Just booked first HAL cruise - ms Westerdam here we come!

[sppunk]

So excited ... thanks everyone on this board for their help and assistance, it's greatly appreciated.

 

One question - we're doing the Seattle run and was curious if anyone knew which nights would be formal?

[hammybee]

How great is this to have a cruise to Alaska to look forward to.

 

Your formal nights will be Monday and Friday, assuming they follow the cycle of previous seasons.

[sppunk]

Now just hoping people get their heads straight and stop this PSVA change that would, I guess, make HAL cancel all these cruises or spend major bucks to shuttle people up to Vancouver ...

[Krazy Kruizers]

Now just hoping people get their heads straight and stop this PSVA change that would, I guess, make HAL cancel all these cruises or spend major bucks to shuttle people up to Vancouver ...

 

What?

[sppunk]

This thread has lots and lots of details.

 

To summarize, NCLA has created documents to change the U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act, which requires foreign stops to be "a legitimate object of the cruise" - thus eliminating the possibility of short stops like Victoria, B.C., Ensenada, Mexico, et al.

 

NCLA proposed this to help fight off Princess and HAL's Hawaii runs from the west coast (which stop briefly in Ensenada) - they want to require 48 hour stops in foreign ports for cruises that start/end in the U.S. (hence this impacts all Alaska voyages from Seattle, along with tons of other itineraries).

 

Hold on tight. This is yet another reason why I, nor anyone I speak with and have any power over, will never set foot on another NCL/NCLA vessel.