Margio Posted December 18, 2023 #1 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Anyone know why excursions to Jost Van Dyke are being cancelled by Celebrity? Going on cruise in March and just received notice. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtreas99 Posted December 18, 2023 #2 Share Posted December 18, 2023 We also just received the email about cancellation.So disappointed as this was on our bucket list, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare countess5 Posted December 18, 2023 #3 Share Posted December 18, 2023 We will be in Tortola in February on Ascent. You may want to check this company out for an excursion. They have one to Yost Van Dyke. https://www.shoreexcursionsgroup.com Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnowak1964 Posted December 18, 2023 #4 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Have you used this company before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettyCruiser Posted December 18, 2023 #5 Share Posted December 18, 2023 They might have recently renegotiated the price and the excursion might be reposted at a higher price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2camp04 Posted December 18, 2023 #6 Share Posted December 18, 2023 We used this company in March of this year and it was great!: Aristocat Day Sails 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margio Posted December 18, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted December 18, 2023 1 hour ago, countess5 said: We will be in Tortola in February on Ascent. You may want to check this company out for an excursion. They have one to Yost Van Dyke. https://www.shoreexcursionsgroup.com Cheers! Have you used them before? Still a little anxious about booking an excursion outside the cruise line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julma Posted December 18, 2023 #8 Share Posted December 18, 2023 3 hours ago, countess5 said: We will be in Tortola in February on Ascent. You may want to check this company out for an excursion. They have one to Yost Van Dyke. https://www.shoreexcursionsgroup.com Cheers! We are using this company mid January. There are a large group from our cruise that booked it. I will be sure to let you know how it was when we get back. I've been to Jost Van Dyke and it is a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richczarnecki Posted December 19, 2023 #9 Share Posted December 19, 2023 10 hours ago, countess5 said: We will be in Tortola in February on Ascent. You may want to check this company out for an excursion. They have one to Yost Van Dyke. https://www.shoreexcursionsgroup.com Cheers! We booked with this company since the Celebrity option was sold out. It sounds like the exact same tour. Our tour date is Jan 17, 2024. No e mail about cancellation yet. 6 hours ago, Julma said: We are using this company mid January. There are a large group from our cruise that booked it. I will be sure to let you know how it was when we get back. I've been to Jost Van Dyke and it is a lot of fun. Are you on the Jan 17 tour? We are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julma Posted December 19, 2023 #10 Share Posted December 19, 2023 10 hours ago, richczarnecki said: We booked with this company since the Celebrity option was sold out. It sounds like the exact same tour. Our tour date is Jan 17, 2024. No e mail about cancellation yet. Are you on the Jan 17 tour? We are. Yes. Jan 17th at 9:15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzfiend Posted December 19, 2023 #11 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Ours was also cancelled. We have a short time here so I'm leery of not being on a ship sponsored excursion. 😐 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise till you drop Posted December 19, 2023 #12 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) We have this booked for Jan 2025 on Beyond and just checked the Shore Excursion list and didn’t see it shown anymore. Didn’t get a cancellation email but something is definitely up. It’s interesting that more than a year in advance that this excursion was already sold out The reason I booked this cruise was for Tortola and JVD so if it’s gone, I will surely be looking to just fly to Tortola for a land based vacation Edited December 19, 2023 by Cruise till you drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise till you drop Posted December 19, 2023 #13 Share Posted December 19, 2023 23 hours ago, Margio said: Anyone know why excursions to Jost Van Dyke are being cancelled by Celebrity? Going on cruise in March and just received notice. Thank you! Do you mind posting the notice you received ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare countess5 Posted December 19, 2023 #14 Share Posted December 19, 2023 22 hours ago, cnowak1964 said: Have you used this company before? Have not used them, I normally use tours by locals which I am using in Japan next May. I looked at them for Tortola and didn’t see anything of interest. Our TA uses this vendor as an option. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise till you drop Posted December 19, 2023 #15 Share Posted December 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, countess5 said: Have not used them, I normally use tours by locals which I am using in Japan next May. I looked at them for Tortola and didn’t see anything of interest. Our TA uses this vendor as an option. Cheers I’ve never heard of them but when I went to my travel agents website and clicked Shore Excursions, this site popped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnowak1964 Posted December 19, 2023 #16 Share Posted December 19, 2023 we're booked with them for Jost Van Dyke, crossing my fingers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tudy Posted December 19, 2023 #17 Share Posted December 19, 2023 21 hours ago, Margio said: Have you used them before? Still a little anxious about booking an excursion outside the cruise line. I have used them and liked the excursions. However, I have a cautionary tale. When I received my final confirmations 13 days prior for 2 of the excursions I booked, I noticed that on 1 excursion I had paid for 4 people instead of 2 and on another excursion I had paid for 6 people instead of 2. I called to cancel the extra people and was informed that they have a 2 week cancellation policy and no I could not get my money back. I checked my emails and did not have any initial confirmations for the extra people. Because of this, I was able to get my money back from my credit card. I asked them to please not accept any future charges from this company. We did enjoy the excursions, but be very careful and check your credit card regularly for stray charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted December 19, 2023 #18 Share Posted December 19, 2023 20 hours ago, Julma said: I've been to Jost Van Dyke and it is a lot of fun. I've heard the Soggy Dollar Bar is the place to hang out for good drinks (painkiller) and the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margio Posted December 19, 2023 Author #19 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Here is the notice we received: There's been a change to some of your cruise plans Dear Guest, we’ve processed an excursion cancellation on your reservation for one of the following scenarios: You’ve requested for an excursion to be cancelled There’s been a change to your itinerary Operational reasons If you didn’t cancel the excursion yourself, we apologize for the inconvenience. A refund will be issued to your original form of payment. Please allow 7 to 10 business days for this transaction to be completed. To select a new excursion, please log-in to your account at https://www.celebrity.com/account/ to review your shore excursions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise till you drop Posted December 19, 2023 #20 Share Posted December 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, Margio said: Here is the notice we received: There's been a change to some of your cruise plans Dear Guest, we’ve processed an excursion cancellation on your reservation for one of the following scenarios: You’ve requested for an excursion to be cancelled There’s been a change to your itinerary Operational reasons If you didn’t cancel the excursion yourself, we apologize for the inconvenience. A refund will be issued to your original form of payment. Please allow 7 to 10 business days for this transaction to be completed. To select a new excursion, please log-in to your account at https://www.celebrity.com/account/ to review your shore excursions. Wow that’s kind of a vague and useless explanation. Thanks for sharing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelib Posted December 19, 2023 #21 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, doghog said: I've heard the Soggy Dollar Bar is the place to hang out for good drinks (painkiller) and the beach. Soggy Dollar is fine but has become a very touristy location. There are other bars on White Bay actually owned by residents of Jost. Go to Gertrude’s next door where I believe you order your painkiller and they hand you the bottle of rum for your own pour (at least as of last August) Edited December 19, 2023 by kelib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterde Posted December 20, 2023 #22 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 12/18/2023 at 10:40 AM, Margio said: Anyone know why excursions to Jost Van Dyke are being cancelled by Celebrity? Going on cruise in March and just received notice. Thank you! I would venture to take a wild guess that this has to do with the Blue Lagoon ferry sinking at Paridise island that killed a RC passenger recently. RC recently suspended all excursions to Blue Lagoon until the matter is investigated. I would assume that RCG is now looking at all ferry excursions with an eye toward safety (liability). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted December 20, 2023 #23 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 12/18/2023 at 2:41 PM, Julma said: We are using this company mid January. There are a large group from our cruise that booked it. I will be sure to let you know how it was when we get back. I've been to Jost Van Dyke and it is a lot of fun. This company seems expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julma Posted December 20, 2023 #24 Share Posted December 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Cruise a holic said: This company seems expensive. I don't disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted December 20, 2023 #25 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, kelib said: Soggy Dollar is fine but has become a very touristy location. There are other bars on White Bay actually owned by residents of Jost. Go to Gertrude’s next door where I believe you order your painkiller and they hand you the bottle of rum for your own pour (at least as of last August) Thanks for the tip but we have no plans to take an excursion over to Jost. Our friends really enjoyed their Soggy Dollar day and painkillers on the beach and in the water. They also went over to Pusser's. They thought the painkiller was better at Pusser's. Dark rum. All subjective. I'm sure by then they were feeling no pain. 😂🥃 Edited December 20, 2023 by doghog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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