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The test itinerary load on the website for this weeks Long Caribbean/Other release (Nov 22 - Apr 23) includes the following ships... still no Navigator!

We can fit a few more ? 

Keep reading all these acronyms around like CDC, is that "Cruise Destruction Center"?

Princess Cruises and Holland America Line Extend Cruise Cancelations
By Ben Souza March 9, 2021 Two of Carnival’s cruise lines, Princess Cruises and Holland America Line, have canceled more cruises and extended their pause in sailings from select homeports. America Line

The latest cancelations from the cruise lines affect three cruise ships from each line on sailings through June 30, 2021.
Princess Cruises has canceled the following cruises through the end of June:
Caribbean Princess: Seven-day Western and Eastern Caribbean cruises Enchanted Princess: Seven-day Mediterranean & Adriatic, seven-day Western Mediterranean, and 14-day Western Mediterranean & Adriatic Medley Ruby Princess: Seven-day Classic California Coast, seven-day Mexican Riviera, and five-day Cabo San Lucas Getaway sailings For guests booked on a cancelled voyage, Princess will offer to move guests to the equivalent cruise in 2022. The rebooking process will have the added benefit of protecting the guests’ 2021 fare on their 2022 voyage. Alternatively, guests can choose a future cruise credit (FCC) equivalent to 100% of the cruise fare paid plus an additional non-refundable bonus FCC equal to 10% of the cruise fare paid (minimum $25 USD) or a full refund to the original form of payment.
Holland America Line has canceled the following cruises:
Nieuw Statendam: Eight departures from May 2 through June 27, 2021, that include seven- and 14-day Norway and Baltic itineraries, as well as the 14- and 21-day Collectors’ Voyages of those cruises. Volendam: June 19, 2021, 14-day Adriatic Dream cruise and the 24-day Adriatic Dream and Greek Odyssey Collectors’ Voyage departing the same date. Westerdam: June 19, 2021, 12-day Greece and Adriatic Antiquities cruise and the 24-day Adriatic Antiquities and Mediterranean Romance Collectors’ Voyage departing the same date. Holland America Line is notifying all guests and their travel advisors of their options. Guests currently booked on the canceled Europe departures will be able to rebook on an equivalent cruise in 2022 at the 2021 fare – with all cash and Future Cruise Credit funds moved to the new booking.
Guests will be offered a comparable cruise in 2022 to replace the canceled voyage and instructions on how to confirm this selection online.
If guests decide not to accept a cruise booking in 2022 by April 15, 2021, they automatically default to receive a Future Cruise Credit of 110% of any cash paid on the booking. The minimum FCC is $25 and the maximum will be an amount up to the base cruise fare paid. Guests will retain any other FCC used for the canceled 2021 booking with all FCC amounts moved to their loyalty account for use on a future cruise booking. For all bookings in 2022, standard cancellation policies apply.

This is new.  I have never seen this for any of my previously cancelled cruises

 
 

And the third cruise bites the dust. Looks like time to look for another type of vacation this year. 

Huh.  A couple days ago L&S was on there.  

Interesting.  The "cancel my cruise" link no longer has an option for L&S...at least it didn't when I just went there.  Only options were for a refund or just to cancel.  I only have a casino comp cruise in May so I'm 99.9999999% sure it cannot be shifted (they've only allowed me to do that once out of all of the casino cruises that have been cancelled previously) but I thought I would try.  Not even an option from what I can see.

Bummer ?. 
We're booked on Allure this December.   Hopefully we're still going. 
As each month gets canceled ?  Our cruise looks like the pick of the litter. 

Full details: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/03/09/royal-caribbean-cancels-nearly-all-of-its-may-2021-cruises

I still think we need 3 months from when the lines finally get CDC blessing to start test cruises until any revenue cruising starts. 

So IMO June cruises are still firmly in the crosshairs

Just received notification from RCI that all May 2021 cruises have been cancelled. Will lift and shift our Harmony Mediterranean cruise to next May on Allure.

What convinced me to go Passport only for the kiddies (I always keep a current passport) was when I read that you can't fly internally in Mexico to get to the US Embassy in Mexico City without a passport. So if I needed one to get home I would need to drive there from Cozumel - which would be like 20 hours on unfamiliar Mexican roads, and that ain't happening. There is a now a US Consulate in Playa Del Carmen which would help me out, but it was the fear of not being able to fly home if I needed one (from anywhere). A lost passport is much easier to replace at the consulate than starting from scratch (ask me how I know this... LOL that's why we make copies y'all!). To me, it is worth the cost and the trouble for something I need to do every 10 years (5 for kids) for simply the security of knowing I can get home easily if I needed to.