Valley of Decision for Jan Cruise

Hope everyone continues to improve and get home.

And then sometimes the decision is removed from your control. This looks like another possible ship that will be shut down.

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/26595-norwegian-gem-cruise-cancelled-mid-sailing-guests-get-free-cruise.html

FWIW, it'll pass...we felt a huge relief when we finally actually cancelled instead of kicking it around...wasn't the $$, as in not getting our money's worth, altho I'd be lying if that discussion didn't happen...nor was it the hoops they make you jump through just to cruise, although THAT was an issue too...it finally came down to those cases onboard...basically "forced" to be reported...passengers, and ESPECIALLY crew...with no reasonable explanation of how this happens forthcoming from ANYBODY....lets hope the thing peaks sometime reasonably soon...

Sorry, you'll get there eventually!

We were definitely bummed on this one. This was the similar venue we have tried a number of times on Gem and in each case things happen and plans change. Meh .. sometimes .... happens.

Calling to cancel today and we are planning to book a 10 day NE for Sept..

Between the ones the lines cancel, and the ones "we" cancel, and the ever changing rules and obstacles (worse for Canadians obviously)...tell me old friend...is cruising really worth this? Yeh, I know...YOU GOTTA DO WHATS BEST FOR YOU..I should have clarified when i wrote that...that's whats best for "YOU"...not the cruiselines....

The problem is one of timing. The ship used to do the PCR test on board 2 days before disembarkation. This allowed the time to get the results and use the ArriveCAN app to register and send these results to the crossing point. NCL will now no longer do this. Now NCL has a contracted vendor on the docks or close to the docs to do the PCR test. They say that they will fax results to where required. This does not work with ArriveCAN. Also we we have a 12 hour drive home and usually start as soon as we are off the ship. We would now have to wait an hour and a half for results and if negative then register with ArriveCAN and start the drive home. If positive then scramble for somewhere to stay.

Very informative Aunt Pinkie

Agreed. Those peoples experience is not only unacceptable, I'm wondering if a civil case could be made for negligence. It leads me to wonder about that so-called and highly touted "healthy sail panel" that NCL and RCL had formed last year to investigate, evaluate, and implement new protocols. Apparently not much was implemented for after the disembarkation. On first glance, it appears that what they had in place was apparently not "stress tested" to find holes in the procedures, so they could put in an overlapping layer of response to to any communication breakdown. Out of sight, out of mind it appears.

I hope that a thorough investigation ensues, and we get a detailed explanation of no only what broke down, but what changes are going to be implemented to ensure that type of situation never happens again. Sadly, I won't hold my breath.

Is it this------

"A person's chance at contracting coronavirus is higher on cruise ships because the virus spreads more easily between people spending time in close quarters on the vessels."

Or this-----

"No setting can be immune from this virus" cruise lines are providing highly controlled environments with protocol in place to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus including testing and vaccination levels."