clojacks Posted March 2, 2008 #1 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Saw today that Venezuela has moved military tropps to the border with Columbia. Has anyone heard whether Princess is considering removing Cartegena as a port now for the Panama 10 day because of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clojacks Posted March 3, 2008 Author #2 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I see now that Ecuador has also moved troops to the Colombian borders. Would be extremely interested to know how Princess is monitoring this situation and whether they are preparing an alternative port. Any speculation what the substitution might be if necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgenia Posted March 3, 2008 #3 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Several years ago when we did the Canal, they pulled Cartagena and substituted a Mexican port--I think Hualtuco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJS Posted March 3, 2008 #4 Share Posted March 3, 2008 For quite a while Princess did not go there and went to Isle Margarita. There have also been other ports used or an additional sea day added. Princess will decide based on port availability but will definitely not go to an area where anyone might be in harms way. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinbuddy Posted March 3, 2008 #5 Share Posted March 3, 2008 In '05, they dropped Cartagena for Isla Margarita due to civil unrest. I guess they're still, "unresting", :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetf Posted March 3, 2008 #6 Share Posted March 3, 2008 For quite a while Princess did not go there and went to Isle Margarita. There have also been other ports used or an additional sea day added. Princess will decide based on port availability but will definitely not go to an area where anyone might be in harms way.. When ended up with an additional sea day when it happened during our Royal Princess Panama Canal partial transit. We were scheduled to stop on our way from the canal to Aruba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giles33 Posted March 4, 2008 #7 Share Posted March 4, 2008 We are scheduled to be there on 10 Mar. There have no postings on the Embassy's web page or additional travel warnings. There are no reports of civil unrest in the cities, just Chavez acting up again on the boarder. He's all bark, I'm willing to bet all of the tours will go as planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shipshape sam Posted March 4, 2008 #8 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hope it is all bark! We would be only inconvienced. The people living there would find it much harsher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giles33 Posted March 4, 2008 #9 Share Posted March 4, 2008 If there was anything to worry about (and there isn't) it would be from the FARC. It was the FARC's #2 guy that the Colombians whacked in Ecquador. Believe it or not, Colombia is safer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted March 4, 2008 #10 Share Posted March 4, 2008 In '05, they dropped Cartagena for Isla Margarita due to civil unrest. I guess they're still, "unresting", :eek: LOLOL :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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