Ship sailing "Full"

[jakesplace]

Carnival's Vacation Guaranteesm

We're so confident you'll enjoy your Carnival cruise vacation, we guarantee it. Carnival is the only cruise line to offer the Vacation Guarantee. Simply book your cruise vacation and sail away on a "Fun Ship." If you are not completely satisfied with your cruise vacation experience, all you need to do is notify us before arrival at the first port of call and you must debark at your ship's first non-U.S. port of call. Carnival will refund the unused portion of your cruise fare and pay your flight back.*

 

and this also the key here is its disembarking and must be a NON-US PORT

[jakesplace]

Federal Law prohibits travel between two contiguous U.S. ports. For example, you cannot board the ship in New Orleans and then debark in Tampa. Such travel would constitute point to point transportation between two U.S. ports, which is prohibited on foreign flagged ships. Any guest who insists on debarking under these circumstances accepts responsibility for any and all resulting penalties.

Jones act that you were referring too.

KEY word is Disbark...not embark

[smeyer418]

actually you can as long as the ship has sailed to a distant foreign port in between. The PSA is so complicated its almost impossible in one paragraph to describe it. A non american flagged ship cannot transport a passenger between two US ports unless it goes to a distant foreign port in between(the closest distant foreign port is off the Coast of South America---Europe and South America qualify too) that's how repositioning cruises work....You can be transported back to the same port if the ship doesn't stop anywhere or visits at least one non-distant foreign port or San Juan or the Virgin Islands. Of Course if the Cruise starts or ends in a foreign port this doesn't apply(unless you are doing a back to back)/ Cabotage or Coastwise trading is what its called... I think..

[Cuizer2]

YOU can embark at another port ... What happens when your flight arrives lateand you miss you departure time, you may meet the ship at its next port of call and embark...Example.. You have carnival air and your plane is delayed a day and you miss the ships departure they will fly you to the next port of call to continue your cruise.

 

Only if that next port of call is not part of the United States. Take another look at my examples. My examples use US ports for a reason. I was giving examples where this would be a violation of the PVSA. Read the PVSA and you will see.