2017 world cruise - S Africa??

[KirkNC]

Anyone want to guess if the 2017 WC will go south around Africa versus the Med route? I think the last WC to do that was 2010.

[USN59-79]

Actually, the 2014 WC went around Africa stopping in Durban, Cape Town, and Walvis Bay, Namibia. Missed a couple of ports due to ebola, though.

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

That would be a nice treat ..

[SilvertoGold]

WCB reported that the basic plan, so far, for the WC 2017 is westbound, through the Panama Canal, Hawaii S. Pacific, Japan, Korea, India, Suez Canal and Med. 110 days.

 

See their thread, post #383 (report 101).

Edited May 16, 2015 by SilvertoGold

[take us away]

I hate waiting for the itinerary but wait we must as HAL execs say there was no clear winner from the surveys HAL did so they are probably redesigning the itinerary. There was a suggested port list presented on the 2015 WC but no hand out as there was on the 2014 for the 2016 WC. There were also comments about changes to the 2015 WC, so we will just have to wait! Would be nice to go back to Japan... There are unstable regions present or cropping up everywhere - heck RCI cancelled Puerto Vallerta due to violence.

[KirkNC]

Thanks for the responses. Guess I was off a few years, I followed Kween Karen on her WC but thought that was than a few years ago. Any way, we are approaching retirement where a WC is in the cards but will probably wait until they do a South Africa trip. Going through the Med is something we have pretty much covered.

[SilvertoGold]

Thanks for the responses. Guess I was off a few years, I followed Kween Karen on her WC but thought that was than a few years ago. Any way, we are approaching retirement where a WC is in the cards but will probably wait until they do a South Africa trip. Going through the Med is something we have pretty much covered.

 

If HAL does the Med in 2017, I think it might be time in 2018 to do the S. Africa again.

 

Good luck!

[take us away]

Wonder if they will have the African Explorer cruise again as they did last fall on the Rotterdam? This may be a factor in where the WC's will go so as not to compete.

[sciteach603]

Any idea when the 2017 World Cruise itinerary will come out?

[Iwant2BatC]

It was canceled for this year

[Iwant2BatC]

The African Explorers that is

[take us away]

Any idea when the 2017 World Cruise itinerary will come out?

 

My TA told me today that HAL says end of May (but a big maybe) or early June as we just pre-booked.

[KirkNC]

How does that work? You book before its out or before you even know the itinerary? Any advantage to doing that?

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How does that work? You book before its out or before you even know the itinerary? Any advantage to doing that?

 

You can do a pre-booking just like an FCC but with more specific requests like cabin number (we have a distinct favorite and this will be the 4th or 5th time for that cabin), dinner requests. No advantage except we are fairly certain that we will get our favorite cabin. Our TA says HAL's computers are not quite ready to input everything but our requests have been noted. It is $100 per person, fully refundable.

[DeeniEncinitas]

Anyone want to guess if the 2017 WC will go south around Africa versus the Med route? I think the last WC to do that was 2010.

 

We are hoping for that! This would be our first WC! I guess it is 50/50.

I am keeping our fingers crossed😳

Denise :)

[boulders]

You can do a pre-booking just like an FCC but with more specific requests like cabin number (we have a distinct favorite and this will be the 4th or 5th time for that cabin), dinner requests. No advantage except we are fairly certain that we will get our favorite cabin. Our TA says HAL's computers are not quite ready to input everything but our requests have been noted. It is $100 per person, fully refundable.

 

Is the $100 the whole deposit or just for the pre-booking?

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Is the $100 the whole deposit or just for the pre-booking?

 

Just the pre-booking. The initial deposit is significantly more (think it is a few thousand per person).

[KirkNC]

You can do a pre-booking just like an FCC but with more specific requests like cabin number (we have a distinct favorite and this will be the 4th or 5th time for that cabin), dinner requests. No advantage except we are fairly certain that we will get our favorite cabin. Our TA says HAL's computers are not quite ready to input everything but our requests have been noted. It is $100 per person, fully refundable.

 

I see, and I am sure it is fully refundable if done before the cut offs. I guess once the cruise comes out you "firm" it up?

[KirkNC]

We are hoping for that! This would be our first WC! I guess it is 50/50.

I am keeping our fingers crossed😳

Denise :)

 

Ours as well but if it goes through the Med we will probably wait until 2018. Not sure if we will take multiple WC's. I have also been looking at Oceania's, it's a bit more but it is 180 days and really goes a lot of places we want to see. O'well, just have to be patient until more details come out.

[take us away]

I see, and I am sure it is fully refundable if done before the cut offs. I guess once the cruise comes out you "firm" it up?

 

Correct and pay the initial deposit - or cancel and get a refund.

Edited May 20, 2015 by take us away

[boulders]

I just got an email from a TA announcing the itinerary for the 2017 world cruise. It has it going to Hawaii, Japan, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Jordan and the Med. Full itinerary is below.

 

I'm happy to see overnights in Beijing, but I was hoping for Australia and the South Pacific. Probably going to give it a pass and cross my fingers for 2018.

 

Jan 4 Wednesday Ft. Lauderdale, Florida -- 10:00 pm

Jan 8 Sunday Transit Panama Canal -- --

Fuerte Amador (Panama City), Panama* 8:00 pm --

Jan 9 Monday Fuerte Amador (Panama City), Panama -- 5:00 PM

Jan 11 Wednesday Puntarenas (Puerto Caldera), Costa Rica 7:00 AM 5:00 PM

Jan 12 Thursday Corinto, Nicaragua 10:00 AM 6:00 PM

Jan 13 Friday Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala 9:00 AM 7:00 PM

Jan 16 Monday Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

Jan 19 Thursday San Diego, California 7:00 AM 5:00 PM

Jan 25 Wednesday Hilo, Hawaii 7:00 AM 5:00 PM

Jan 26 Thursday Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii* 7:00 AM --

Jan 27 Friday Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii -- 4:00 PM

Feb 01 Wednesday Cross the International Dateline -- --

Feb 02 Thursday Majuro, Marshall Islands 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Feb 06 Monday Chuuk, Micronesia 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Feb 08 Wednesday Guam 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Feb 09 Thursday Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Feb 13 Monday Osaka, Japan* 8:00 AM --

Feb 14 Tuesday Osaka, Japan -- 11:00 PM

Feb 16 Thursday Nagasaki, Japan 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

Feb 18 Saturday Kanazawa, Japan 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

Feb 20 Monday Jeju City (Cheju), South Korea 8:00 AM 4:00 PM

Feb 22 Wednesday Xingang (Beijing), China* 6:00 AM --

Feb 23 Thursday Xingang (Beijing), China -- 6:00 PM

Feb 26 Sunday Shanghai, China* 8:00 AM --

Feb 27 Monday Shanghai, China -- 11:00 PM

Mar 2 Thursday Hong Kong, China* 8:00 AM --

Mar 3 Friday Hong Kong, China -- 6:00 PM

Mar 6 Monday Nha Trang, Vietnam 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Mar 7 Tuesday Phu My (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Mar 9 Thursday Singapore* 8:00 AM --

Mar 10 Friday Singapore -- 7:00 PM

Mar 11 Saturday Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

Mar 15 Wednesday Colombo, Sri Lanka 8:00 AM 7:00 PM

Mar 18 Saturday Mumbai (Bombay), India* 8:00 AM --

Mar 19 Sunday Mumbai (Bombay), India -- 6:00 PM

Mar 22 Wednesday Muscat, Oman 7:00 AM 5:00 PM

Mar 28 Tuesday Al A'qabah (Petra), Jordan* 8:00 AM --

Mar 29 Wednesday Al A'qabah (Petra), Jordan -- 11:00 PM

Mar 31 Friday Transit Suez Canal -- --

Apr 2 Sunday Rhodes, Greece 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

Apr 3 Monday Dardanelles - scenic cruising only -- --

Apr 4 Tuesday Istanbul, Turkey* 8:00 AM --

Apr 5 Wednesday Istanbul, Turkey -- 6:00 PM

Apr 6 Thursday Dardanelles - scenic cruising only -- --

Apr 7 Friday Mykonos, Greece 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

Apr 9 Sunday Valletta, Malta 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Apr 11 Tuesday Palma de Mallorca, Spain 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

Apr 12 Wednesday Barcelona, Spain* 8:00 AM --

Apr 13 Thursday Barcelona, Spain -- 6:00 PM

Apr 15 Saturday Cádiz (Seville), Spain 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

Apr 16 Sunday Casablanca, Morocco 7:00 AM 6:00 PM

Apr 18 Tuesday Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 7:00 AM 7:00 PM

Apr 26 Wednesday Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 7:00 AM

Edited May 21, 2015 by boulders

[janmcn]

Was notified today of the WC for 2017 and it does NOT go around Africa...does the Suez Canal.

[hotzej]

see the roll call for the ports scheduled for the 2017...does not include Africa, but is one I really like. the $100 is a pre booking and enables you to the first choice on certain items or is fully refundable if you do not want to go.....we are going and we prebooked while on the 2015 WC

[KirkNC]

Thanks for the info, I do like aspects of this, the time in Asia especially. We will have to figure out whether to do this, do the Oceania cruise (which on a cost per day basis is actually cheaper than HAL), or wait for a later WC.