Sunburg1

From what I can see disembarkation in Portland is early so I have a 10:30 AM flight. Does anyone have experience doing this? This will be June 24 from the American Pride.

Thanks

There was a data breach last August, no news of any since. CyberScout is a legitimate company. Strange that this would show up now.

We have a cruise booked on the Oosterdam to Alaska in mid-August. We all know it is almost certain not to go. Today I got an “Important message from Holland America” in my e-mail, it turned out to be a reminder to be sure our passports were current.
                                   

4 hours ago, CarolynFH said:

I guess I’ll be high jacking this thread when I ask which spring month (March, April, May) is the best. We just started investigating details and would be traveling with my dad, who’s in his mid-90s and has cruised the Columbia before, but it will be new to my husband and me. Also, I saw mention that the single cabins book quickly - how soon do we need to book?  TIA!

 

March and April are too early in the year. Things don't get going until May that far North

Russia would love to have naval base there. I am sure Putin would buy.

9 hours ago, NavArch64 said:

S.593 allows the following ships to operate .... but they still will need to have a CSC under the CSO issued by the CDC. ...

I don't see the Oosterdam on the list! I am booked on that ship to Alaska on August 15. 2021.

Am I just not seeing it or does thsi mean that the Oosterdam has no chance of sailing?

When did you book. You should get them by email within a few days. Once you have your booking number create an account on he website and it will show shore excursions etc.

On 5/2/2021 at 10:46 AM, Ray in NH said:

Would greatly appreciate any information on Shore excursions. Ones you did and would again and ones that you would skip. did you do the Pendleton experience?

Thanks

 

We did the "flip-side" of this cruise (Portland to Clarksburg) in October 2019, before Covid started to "shut things down",  We did manage to also get in a cruise on Azamara in December 2019 -- boy, it HAS been a long time to be "land-locked".

We have done a number of cruises on ACL and very much enjoy the product they put forth.  Our next cruise is also with them -- the Ohio River, in September of this year (fingers crossed that nothing "un-toward" happens to this one)  -- we have had five cruises cancelled during this "ordeal".

We are very pleased with the product that ACL puts forth.  Our main reason for cruising is itinerary, not the "glitz" of the ship.

If there are any additional areas we can help with -- let us know.

 

NRayH

As Domestic River Cruises are about the “only game in town” at the moment we have booked the ACL American Pride on the Columbia River downstream for June 18. We have done a lot of mainstream ocean cruises and a couple of European River ones but this is our first in the US.

Is anyone else her on this cruise or who has recently done a similar cruise? Would appreciate hearing your experiences.

23 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

If you have visited the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, I am interested in knowing the following:

Yes, but a few years ago

What month did you visit? March

What time of day did you visit? Mid morning

Did you stay in the Retreat hotel, or just visit during the day? Don't remember any retreat hotel then

How crowded was it? Did you have to wait to use anything? no very crowded
How clean was the changing/shower area? Average

Was there a lot of trash around? Not taht I remember
Was the water warm? PLENTY warm
Did you encounter any problems? If so, how responsive was the staff in helping you resolve the problem? None

Did you enjoy your visit? Great

Did you believe it was worth the price you paid? yes (This was part of atour for us.

We buy insurance mostly for medical evacuation and medical insurance, NOT for fare reimbursement. Having very unexpectedly ended up in Foreign hospital it was worth it.

Steve, I have not yet talked to insure My Trip but may have to yet, the day after I had the latest contact with AIG they authourized an amount of slightly less than half of what I claimed and what I am due with no explanation at all. Needless to say I will keep fighting.

Today, five days past the 3 month mark I got a phone call from someone at AIG, a ray of hope, but, this woman die not appear to have even read the claim and then lied to me saying she had sent me an Email. I have every Email that I have received since before the claim was filed. She did not send me any Email.

Lets hope for the best

I bought it from your competition, Insure my trip.com

3 hours ago, iamtrustworthy said:

Hi Sunburg1,

 

Have you checked the status on this page? https://claims.travelguard.com/status

 

Steve Dasseos

I have checked this A LOT. The response is that it is "under review." That is obviously a lie, nothing is being done at all.

Three months today since AIG acknowledged receiving my claim. not one word since.

We had booked a Carnival cruise for mid-October 2020. Now obviously there will be no cruise but the e-mails from carnival continue to come regularly. Today for example I got one saying: "Only 14 days until yor cruise..." Does not Carnival marketing live on the same planet as operations?

Here is the situation. In May 2019 I booked a charter cruise scheduled for March 19, 2020 (well before any talk of COVID) and at the same time bought third party (AIG) insurance for the trip. A week before the scheduled date the charter operator and Holland America both cancelled the cruise. I received my down payment and about a third of my final payment back from the charter operator. The operator in now out of business.

I filed a claim with AIG for the balance but have heard nothing except a claim number in five weeks.

What experience have others had in similar situations?

Toni Snow of "Texas flip and Move" is the biggest "star" as passenger we have met.

It appears we will cancel our cruise scheduled for October. Can it be done online?

The are multiple cruise ships off of San Diego now. Most are are at anchor or tied up at the pier but the Norwegian Joy keeps moving in circles at about 1 knot. Why?

On 4/23/2020 at 12:40 AM, Bruin Steve said:

I actually had my highest total hotel bill for two nights EVER in San Diego several years back...(Yeah, higher than when I spent Super Bowl Weekend at the Mirage in Vegas)...IIRC, close to $3K for just the stay...at the Rancho Valencia in Rancho Santa Fe...So, you will never catch me saying San Diego is a cheap hotel town...

 

Saying Rancho Santa Fe is San Diego is like saying Beverly Hills is in bakersfield

 

Good luck...

There are at least half a dozen cruise ships sitting off the coast but these two ships have been tied up at the pier except for brief periods for more than a month. Would it not be much cheaper to join the others offshore, they must be paying a lot for the pier space.

Both the Celebrity Eclipse and the Disney Wonder are tied up at the San Diego B Street pier for the duration. This week, on separate days both have left the pier, gone a few miles offshore and circled around for a few hours and then returned.

Out of idle curiosity I wonder why? Do they dump garbage, lubricate some moving parts or is there another reason?

December is rainy season, either city could have rain but San Francisco is far more likely to be wet and cold. If you are using a hotel San Diego is much cheaper and has hotels in walking distance of the pier.