mommy2allyandaveri
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2006
I'm a little hesitant to rebook my Caribbean cruise to alaska for next summer. I really don't want to go through all this again next year. I feel like the Caribbean is pretty safe for next summer.
I think chances are higher that Canada allows cruising again and is safe to cruise in Canada, over the chance that the virus is still simmering in the Caribbean. Caribbean islands are much more dependent on tourism and will be forced to reopen, regardless if they have good control of the virus. In the Caribbean there will be a much more diverse / international audience than the Canadian coast cities.I'm a little hesitant to rebook my Caribbean cruise to alaska for next summer. I really don't want to go through all this again next year. I feel like the Caribbean is pretty safe for next summer.
Same here.I have rebooked Alaska on Princess for next year.
I decided not to rebook AK for next year. I'm booking 2022 on a ship that carries less than 150 total (crew and passengers) sailing under a US flag, which I think increases chances.
(And yes, still cheaper than a veranda on the Wonder. )
Oooh, which line? I'm hoping to do one of those smaller ship Alaska cruises when my boys are a bit older.
In 2016 the cruise industry brought Canada more than $3.2 billion, I wouldn't consider that a small amount. Almost 70% of that is spent right here in Vancouver BC. Every cruise ship that docks here in Vancouver brings in close to $1.3 million. Over 23000 jobs are directly impacted by the cruise industry here in Canada. So yes it's a strange summer here in Vancouver with the cruise season cancelled, not to mention all our big seasonal events.The real unknown is Canada. For Alaska to work Canada has to allow docking, and although they make a nice amount from cruises, it’s such a small amount of their tourism that they don’t have the same pressure.
Canada has been conservative in their response, so if there’s a rough fall and winter I’m not sure what their position on 2k person cruise ships.
How many crew did they need for 25-30 passengers?I’m not the poster you asked, but my parents have sailed with Dream cruises in Alaska and enjoy the experience very much. I think the ship they were on had 25 or 30 passengers total.
There is virtually no chance that Canada would keep borders closed into next year and very doubtful if even beyond a few months.The Alaskan cruising reason will resume next year (from Canada) if and only if:
Ultimately (and this is also in part what the CDC is trying to do with the no-sail order) is twofold
- Major countries around the world have been able to "control" COVID-19 and as such, Canada has reopened its borders. Of most importance is the Canada-US border.
- Within Canada, there are no longer restrictions on non-essential travel
- An effective vaccine has been found and/or a cost effective treatments is available and/or cruise lines have a long enough track record (ie: the winter season) proving that they have been able to control COVID-19 on board.
- Not having to deal with an influx of people potentially stretching the local health care system, and associated costs
- Containing local spread of local-19 by not having people that are transiting through an area undo these containment efforts
Canada has a lot to gain economically by allowing cruising to resume - yet it also has a lot to loose. Let's remember that the typical demographic for any cruises tend to include demographic that is more at risk of complications and is very different that the typical Disney cruiser...
All that to say, I'd be fairly confident that Alaska would come back next Summer but we won't really have a feel for this before later this year or mid-Winter
This. People who depend on tourism for their livelihood are going to revolt if they are told they can’t run their businesses two years in a row.There is virtually no chance that Canada would keep borders closed into next year and very doubtful if even beyond a few months.
Borders are beginning to open globally and countries states or provinces which remain closed will have far more negative results from that choice than from a virus.
And it isn't just tourism. Business needs to continue and countries which continue to close will lose. NGOs have had to stop programs with devastating impacts on the worlds poor.This. People who depend on tourism for their livelihood are going to revolt if they are told they can’t run their businesses two years in a row.