Found "Hidden" Coastal and South American Cruises

[Roz]

Last week I posted about there not being any HAL coastal cruises, even though there's a "Coastal" category under "Destinations" on the HAL website. Well, I found them, and a lot more, when I clicked on "Panama Canal".

There are 1-6 day Pacific Coast itineraries sprinkled throughout the Panama Canal itineraries. You can't get fares but you can see the routes. If I were looking for a coastal cruise, it wouldn't occur to me to look under Panama Canal. Doesn't seem like a smart business move on HAL's part.

Some of the Panama Canal itineraries include the Amazon River. Again, I would look under South America, not Panama Canal.

Is it me or HAL that has a weird sense of geography?

Roz

BTW, there are 2 Pacific Northwest cruises posted for 2005. In this case, they're correctly listed under "Pacific Northwest".

[kruzkeen]

I still cannot find two coastals that are in the 2004 Cruise Planner.

These were to sail from Vancouver to San Diego after the Alaska season.

Statendam September 26 - September 30.
Ryndam October 6 - October 10.

I know Ryndam is going into drydock in Victoria, but both have to get down to San Diego for their Hawaii and Mexico fall sailings.

Could they be chartered or going down with work being done?

[Roz]

Kruzkeen,

Have you checked the 2004 Mexican and Hawaiian itineraries? Possibly they've been chartered and don't show up. Let me know what you find out.

HAL isn't very good about publicizing these "mini" cruises.

Roz

[kruzkeen]

Roz

I can find nothing on line. My TA is off this week. I will ask her next week as she works from a different data base.