smokeybandit Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 The UK is past its omicron peak. USA should only be 2-3 weeks away. cruisellama, FoxMCO and Neesa 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAYNO Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 We're booked on Odyssey, end of February thru the first week of March. This one's been tough, trying to keep it all together. Airlines have been a pain. A combination of airline cancellations, fights for refunds, and the price going up substantially with each re-booking, as well as port cancellations and the ever-changing covid protocols made me question the karma of this cruise. But we wanted to go, and we stuck with it. As we speak, we are booked for the cruise, we again have airline tickets, and a stay at a motel in Ft. Lauderdale the night before the cruise. I hope for no more surprises. sammy79 and KristiZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coachkev24 Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Booked for Anthem March 20th, fingers are crossed the next few months go smooth!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvoletsky Posted January 12 Author Report Share Posted January 12 Things seem to be settling down, at least in the NE and haven’t heard of any major issues within the industry since the cancellations. Feeling confident about my 3/16 symphony sailing! First time on the boat! Coachkev24 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Oh from your mouth to God’s ear!!! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieNI Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Booked on Oasis of the Seas for 6th March and have fingers crossed! I'm remaining optimistic lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser4 Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Booked b2b on Wonder of the seas for Western Caribbean on the 15th of April and 20th Transatlantic. We are flying to Miami from Europe so hopefully everything goes well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 On 1/11/2022 at 3:10 PM, Va4fam said: @Linda R....fingers crossed things will calm down by then. Technically I think our sailing is 2/27. Oasis is such a great ship and we already have a lot of fun planned during the sailing. Yes, I love the Oasis ship. We also leave on Feb. 27th and also doing the next cruise (B2B) I think on March 6th. Have fun Va4fam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Looks like we are toast for our March cruise. We were planning on driving, but our government has now added a clause that we are subject to $5000 fines if we cross back to Canada and are positive....even though would still quarantine at home. This is one of the times that it sucks to be Canadian. Hope they remove this in the next few months but pretty sure they'll keep it over our March break. steverk, Jax, sammy79 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 5 hours ago, WannaCruise said: $5000 fines if we cross back to Canada and are positive Yikes ! cruisellama and WannaCruise 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 On 1/13/2022 at 6:10 AM, WannaCruise said: subject to $5000 fines if we cross back to Canada and are positive I just heard about this today! This is beyond frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 @Jax, yep that's the new clause. I'm with you. So upset as who knows how long this will stay and we have to keep cancelling cruises or trips to the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowBrickRoad Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 We have a Mar 13th cruise as well and was planning on driving. Time will tell what we end up doing with this new clause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 17 minutes ago, YellowBrickRoad said: We have a Mar 13th cruise as well and was planning on driving. Time will tell what we end up doing with this new clause. Same on both of those - the date and way of getting there (from Ontario). Before this clause, we probably would have paid it off and then watched closer to the sail date to see if things had calmed down. But with this new clause, we will cancel before final payment. Such a shame as we keep trying to get on this very cruise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 8 weeks is still ages in pandemic time. I am back in the wait and see and pray mode. I will still make final payment. No way will I cancel right now, too much can change still. sammy79 and Vancity Cruiser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisellama Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 We're booked on Allure early March. As we've successfully weathered 22 days on ships between Nov & Jan 22. We'll continue to push through these trying times unless we finally test out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 I have a ton of sympathy for Canadians who want to cruise. Your health authorities have made it nearly impossible for you to travel from Canada to a US cruise port and then return without serious risks that you won't be able re-enter your home country. There's been multiple symposia among health experts advising the travel and leisure industries that call for uniform rules for international boarder crossings, travel vaccine checks, and pre-entry testing. Has anything come from this, like, you know, cooperation between countries that have an interest in their own tourism economies? Nope. Sad. If there is one lesson that should be learned in 27 months of enduring the pandemic it is this: Mitigation measures that severely limit personal mobility and social interaction are not going to significantly stem the spread of SARS-CoV2. Importantly they will crush parts of the economies of nations imposing them and impose huge social/mental health costs. Its clear to me that few nations have analyzed the benefits of mitigation measures compared to their costs. Frustrating. PPPJJ-GCVAB, WannaCruise and cruisellama 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowBrickRoad Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 2 hours ago, WannaCruise said: Same on both of those - the date and way of getting there (from Ontario). Before this clause, we probably would have paid it off and then watched closer to the sail date to see if things had calmed down. But with this new clause, we will cancel before final payment. Such a shame as we keep trying to get on this very cruise. Hopefully it works out for us! Things do change quickly. I’m still going to pay the final payment as we have CWC and FCC. WannaCruise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyalex Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Have any Canadians cruised since Royal changed the rules and won't do the onboard PCR testa the end of the cruise? Just wondering how that works? Are we able to get the PCR test at the terminal and then take the Royal shuttle to the airport? What's the cost? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csrsue Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 We're going on a March 7 - March 11 trip on the Navigator. We were on the same trip in early December and felt completely safe - actually safer than doing a lot of things at home/office/shopping locally, et cetera. Looking forward to the trip! PPPJJ-GCVAB and ChessE4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 On 1/16/2022 at 9:22 PM, Jillyalex said: Have any Canadians cruised since Royal changed the rules and won't do the onboard PCR testa the end of the cruise? Just wondering how that works? Are we able to get the PCR test at the terminal and then take the Royal shuttle to the airport? What's the cost? Thanks Where are you cruising from? I would strongly advise using the rapid PCR test through Nomi Health at Miami Airport if cruising from Miami. We used portside testing (it was through NCL after Symphony was cancelled) and it was a joke. Folding table set up in the parking lot. $120USD per person, waited 2.5 hours for results that were both ‘inconclusive’ for my wife and I. We ended up paying again at Nomi Health at the airport and had our negative results in 17 minutes. This was just one experience but I remember a video from a well known Canadian you tuber who had a similar experience when getting off a ship where he took one look at the out door setup and went elsewhere for his test as well. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargD Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 We are also booked on the Symphony 3/19 and I'm so hoping the cruise isn't canceled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 49 minutes ago, MargD said: We are also booked on the Symphony 3/19 and I'm so hoping the cruise isn't canceled. Seriously doubt that is going to happen! My cruise is March 6th and I am full speed ahead with all plans! BTW welcome to the forums! MargD and BowTieBrigade 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvoletsky Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 I can’t imagine cancellations will happen, we are too full steam ahead for our 3/19 cruise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14Terry Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 A couple days ago we booked a 12 night, 5 March cruise on the Enchantment. Another 12 night cruise on that ship just departed this morning. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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