Randyk47

While I don’t see any of the major cruise lines going bankrupt yet I think the industry in general will be hurting big time if this crisis continues through the summer into the fall and worse yet into early next year. The virtual closing of Italy is going to take a huge bite out of the about to start Med cruise season and if it stays in place beyond the announced three or four weeks it will virtually stop the season. Hype and rubbish? Overreaction? Maybe but the reality is what it is.

747FC

Not only is Italy closed to cruising, but effectively, so is:

India
China
Israel

Can any other countries be added to this list?

(BTW, I'm rooting for Hawaiian ports to be closed as well).

Global Adventurer

Qatar closed their port too. And "maybe" Bahrain.

Randyk47

UAE has at least closed their ports to cruise ships. Also have seen the postings in a Silversea group on Facebook from a British ex-pat who lives and works in UAE. He went home to England to visit family and is now saying he’s having trouble getting allowed back into UAE. Also have a friend in Georgia whose daughter lives and works in Qatar. She is scheduled to come home for a visit later this month. The trip is in jeopardy because if she leaves Qatar may not allow her to return. No details on either situation so this is all second hand hearsay.

UPDATE: A passenger on Silversea’s Silver Spirit just posted to Facebook that Vietnam just closed its ports to cruise ships. Again second hand. The Spirit was already in a bit of a mess as it had been, before the port closings, on its way to India then UAE and eventually into the Med to start its Med season. As it was Silversea canceled those cruises and the Spirit was basically going to sail with only crew and staff for almost a month without paying passengers.

YVR Cockroach

Local pressure to close ports in B.C. (from the province's top health official) to cruise ships which will kill at least the early part of this upcoming Alaska season, unless PVSA is (at least temporarily and partly) suspended and the Victoria stop can be dispensed with. Likewise, the federal top health official has urged people not to go on cruises.

Hoyaheel

Hmm, just saw that a Viking river cruise ship is quarantined in Cambodia because of a sick passenger (I think they're still waiting on testing??) So if that's true, I could definitely see Cambodia seeing this as strike 2 (after Westerdam) and that river cruise started in HCMC, so if Vietnam is closed to ocean cruising, this could prompt a river cruise moratorium as well.....

Need

https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...ps/5020325002/

pseudoswede

Viking (River and Ocean) has elected to suspend all cruises and operations until the end of April.

https://www.cruise.blog/2020/03/viki...ue-coronavirus

Brighton Line

First two sailing to Seattle have been cancelled not that the Grand Princess would make that sailing.
https://q13fox.com/2020/03/11/first-...irus-outbreak/

Badenoch

Princess Cruise sends all their ships to port for two months.

https://www.princess.com/news/notices_ and_advisories/notices/global-ship-operations-pause.html

Global Adventurer

All remaining cruises in the Arabian and Persian Gulf have been cancelled too.

Happy

Latest Princess cancellation policy - revised from previously revised one - much better policy but shortened covered period.

They cancel the next 60 days cruises effective immediately. Issued a revised cancellation policy.

<<We hope you will stick with us by selecting Option 1, and give our team a chance to shine at a later date by transferring money paid and accepting a significantly higher value future cruise credit that can be used on any voyage through May 1, 2022. For some, choosing the future cruise credit may not be financially possible, so we have Option 2 that is a combination of a refund and future cruise credit at lower value.>>

<<For those who are impacted by this business decision, Princess is offering guests the opportunity to transfer 100% of the money paid for their cancelled cruise to a future cruise of their choice. To add a bonus incentive for guests to accept this offer, the company will add an additional generous future cruise credit benefit which can be applied to the cruise fare or onboard expenses. In addition, Princess will honor this offer for those guests who had made final payment and cancelled their booking on or after February 4, 2020. The future cruise credit can be used on any voyage departing through May 1, 2022.>>

There is now an online form to submit the request - this makes it much easier than having to call. Though if booked thru Travel Agency. it still needs to be submitted by the travel agency. That means we still have to go thru Chase Ultimate Reward. Sigh.

CEO's message

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC1j...ature=youtu.be

https://www.princess.com/news/notice...ons-pause.html

https://www.princess.com/news/pdfs/v...operations.pdf

Happy

Viking just announced they will suspend all operations thru Apr 30.

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/vikin...el-complicated

YVR Cockroach

Faux is slow. Viking cancelled yesterday.

https://www.vikingcruisescanada.com/...perations.html

atchie

My parents are currently aboard Costa Luminosa, about 3 days away from Tenerife. IF Spain allows them to port (they were denied port in Antigua) I am wondering if Costa will just end the cruise right there - rather than continuing onto their other scheduled stops (Malaga and Marseille, they have already scrapped Italy and Croatia)