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3 minutes ago, nikel said:

 

I wouldn't count on the Infinity getting it's dry dock !!

Why not? It's one way to ensure the ship is squeaky-clean. (But I take your point—X is probably more concerned with staying afloat than renovating ships, even if they're charging more for those [planned] renovations.)

On 3/17/2020 at 9:33 PM, grandgeezer said:

Next announcement of cancellation? If they stay true to form April 9. The other lines, several days before that.

April 9??? That wouldn't exactly work well for my April 11 sailing (one they refused to cancel even though it sails on Day 28 of their "30-day" no-sail window). We've temporarily booked the same, far more expensive sailing for next year—but down payments (which can't come from FCCs) are due on April 8. I sure hope they make the announcement sooner than that.

4 hours ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Same.  Not long ago I'm sure I read that it could be applied to a cruise that has already been booked.

Me too. We've tentatively booked (through our TA) a 2021 replacement for our (soon-to-be-canceled) April 11 sailing, with down payment due April 8; the cost will be a lot more than our current cruise for a deck lower and similar perks (got a good deal this time, and the Infinity will be upgraded by next year), so if we can't apply a 125% FCC to it (again, once they cancel the April 11 sailing), we won't even consider it.

1 hour ago, niakwa said:

Have May 9 Norway sailing booked. Have checked with my Celebrity travel advisor on price to rebooked same thing for May 8, 2021 cruise and resulted in increase of $500! in fare

We're looking at something similar—great deal on a 5-night Western Caribbean sailing on April 11 (yes, Day 29 of X's "30-day" moratorium—but that's another story; I'm assuming they'll cancel soon). To book the same sailing in 2021, which is fast filling up, we'll have to shell out almost $1,000 more to get a room one deck lower and similar perks; we're temporarily booked with an April 8 down payment deadline (no, they can't apply FCC to that), and yes it's the Infinity, which will be dry-docked and upgraded by  then, but still...

Just now, goofysmom99 said:

Be patient.  The 11th is a long way out.  Just look at what the past week has seen.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm counting on. (There's even talk of general domestic flight restrictions, which would force many hands.)

4 minutes ago, candydane said:

Celebrity and Royal Caribbean did not suspend operations for 30 days, effective March 14th!  They only cancelled cruises through April 10th and plan to resume cruises on April 11th!

 

April 12th would be the 30th day for cancelled cruises.

Yeah, I'm booked on a Celebrity cruise on the 11th and not too happy about it.

Yet it's not actually 30 days—it's four weeks. The Celebrity Infinity is still set to sail on April 11 (28 days from the announced time). It appeared on their cancellation list last night...then mysteriously disappeared from it. Others are getting 125% future sail credits or full refunds. Our group includes (actually focuses on) two elderly people with health conditions; i.e., they absolutely can't go. Not good.