 2022 #4 Share Posted February 17, 2022 We are Booked on the Riviera February 26th departure. On February 8th an Oceania eMail advised that an Itinerary change had cancelled Martinique and replaced it with Roseau, Domenica. The ship’s Land Excursions for Domenica were made available yesterday. St. Barts is still scheduled for the first Port. Cruising is a fluid activity… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted February 17, 2022 #5 Share Posted February 17, 2022 4 hours ago, kjbacon said: Where did you go instead of Martinique? We are supposed to be stopping there in early March. Please don’t say it’s a French thing because if we miss St Barts too, I might just cry!! St. Barts is not a problem (I don't know why); nor is St. Maarten (you dock on the Dutch side then go to the French side by land and since there is no border, they can't stop you) itinerary when booked itinerary at embarkation actual itinerary Miami Miami Miami at sea at sea at sea Puerto Plata, DR Puerto Plata, DR Puerto Plata, DR San Juan, PR San Juan, PR at sea St. Johns, Antigua Philipsburg, St. Maarten Philipsburg, St. Maarten Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe St. Johns, Antigua Bridgetown, Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados St. George's, Grenada St. George's, Grenada Bridgetown, Barbados (day 2) Kingstown, St. Vincent Kingstown, St. Vincent at sea Fort-De-France, Martinique Basseterre, St. Kitts Philipsburg, St. Maarten (day 2) Castries, St. Lucia Castries, St. Lucia Tortola, BVI Gustavia, St. Barts Gustavia, St. Barts Gustavia, St. Barts at sea at sea at sea at sea at sea at sea Miami Miami Miami As you can see, they were scrambling for months before this cruise ... and every day during! But the bottom line (for me) is that Riviera is nicer than any Caribbean island so I was happy no matter where we went even though we had a very interesting private excursion set up for Martinique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kjbacon Posted February 17, 2022 #6 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Thank you both for the info. I’m disappointed about Martinique, having never been there and I had a great sounding excursion booked. I’m excited for St Barts though, the other island on the itinerary that we hadn’t been to yet (and I hear they have excellent French wines there). Still, Dominica is a beautiful island and we have had only fabulous excursions there. Who knows what will be by March 8!?! Besides, any Caribbean island on any cruise is always a good thing 🌴 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisedreamer1 Posted February 17, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Domenica is very beautiful and totally less developed than many other islands. If I knew we would sail there I would set up a private tour with Woody who gave our group one of the best tours ever anywhere. Given the Covid restrictions, are we allowed to book private tours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieBelle Posted February 17, 2022 #8 Share Posted February 17, 2022 14 hours ago, Cruisedreamer1 said: I just asked Alexa, my smart speaker, if cruise ships were allowed to dock in Martinique I just asked Alexa what my true hair color is. "I cannot answer that question." That makes 2 of us. Katie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWantToLiveOverTheSea Posted February 18, 2022 #9 Share Posted February 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Cruisedreamer1 said: Domenica is very beautiful and totally less developed than many other islands. If I knew we would sail there I would set up a private tour with Woody who gave our group one of the best tours ever anywhere. Given the Covid restrictions, are we allowed to book private tours? In Dominica, did Woody take you snorkeling, plus some touring by land? I'm thinking that's who we toured with when we were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWantToLiveOverTheSea Posted February 18, 2022 #10 Share Posted February 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, IWantToLiveOverTheSea said: In Dominica, did Woody take you snorkeling, plus some touring by land? I'm thinking that's who we toured with when we were there. Oh never mind, I just looked up my pictures from Dominica and realized it was Levi Baron we went with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare calicakes Posted February 18, 2022 #11 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Does anyone know what dock Oceania uses for St. Lucia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted February 18, 2022 #12 Share Posted February 18, 2022 25 minutes ago, calicakes said: Does anyone know what dock Oceania uses for St. Lucia? you can check the port website for the berth http://ports.slaspa.com:2008/ Just click on the date you will be there We have docked both side of the basin Itinerary show you are at anchor but port authority show Port Seraphine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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