Tarheel0907 Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 when are these ports supposed to open back up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Cayman won't be until next year. I didn't realize Jamaica was still closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Grand Cayman just announced this week they will not open to cruise ships in 2021 so January 2022 at the earliest. Not sure about Jamaica cruisellama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswallow Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 The Cayman Islands Plans to Reopen for Cruises in Late January 2022 (cruisehive.com) KristiZ, cruisellama, CruisingOz and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK2793 Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 So far our November cruise still lists Grand Caymen as a port ….. I wonder if it will be replaced with another port or just become a sea day? I hope they’ll replace it with Bonaire GaryAA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Alt Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 I'm on a November cruise to Grand Cayman as well. No change to itinerary yet for that port day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrznTxn Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Our October 31st cruise finally announced that our Cayman Island and Jamaica stops were replaced with Roatan and Cost Maya but the Cruise Planner has not been updated. On my wife's FB group they said it has typically taken two weeks for the website to update. Only problem is we had some great prices on those stops and now if we cannot reserve until one to two weeks out we will definitely not get good pricing. Oh well, at least we will be sailing. rjweber3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjac Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 12:25 AM, ChrisK2793 said: I hope they’ll replace it with Bonaire We were in Bonaire a few years ago on the Serenade. Bonaire will not allow any of the large cruise ships in port as the port is very small. And I don't think they will allow large cruise ships to anchor and shuttle passengers in because they consider their coastline to be a marine sanctuary. They are VERY serious about their coast. Once you have been their and snorkeled/scuba you can understand why. rjweber3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisellama Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Didn't think Grand Caymans opened up until Feb '22. You might end up with a sea day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordell1 Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 My March 2022 cruise on Liberty had Jamaica and Grand Cayman replaced with Roatan and Costa Maya so it looks like Royal expects this to continue inot next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fox Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 My cruise on Liberty (April 24) has also been changed to Roatan and Costa Maya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Grand Cayman is still on the itinerary for our Jan 8, 2022 Celebrity cruise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Last week we got notice from our TA that our Feb '22 replaced Jamaica and Grand Cayman with Costa Maya and Belize. Cozumel stayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Alt Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Per RC twitter message, there have been NO changes to my November itinerary to GC. So still on for now. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Cayman was going to start reopening to tourist traffic this week, but scrapped that plan when they had a handful of new covid cases in September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 3 hours ago, melmar02 said: Last week we got notice from our TA that our Feb '22 replaced Jamaica and Grand Cayman with Costa Maya and Belize. Cozumel stayed. Sorry, I know this is the wrong thread....but I have been thinking about you and your pool project. Would you please post an update and let us see the final product ?? I want to see some splashing and noodle-floating ! Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 47 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Sorry, I know this is the wrong thread....but I have been thinking about you and your pool project. Would you please post an update and let us see the final product ?? I want to see some splashing and noodle-floating ! Sure. I'll see what I can do! Neesa and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim D Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 A lot of what I’m hearing is from the summer. Has anyone been on a cruise recently where they opened back up grand cayman. If they haven’t what change did they make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Jim D said: A lot of what I’m hearing is from the summer. Has anyone been on a cruise recently where they opened back up grand cayman. If they haven’t what change did they make. Grand Cayman is still closed to cruise ships. Right now they aren't set to open until the end of January 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim D Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 7 hours ago, melmar02 said: Grand Cayman is still closed to cruise ships. Right now they aren't set to open until the end of January 2022. Then do you know why it is still listed on not just my itinerary but almost all western Caribbean sailings in November and December? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim D Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 7 hours ago, melmar02 said: Grand Cayman is still closed to cruise ships. Right now they aren't set to open until the end of January 2022. And have they provided another alternative destination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim D Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 I would love to hear who’s cruises are being cancelled to grand cayman in November and December 2021 for grand cayman. I only want to know because as a gay man depending on where the change the destination to. I have real concerns about what countries those get changed to because some of those countries being gay is punishable by law and gay people are sometimes kidnapped, stones, raped or even killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuttMutt Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 We don't have knowledge on when or where changes will be made. In fact even some of the people at royal don't know. It seems they wait till about 30 days before to release change info. To find out where likely changes will be to look at other port itinerary that is similar length to yours and if it shares one stop that is known to be open with your currently scheduled route the odds are good it will be switched to that one instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPS Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 I'm a bit surprised to see people with Feb/March/April itineraries have received updates that their Grand Cayman stop has been changed. Our January 29th sailing on Odyssey still lists Grand Cayman as our port of call for January 31st and excursions are available for purchase in our cruise planner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 @Jim D Does staying on the ship while in port appeal to you? We usually pick one stop to not go ashore and enjoy the smaller crowds on board. Of course with reduced capacity, you may feel like you have the ship to yourself anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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