Felpi Posted March 7, 2020 Report Posted March 7, 2020 RCCL has changed the route of the cruise from 23.03.2020 (Jewel of the seas) with start in Dubai. It ends new in Athens instead of Rome WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 7, 2020 Report Posted March 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Felpi said: RCCL has changed the route of the cruise from 23.03.2020 (Jewel of the seas) with start in Dubai. It ends new in Athens instead of Rome How is that going to affect your cruise ? Are you able to make alternative airline reservations ? Is a RCCL helping with those plans/costs ? Quote
Jim S Posted March 7, 2020 Report Posted March 7, 2020 3 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: How is that going to affect your cruise ? Are you able to make alternative airline reservations ? Is a RCCL helping with those plans/costs ? We are on the March 23 cruise as well. RCCL have completely changed the itenary and cancelled four ports ; Kasab, Muscat, Naples and Rome. The cruise now starts with an overnight in Dubai, and they have added three new ports; Limassol, Chania and an overnight in Athens, where it now ends. We only found this out today from our Canadian friends who we are joining on the ship. RCCL have not informed us directly yet and we leave home on Friday on our way to Dubai to join the ship. We are also on the previous cruise on March 16 and RCCL have just cancelled the overnight in Doha and replaced it with an overnight in Abu Dhabi. The 7 night cruise now only goes to Sir Bani Yas Island and Abu Dhabi. Bahrain and Doha have been cancelled. I’m afraid we are not having much luck at the moment. Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 7, 2020 Report Posted March 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Jim S said: We are on the March 23 cruise as well. RCCL have completely changed the itenary and cancelled four ports ; Kasab, Muscat, Naples and Rome. The cruise now starts with an overnight in Dubai, and they have added three new ports; Limassol, Chania and an overnight in Athens, where it now ends. We only found this out today from our Canadian friends who we are joining on the ship. RCCL have not informed us directly yet and we leave home on Friday on our way to Dubai to join the ship. We are also on the previous cruise on March 16 and RCCL have just cancelled the overnight in Doha and replaced it with an overnight in Abu Dhabi. The 7 night cruise now only goes to Sir Bani Yas Island and Abu Dhabi. Bahrain and Doha have been cancelled. I’m afraid we are not having much luck at the moment. Yikes ! Those are big changes. I really wish you all the best of luck and hope Royal gets all of this squared away for you very soon. Jim S 1 Quote
FManke Posted March 7, 2020 Report Posted March 7, 2020 As @WAAAYTOOOsaid, those are some big changes. Hopefully it will all work out and you can enjoy the new ports of call. There's nothing worse than looking forward to a specific port to have it changed. New ports of call are better than no ports of call! Enjoy your cruises @Jim S and @Felpi! Happy cruising! Jim S 1 Quote
PurdueFlyer Posted March 7, 2020 Report Posted March 7, 2020 interesting, on Jewel last week they ADDED Doha in lieu of the Khasab / Muscat stops. I wonder what changed in Doha all of a sudden. great ... I'd still relish 16 days on a boat though! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Jim S Posted March 8, 2020 Report Posted March 8, 2020 This is the info we received from RCCL regarding the March 16 cruise:- Quote
Jim S Posted March 8, 2020 Report Posted March 8, 2020 And this is the info received regarding the changes to the March 23 Dubai to Rome (now Athens) cruise:- WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Felpi Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Posted March 8, 2020 then I wait until I get the mail too Quote
Jim S Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 9 hours ago, Felpi said: then I wait until I get the mail too We got this info from Canadian friends who are on the same cruise. RCCL has not informed us yet. Quote
Jim S Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 Not heard anything yet from RCCL but Celebrity Cruises published this notice on their website yesterday. Quote
Jim S Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Jim S said: Not heard anything yet from RCCL but Celebrity Cruises published this notice on their website yesterday. RCCL have yet to confirm the statement made above by Celebrity cruises regarding the UAE ports not allowing cruise ships to dock in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I do know for a fact that the Jewel of the Seas sailed today March 9 from Dubai on a 7 night Arabian Gulf cruise. We just have to wait to find out if Jewel gets back into port and whether or not the March 16 and March 23 cruises are being cancelled. Will update the blog if and when I hear any further news. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
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