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Don and I tried to book this cruise last year and every change we made, we
kept coming up against the Passenger Services Act. Lynn "JLP20" wrote in message ... It was my belief that repositioning cruises were cheaper as a rule do to lack of interest. I have been looking at the Diamond Princess' repositioning cruise (M518) from Los Angeles up to Alaska. We were thinking about linking three separate cruises (M518, M519 and M520). This would be a solid 14 days starting on April 30, 2005. The first leg would be the repositioning move, the second leg is a "sampler" and the last week is the full seven day cruise. I have asked for quotes from several T/A's over the net and have found that there is no break for the repositioning leg, much less the "sampler". The only stipulation we added to the quotes is a BB guarantee on Caribe deck. We also said we would be willing to switch cabins on this deck during the 14 day period. All of my responses, a total of 4, have been about the same when broken down to the per day costs. By the way, one T/A said we could not book this trip because of the Jones Act. Any ideas as to what is going on "Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20 |
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Don and I tried to book this cruise last year and every change we made, we
kept coming up against the Passenger Services Act. Lynn "JLP20" wrote in message ... It was my belief that repositioning cruises were cheaper as a rule do to lack of interest. I have been looking at the Diamond Princess' repositioning cruise (M518) from Los Angeles up to Alaska. We were thinking about linking three separate cruises (M518, M519 and M520). This would be a solid 14 days starting on April 30, 2005. The first leg would be the repositioning move, the second leg is a "sampler" and the last week is the full seven day cruise. I have asked for quotes from several T/A's over the net and have found that there is no break for the repositioning leg, much less the "sampler". The only stipulation we added to the quotes is a BB guarantee on Caribe deck. We also said we would be willing to switch cabins on this deck during the 14 day period. All of my responses, a total of 4, have been about the same when broken down to the per day costs. By the way, one T/A said we could not book this trip because of the Jones Act. Any ideas as to what is going on "Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20 |
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Don and I tried to book this cruise last year and every change we made, we
kept coming up against the Passenger Services Act. Lynn "JLP20" wrote in message ... It was my belief that repositioning cruises were cheaper as a rule do to lack of interest. I have been looking at the Diamond Princess' repositioning cruise (M518) from Los Angeles up to Alaska. We were thinking about linking three separate cruises (M518, M519 and M520). This would be a solid 14 days starting on April 30, 2005. The first leg would be the repositioning move, the second leg is a "sampler" and the last week is the full seven day cruise. I have asked for quotes from several T/A's over the net and have found that there is no break for the repositioning leg, much less the "sampler". The only stipulation we added to the quotes is a BB guarantee on Caribe deck. We also said we would be willing to switch cabins on this deck during the 14 day period. All of my responses, a total of 4, have been about the same when broken down to the per day costs. By the way, one T/A said we could not book this trip because of the Jones Act. Any ideas as to what is going on "Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20 |
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You can board in San Francisco and disembark in Seward or Whittier because
the ship will transit through either Vancouver or Victoria Canada, (A foreign port). The Jones Act you are referring to is an act to protect the railroad system. It is antiquated, but still exists. All foreign registered ship, (and most are), cannot pick up passengers and disembark passengers between two or more US ports, so the cruise lines get around this by routing via a foreign port. For instance Miami to Nassau and back to Miami, Ft Lauderdale and out to one of the Bahamas Keys before returning to Ft Lauderdale. The daily casino cruises are US registered ships. (However it is very costly to register in the US). Hope that helps you a bit? Campbell |
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You can board in San Francisco and disembark in Seward or Whittier because
the ship will transit through either Vancouver or Victoria Canada, (A foreign port). The Jones Act you are referring to is an act to protect the railroad system. It is antiquated, but still exists. All foreign registered ship, (and most are), cannot pick up passengers and disembark passengers between two or more US ports, so the cruise lines get around this by routing via a foreign port. For instance Miami to Nassau and back to Miami, Ft Lauderdale and out to one of the Bahamas Keys before returning to Ft Lauderdale. The daily casino cruises are US registered ships. (However it is very costly to register in the US). Hope that helps you a bit? Campbell |
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You can board in San Francisco and disembark in Seward or Whittier because
the ship will transit through either Vancouver or Victoria Canada, (A foreign port). The Jones Act you are referring to is an act to protect the railroad system. It is antiquated, but still exists. All foreign registered ship, (and most are), cannot pick up passengers and disembark passengers between two or more US ports, so the cruise lines get around this by routing via a foreign port. For instance Miami to Nassau and back to Miami, Ft Lauderdale and out to one of the Bahamas Keys before returning to Ft Lauderdale. The daily casino cruises are US registered ships. (However it is very costly to register in the US). Hope that helps you a bit? Campbell |
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The problem is that you would board in LA and disembark in Seattle. That is
against the law because it would hurt American cruise ships, what America cruise ships? The only American cruise ship is the NORWEGIAN Pride of Aloha, which was declared to be American by the politicians. There has to be an intervening and distant foreign port along the way. We have done several of these cruises where we boarded in LA and ended up in Vancouver or the opposite. On the Coral Princess, we did Vancouver to Seward, back to Vancouver and then a 3-day to LA. Regarding price, we found that the price is a bit higher on repositioning cruises.. They sold the one on the Coral as a 3-day party cruise and there was a much younger crowd. Don "JLP20" wrote in message ... It was my belief that repositioning cruises were cheaper as a rule do to lack of interest. I have been looking at the Diamond Princess' repositioning cruise (M518) from Los Angeles up to Alaska. We were thinking about linking three separate cruises (M518, M519 and M520). This would be a solid 14 days starting on April 30, 2005. The first leg would be the repositioning move, the second leg is a "sampler" and the last week is the full seven day cruise. I have asked for quotes from several T/A's over the net and have found that there is no break for the repositioning leg, much less the "sampler". The only stipulation we added to the quotes is a BB guarantee on Caribe deck. We also said we would be willing to switch cabins on this deck during the 14 day period. All of my responses, a total of 4, have been about the same when broken down to the per day costs. By the way, one T/A said we could not book this trip because of the Jones Act. Any ideas as to what is going on "Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20 |
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The problem is that you would board in LA and disembark in Seattle. That is
against the law because it would hurt American cruise ships, what America cruise ships? The only American cruise ship is the NORWEGIAN Pride of Aloha, which was declared to be American by the politicians. There has to be an intervening and distant foreign port along the way. We have done several of these cruises where we boarded in LA and ended up in Vancouver or the opposite. On the Coral Princess, we did Vancouver to Seward, back to Vancouver and then a 3-day to LA. Regarding price, we found that the price is a bit higher on repositioning cruises.. They sold the one on the Coral as a 3-day party cruise and there was a much younger crowd. Don "JLP20" wrote in message ... It was my belief that repositioning cruises were cheaper as a rule do to lack of interest. I have been looking at the Diamond Princess' repositioning cruise (M518) from Los Angeles up to Alaska. We were thinking about linking three separate cruises (M518, M519 and M520). This would be a solid 14 days starting on April 30, 2005. The first leg would be the repositioning move, the second leg is a "sampler" and the last week is the full seven day cruise. I have asked for quotes from several T/A's over the net and have found that there is no break for the repositioning leg, much less the "sampler". The only stipulation we added to the quotes is a BB guarantee on Caribe deck. We also said we would be willing to switch cabins on this deck during the 14 day period. All of my responses, a total of 4, have been about the same when broken down to the per day costs. By the way, one T/A said we could not book this trip because of the Jones Act. Any ideas as to what is going on "Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20 |
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Captain C wrote:
You can board in San Francisco and disembark in Seward or Whittier because the ship will transit through either Vancouver or Victoria Canada, (A foreign port). The Jones Act This is NOT the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. 883), unless you are on a cruise ship that treats you like cargo. For passengers, this would be the Passengers Service Vessels Act (46 U.S.C. 289) |
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Captain C wrote:
You can board in San Francisco and disembark in Seward or Whittier because the ship will transit through either Vancouver or Victoria Canada, (A foreign port). The Jones Act This is NOT the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. 883), unless you are on a cruise ship that treats you like cargo. For passengers, this would be the Passengers Service Vessels Act (46 U.S.C. 289) |
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