RubySlippers102 Posted January 25, 2021 #1 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I’m booked on the 9-day Oasis for 7/30/21. Assuming ships are even sailing, they still will not be allowed longer than 7 days by then if I’m understanding correctly. This particular cruise is no longer showing up in searches so it doesn’t appear it can be booked by anyone, but it’s still showing as booked in my portal. I reached out to my TA and she has heard nothing. Does anyone know what the plan is for these longer cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted January 25, 2021 #2 Share Posted January 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, RubySlippers102 said: I’m booked on the 9-day Oasis for 7/30/21. Assuming ships are even sailing, they still will not be allowed longer than 7 days by then if I’m understanding correctly. This particular cruise is no longer showing up in searches so it doesn’t appear it can be booked by anyone, but it’s still showing as booked in my portal. I reached out to my TA and she has heard nothing. Does anyone know what the plan is for these longer cruises? Nobody knows yet. There is lots of speculation but until Royal issues a statement and cruises are actually scheduled to commence your guess is good as the next poster. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted January 25, 2021 #3 Share Posted January 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, RubySlippers102 said: I’m booked on the 9-day Oasis for 7/30/21. Assuming ships are even sailing, they still will not be allowed longer than 7 days by then if I’m understanding correctly. This particular cruise is no longer showing up in searches so it doesn’t appear it can be booked by anyone, but it’s still showing as booked in my portal. I reached out to my TA and she has heard nothing. Does anyone know what the plan is for these longer cruises? Royal has not released any plans other than to stop more people from booking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubySlippers102 Posted January 25, 2021 Author #4 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I’m wondering if shortening the itinerary is a possibility or if it’s more likely they will go straight to cancellation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBE4 Posted January 25, 2021 #5 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Probably do what they have been doing for the past 10 months. Close their eyes, cross their fingers and hope the rules change. That way no refunds to issue and they can open the booking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandebeach Posted January 25, 2021 #6 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I would like to know what they are planning to do. I would then make plans for something else if they are going to cancel the 8-night cruises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted January 25, 2021 #7 Share Posted January 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, sandebeach said: I would like to know what they are planning to do. When RCI figures it out, they may tell you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted January 25, 2021 #8 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Biker19 said: When RCI figures it out, they may tell you. “May” 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandebeach Posted January 25, 2021 #9 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Biker19 said: When RCI figures it out, they may tell you. That would be helpful!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare exm Posted January 25, 2021 #10 Share Posted January 25, 2021 If ships do sail, but for 7 days only, they'll probably change the itinerary and give passengers the option for a refund or some sort of credit. I'm booked on the 8 days 8/21 Symphony, so I'm also waiting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted January 25, 2021 #11 Share Posted January 25, 2021 It's not worth their trouble to lay out a replacement cruise schedule yet. Each month that passes creates more disruption, so why set up new cruises and take bookings only to have to cancel again... It's got to ve very difficult to simply shorten cruises >7 days. The downstream scheduling for ports and passengers becomes very difficult. I would bet on all such cruises being canceled and a new slate of cruises scheduled. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourbon52 Posted January 25, 2021 #12 Share Posted January 25, 2021 43 minutes ago, sandebeach said: I would like to know what they are planning to do. I would then make plans for something else if they are going to cancel the 8-night cruises. My 8 night cruise is in August on Symphony, hope it sails even if they shorten to 7 nights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellwingri Posted January 25, 2021 #13 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I’m booked on 8 day cruises on Independence in July and in August. The cruises before and after are 6 days. It would be soooo easy to change the 6 day cruises to 7 days and the 8 days to 7. Celebrity made these changes several months ago. I don’t understand why the same company can’t make the same change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted January 25, 2021 #14 Share Posted January 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, sellwingri said: I’m booked on 8 day cruises on Independence in July and in August. The cruises before and after are 6 days. It would be soooo easy to change the 6 day cruises to 7 days and the 8 days to 7. Celebrity made these changes several months ago. I don’t understand why the same company can’t make the same change. I bet RCL would love to have you on staff if you know how to do this so simply 🙂. The domino effect this 'simple' change creates is immense. Ports change (if there are even any open ports at all), provisioning get changed, everyones arrival and departure dates change. Customers who can't change travel dates need compensated.... Celebrity is still selling 8, 9, 10+ day Caribbean cruises this summer FWIW. It's also somewhat of a waste of effort to reschedule and announce these changes, knowing that new restrictions with ports alone are going to come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compman9 Posted January 25, 2021 #15 Share Posted January 25, 2021 At first, I wondered why 7 days or fewer - It would surely make sense if everyone is tested before and during, the longer the cruise, the better Then, they penny dropped - Anyone that tests positive after the cruise, Royal can absolve themselves of responsibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted January 25, 2021 #16 Share Posted January 25, 2021 35 minutes ago, compman9 said: At first, I wondered why 7 days or fewer - It would surely make sense if everyone is tested before and during, the longer the cruise, the better Then, they penny dropped - Anyone that tests positive after the cruise, Royal can absolve themselves of responsibility Your theory would hold water IF the 7 day policy was set by the cruise lines, but it wasn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB_NJ Posted January 25, 2021 #17 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Royal will probably do whatever it takes to keep the cash as long as possible, they probably have a cashflow problem. Therefore they will not cancel until they no longer have a choice. Also, no one really knows what July will be like. How well the vaccine rollout goes, how effective the vaccines are on the new virus strains, what US and foreign ports will be open by then, etc. Why would Royal do anything now with this much uncertainty. Right now it looks like they aren't really cancelling anything more than 3 months out (except where the ship has been sold or placed in a different market). So it looks like a rolling 3 month cancellation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB_NJ Posted January 25, 2021 #18 Share Posted January 25, 2021 FYI, longer cruises (eg, 12 nights) are showing up for US ports for Nov. and Dec. of this year. Nothing before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted January 25, 2021 #19 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just now, LB_NJ said: FYI, longer cruises (eg, 12 nights) are showing up for US ports for Nov. and Dec. of this year. Nothing before then. The CDC requirement ends Nov. 1 which is why you see longer cruises in Nov and Dec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare exm Posted January 25, 2021 #20 Share Posted January 25, 2021 4 hours ago, PelicanBill said: It's not worth their trouble to lay out a replacement cruise schedule yet. Each month that passes creates more disruption, so why set up new cruises and take bookings only to have to cancel again... It's got to ve very difficult to simply shorten cruises >7 days. The downstream scheduling for ports and passengers becomes very difficult. I would bet on all such cruises being canceled and a new slate of cruises scheduled. They won't cancel any cruise unless the CDC tells them to. If they shorten a 9 day cruise to 7 days, the cruise would simple arrive 2 days earlier at the destination port, unload and probably wait out at sea for the remaining 2 days. Passengers can cancel or will get compensated. Why would they cancel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB_NJ Posted January 25, 2021 #21 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, exm said: They won't cancel any cruise unless the CDC tells them to. If they shorten a 9 day cruise to 7 days, the cruise would simple arrive 2 days earlier at the destination port, unload and probably wait out at sea for the remaining 2 days. Passengers can cancel or will get compensated. Why would they cancel? This assumes there is room at the port to dock 2 days early to let off passengers. Not always true. There might be ships already scheduled for the port so there might not be a free spot. Depends on the port. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted January 26, 2021 #22 Share Posted January 26, 2021 17 hours ago, exm said: They won't cancel any cruise unless the CDC tells them to. If they shorten a 9 day cruise to 7 days, the cruise would simple arrive 2 days earlier at the destination port, unload and probably wait out at sea for the remaining 2 days. Passengers can cancel or will get compensated. Why would they cancel? I will explain why I believe this. The CDC isn't telling the cruise lines to cancel cruises at this time. If they change the date on the no sail order that is an order. When they do restart, if that rule holds, I don't see them just shortening these cruises. Just my educated guess that they won't want a ship sitting idle 3 days between cruises. Many of the longer cruises would be seriously disrupted in their itinerary. They cannot go to the farthest point in the sailing - so they visit the first 1 -3 ports, and need a different port or 2 on the return in order to make it back. Also, There are some cruises that have big limitations. Long cruises with reservations at the Panama canal won't work. Long cruises from NY are hampered, as you can only reach the Bahamas and Bermuda, which means port congestion becomes a possible problem as everyone tries to accommodate 7 day visits from Boston and NY at the same time. I think they will choose some ships and simply cancel a large number of sailings, reposition the ship and offer new itineraries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATG Posted January 26, 2021 #23 Share Posted January 26, 2021 In my case, Freedom sails 9 day Canada/New England and 5 day Bermuda cruises. I hope they can change to 7 / 7 sailings. I’m on the 9 night and would rather lose 2 nights than the whole cruise. Of course the optimal solution is for the CDC to allow the 9 nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted January 26, 2021 #24 Share Posted January 26, 2021 49 minutes ago, ATG said: In my case, Freedom sails 9 day Canada/New England and 5 day Bermuda cruises. I hope they can change to 7 / 7 sailings. I’m on the 9 night and would rather lose 2 nights than the whole cruise. Of course the optimal solution is for the CDC to allow the 9 nights. In your case you have bigger problems—the Canadian government Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourbon52 Posted January 26, 2021 #25 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 9:48 AM, exm said: If ships do sail, but for 7 days only, they'll probably change the itinerary and give passengers the option for a refund or some sort of credit. I'm booked on the 8 days 8/21 Symphony, so I'm also waiting. I'm booked don that cruise too! Hoping it sails! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now