pearljammer
DIS Veteran
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- Jul 19, 2010
So I just cancelled my end of July 10 night med cruise today. PIF was in 2 days so had to make a call. Here’s some of what my DH and I considered:So I think we will be pulling the plug. Partly because I think this thing will only be starting to calm down this summer and partly since income is taking a hit so europe cruise for 7 will be out. Would like to get my deposit back soon!! We already have 5 of 7 plane tix so have to figure that out.
Anyone else pulling the plug on later summer cruises? We can commiserate together...
1 - even if ports WERE open and FLIGHTS do resume, the virus isn’t going anywhere. It may slow down but if we get it, we want to be here and not in Europe.
2 - even if ships DO cruise and we were to go, the odds are still high someone may get sick on the boat thus another scenario which now plays like a bad movie
3 - until there’s a vaccine, everything is a risk at this point
4 - the risk just wasn’t worth it to us when we can go another time when things calm down
For us, we too have a large chunk of money in the airfare portion and we’re 3 people. I spoke with the airline last night as that is/continues to be the biggest stresser for me given how much we have sunk into that. AA advised that even though my flight is in July they were willing to waive the cancellation fee (this is a NON refundable fare mind you) BUT the airfare credit is only good for one year from issue date of credit voucher. (March 28 if I had). I don’t know that I can burn that kind of dough in one year given for many months, no one is traveling. So that would be months wasted.
So, I’m going to wait as long as possible to cancel. IF this goes longer and the airline cancels the flight, the odds of a refund are greater per transportation rules (as I understand it). So given the situation, I’m in NO hurry to deal with the airline UNLESS I start to see signs airports may open as I think if that happens, the odds of them helping you may go down. So best case scenario, airline cancels the flights and a potential for a refund, minimum of credit for a year.
I actually feel better having cancelled the cruise. I don’t know how enjoyable it would have been worrying about the factors of what’s currently going on. And again, while cases/impact may go down, until there is a vacinne, the virus is still there....but so are so many other risks....
This was the decision our family was more comfortable with, including my child’s input.