Coronavirus and DCL Megathread - Suspension of Departures for the fleet until early November. Booking only available from early December.

[smmco]

They already do and have done many years

They have to offer all kinds of deep discounts to fill them. I know that because I’ve taken advantage of the discounts.

 

[DIS_MIKE]

Then it's over.. At least the 3/4 nights were money makers.. many did those as WDW add-ons...

Yup...myself included. My first Disney Cruise was a 3-nighter on the Dream.

 

[mom4fun]

Michigan

What city? I live in Michigan.

 

[smmco]

BVI is not allowing cruises for the next 30 days

That’s good because cruise lines are shut down for 30 days.

 

[WishUponAStarryNight]

They have to offer all kinds of deep discounts to fill them. I know that because I’ve taken advantage of the discounts.

I think part of the reason is timing - the sailings have been shortly after school starts in the NE. I think summer cruises could sell better.

 

[Ralph&Pam]

We are booked on the 9-night Vancouver to Hawaii cruise scheduled to depart on April 29. Just received an email from DCL indicating that our “April sailing” is cancelled. Rebooking credit of 125% or refund of 100%. Of course a Disney IT glitch means that the email itself shows a reservation number for the Western Caribbean Fantasy cruise we took last November rather than the current booking, so we’ll be waiting for the email with details how to claim our refund and make certain we get the correct amount. DW tells me some members of the FB group for that WC cruise who have no April cruise booked received the same email with their old reservation number noted, so somewhere a database extraction error appears to have happened.

 

[spurscar]

The cars in the game of chicken get closer yet. We're 4/17 and still waiting for Disney to just let us get a refund but you know, let's just drag this out instead...

 

[mousefan73]

We are booked on the 9-night Vancouver to Hawaii cruise scheduled to depart on April 29. Just received an email from DCL indicating that our “April sailing” is cancelled. Rebooking credit of 125% or refund of 100%. Of course a Disney IT glitch means that the email itself shows a reservation number for the Western Caribbean Fantasy cruise we took last November rather than the current booking, so we’ll be waiting for the email with details how to claim our refund and make certain we get the correct amount. DW tells me some members of the FB group for that WC cruise who have no April cruise booked received the same email with their old reservation number noted, so somewhere a database extraction error appears to have happened.

ohno!Need to check emails

 

[smmco]

In the burbs of NYC. But as I mentioned before DCL offered cruises in the Fall.....more people would book during the summer. I do agree it is not comparable for someone who wanted an European cruise but at least it is an option, especially for people who may not want to fly who live a driveable distance away. But many fly into NY for DCL cruises too. I love when DCL is in town. It does make it so convenient.

If it wasn't at all profitable why did they keep coming back to NY?

MJ

If there one guarantee in life besides death and taxes it’s that I’m going to get a great discounts out of NYC and Galveston. They could put the cruise in NYC for this Summer, but their not going to be able to charge Disney prices to get people to sail last minute out of NYC.
That being said I think theres going to be discounts galore over the next year out of everywhere.
My guess is they‘ll cancel the med cruises in May and maybe June, but still keep the rest intact. They don’t need people on board to move the ship over to Europe. People are assuming if the cancel the TA the Europe season is over, but I don’t know if that’s necessarily the case. The Magic is scheduled for dry dock in Europe the end of September.

 

[DIS_MIKE]

The cars in the game of chicken get closer yet. We're 4/17 and still waiting for Disney to just let us get a refund but you know, let's just drag this out instead...

Yup...5/4 here. The plot thickens.....

DCL suspension has been extended through 4/12.

IMO, we just had our first of "many" extensions at this point.

 

[n2mm]

The cars in the game of chicken get closer yet. We're 4/17 and still waiting for Disney to just let us get a refund but you know, let's just drag this out instead...

chicken here too April 18th. Just want a refund at this point.

 

[Dreams&wishes]

Anyone heard about this cruise ship? Frightening situation to be in!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...stranded-virus-hit-Caribbean-cruise-ship.html

 

[Madame]

Anyone heard about this cruise ship? Frightening situation to be in!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...stranded-virus-hit-Caribbean-cruise-ship.html

That is simply unreal. That cruiseline has been beyond reprehensibly irresponsible.

 

[accio]

More bad news

Golden Princess: three passengers quarantined, one showing symptoms (test results forthcoming), other two “isolated have been in contact with a confirmed case in the past 14 days."

Silver Explorer (Silverseas): 85-year-old British man showed symptoms after debark in Chile and tested positive, taken to hospital

Azmara Pursuit (mentioned in same article): banned from disembarking passengers at port of Chacabuco in Chile, on grounds that it was carrying suspected cases of the coronavirus.

Celebrity Summit:
The Celebrity Summit, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that was supposed to dock today in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been diverted to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, the cruise line says.

The ship was diverted because Puerto Rico said passengers would not be allowed to disembark until March 21 because a Canadian passenger who was on the ship last week tested positive for coronavirus. Puerto Rico would have allowed the ship to resupply with food and fuel.

The Celebrity Summit is supposed to arrive in Port Everglades on Monday morning, per Royal Caribbean.

Port Everglades had a cluster of several subcontractors who tested positive for the coronavirus.

 

[cgolf]

Some facts below.
Contact,travel, and interaction between the Chinese took directly place with Americans This virus did not exclusively enter the US via a cruise ship, Europe or Canada. The entire month of January this virus was spreading already here. As Chinese and Americans were traveling back and force in the 1000s daily. https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.for...s-from-china-before-americait-didnt-work/amp/

before this semester a group of college students came back from Wuhan and all that was done was temperature monitoring and watching for symptoms. With what we know now it is possible it made its way around the campus. We just told our daughter to wash her hands a lot. Sadly all countries were caught off guard by this. Air travel did a lot of the damage and cruise ships get blasted!

hopefully this means lower cruise fares in the future, thinking glass half full/silver lining.

 

[danicaw]

Just saw this update to DCLs website....


Sailings Departing from Canada
On Friday, March 13, 2020, the Canadian government announced they will not allow any ship with more than 500 passengers to dock in any Canadian port from now until July 1, at the earliest. The Disney Wonder has sailings that are scheduled to embark and/or debark in Vancouver beginning April 29. We are currently evaluating various options and have not made changes to any itineraries. Once a decision is made, we will reach out to Guests booked on these sailings. Given the higher than normal call volume at our Call Center, we ask that Guests and travel agents wait to contact us until after they receive an email from us. As a reminder, Guests who booked their reservation through a travel agent should contact them directly to make any modifications.


Sorry is someone already posted this.. I didn't see it.

 

[Jon Mraz]

Please change the title of this thread. DCL has now canceled all cruises through April 12.

 

[AquaDame]

I think I’m just going to jump on the doom and gloom train like everyone else. Trying to be positive on these boards takes to much energy.

Throwing shade at other countries isn't being positive... could we not, please? No one is going to tell you not to look on the bright side of things, nor hope the end will be in sight soon.

Please change the title of this thread. DCL has now canceled all cruises through April 12.

On it!

 

[smmco]

Throwing shade at other countries isn't being positive... could we not, please? No one is going to tell you not to look on the bright side of things, nor hope the end will be in sight soon.



On it!

It doesn't seem to be a problem on these boards when people throw shade on the US or our healthcare system. I've had plenty of people tell me not to be positive on these boards. I wasn't throwing shade at Italy, but I do think we'll be able to handle it better them. Is that a bad thing?

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Word from the Wonder WBPC is that they haven't been off-ship since the 9th and skipped Cartegena, thereby also not taking on the mid-cruise entertainers. Ship is apparently short-staffed as well.