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  1. Can we change the thread title to This is what you get for changing cruise lines? 🙂 We made it to Iceland and to the ship only to find out inclement weather has cancelled our voyage to Greenland and so we're being re-rerouted to Norway. So much for bucket lists. The irony as I said to my partner is that if I wanted to go to Norway I would have booked with Holland America as we originally had done in 2020 (before it was cancelled due to Covid). I have to be careful what I say onboard as I know NCL has a lot of fans. However, if anything can go wrong on day one it happened. The rerouting of our voyage was only the start. I feel more like I am on more of a glorified ferry rather than a cruise ship. Oh well, lesson learned. I have to find a future sailing on the |Nieuw Statendam.
  2. Since when did I ever said I was complaining and majorly pissed off? I am just stating the general feeling of people on the ship but I too agree that safely comes first and we are all subject to forces that are outside of our control. The irony for me is that we had originally planned this retirement gift for my partner two years ago - on another line - to take in a Norwegian Fjord cruise along with weeks of European land travel. That was the infamous 2020 so you can guess everythng was cancelled then. When we booked this Iceland/Greenland trip it was the replacement because I really had no interest in trying to replace what we originally lost. Now all of a sudden we going to Norway after all even if that was not the revised intent. LOL! No doubt Norway is extremely beautiful and I will make the most of it. However, from what I have been hearing from those who have done Norway several times before it is a disappointment for them as Greenland was something that was on their bucket list and they already have grown tired of visiting Norway again for the upteenth time. I am more willing to go with the flow as we have never been to Norway. This is not a complaint thread. Consider it more of an observation from one innocent caught up in all this.
  3. The Norwegian Star left Reykjavik today on its next 11 day cruise. However, instead of heading to Greenland as planned the ship has been re-routed to Norway. It seems that the weather gods have been playing games with us. Huuricane force winds are predicted in Greenland along with a strong ice flow so the Captain made the decision not to try. NCL head office approved the re-routing. Biggest issue is that no passengers were informed early enough about this and most of us only found out seconds before stepping onto the ship when the key cards were handed to us. No one said a word as we all entered the terminal, got checked for Covid and went through all the check in formalties. Too late now to do anything about it. Most of us have learned to accept the fate befallen on us but it is a disappointment. The majority of passengers said the same thing - that they booked this voyage because of Greenland. A lost opportunity for some. As for compensation. 30% FCC towards another cruise booked before December 31, 2023. For some this is not going to be much of an incentive or will end up being a lost cause. The biggest scramble has been the shore excursions - private operators in Greemland are without passengers and the ship's shore excursion desk if handling about 2,000 passengers who are flooding them with bookings for Norwegian ports that are likely to sell out fast and leave some passengeres without. There were only 3 tickets left on one excurision of which I decided to go for so its was only one left after that . I am sure its gone now. Topsy turvey day!
  4. Thanks everyone. We originally had a cruise on the Nieuw Statendam planned as well as a week and a half of European land travel booked for 2020. In all we were supposed to do The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Portugal as the blow out retirement gift. Unfortunately events in 2020 made it impossible to move forward with any of it. So this cruise (my first on NCL) is our makeup despite my partner being retired for 2 years now and I am working from home these days. I wasn't able to find something exactly the same in 2022 as the cruise we lost so I decided go in a totally different direction and mindset. We love Iceland (been there twice before) and the visit to Greenland is an added bonus. We fly out Monday and plan to do some sightseeing before boarding the ship on Thursday. Really looking to returning to sea after not being on a ship for 4 years now. Looking forward as well to eating that great Icelandic lamb. 🙂 Have a great summer sailing everyone.
  5. Signed by "Our Vacation Center" sends warm and fuzzy thoughts. NOT! I also notice that they want your info but are basically asking you NOT to call the call center. Scam is written all over it.
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