Question on Alaska Cruise Legality

Need some expert advice..
Considering a B2B Alaska cruise in 2008
Is this cruise legal or against the Passenger Services Act?

SF to Vancouver, stay on ship.
Vancouver to Whittier, stay on ship
Whittier to Vancouver, Fly back to SF.

3 cruises.

Thanks for any help provided

wrote:
Need some expert advice..
Considering a B2B Alaska cruise in 2008
Is this cruise legal or against the Passenger Services Act?

SF to Vancouver, stay on ship.
Vancouver to Whittier, stay on ship
Whittier to Vancouver, Fly back to SF.

3 cruises.

Thanks for any help provided

Good Luck. If the cruise line will book it, go for it.
We tried to do the same but wanted to go roaming in Alaska and were
turned down because of problems with the Passenger Services Act.
Cheers,
John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)

There is no need for your "stay on the ship" tactic. The cruise(s) you
propose have you boarding the ship in San Francisco (USA) and disembarking
in Vancouver (Canada). This is not contrary to the Passenger Services act.

The act only prohibits Boarding in one US port and disembarking in a
different US port.

That's the way I understand it. If I am incorrect, someone please let me
know. We have done several B to B cruises to Alaska from Vancouver and
there's no problem with you leaving the ship on an intermediate port stop.

If the back to back was from Seattle (which I don't believe there are any)
and you planned to disembark in Seattle, after boarding in San Francisco,
there would be a problem.

Tobieon an Island in the Pacific

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Need some expert advice..
Considering a B2B Alaska cruise in 2008
Is this cruise legal or against the Passenger Services Act?

SF to Vancouver, stay on ship.
Vancouver to Whittier, stay on ship
Whittier to Vancouver, Fly back to SF.

3 cruises.

Thanks for any help provided

It sounds like you are taking a repositioning cruise from SF to Vancouver
and then 2 B to B Alaska cruises, probably in May. There should be no
problem.Twice we have done something similar. We fly to Vancouver and take a
7-day to Whittier followed by a 7-day back to Vancouver. We book the last 2
cruises of the Alaska season so that the ship will be headed for the
Caribbean with a stop in LA. So we have a cruise made up of a 7-day north, a
7-day south followed by a 3-day to LA. It was great both times. It is a
really great feeling when you get near the end of each leg and you can relax
while every one else has to pack.
We start the trip by staying in a hotel in San Pedro the day before we fly
to Vancouver and we leave our car in there The next day we stay at the Pan
Pacific hotel in Vancouver, which we really like.
So it is a wonderful 19-day vacation.
So we boarded in Vancouver and got off at a US port and you will be doing
the reverse--It should be legal. The cruise line won't let you book if it is
not legal, they would get fined too. Originally, we wanted to board in
Seattle and get off in LA and Princess said NO.
I hope you have as much fun as we did.
Smooth Sailing,
Don




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Need some expert advice..
Considering a B2B Alaska cruise in 2008
Is this cruise legal or against the Passenger Services Act?

SF to Vancouver, stay on ship.
Vancouver to Whittier, stay on ship
Whittier to Vancouver, Fly back to SF.

3 cruises.

Thanks for any help provided

On Mar 2, 8:41 pm, wrote:
Need some expert advice..
Considering a B2B Alaska cruise in 2008
Is this cruise legal or against the Passenger Services Act?

SF to Vancouver, stay on ship.
Vancouver to Whittier, stay on ship
Whittier to Vancouver, Fly back to SF.

3 cruises.

Thanks for any help provided


If there's any potential problems with it, just remember that the
Passenger Services Act only applies to foreign-flagged ships. There
are a few US-flagged ships that have itineraries in Alaska, although
as a general rule of thumb, they cost more.


-hh

On 3 Mar 2007 14:29:26 -0800, "-hh"
wrote:

If there's any potential problems with it, just remember that the
Passenger Services Act only applies to foreign-flagged ships. There
are a few US-flagged ships that have itineraries in Alaska, although
as a general rule of thumb, they cost more.

Hi,

FWIW, there is not any US flagged ship that does anything close to the
proposed itinerary.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com
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Ray Goldenberg wrote:

FWIW, there is not any US flagged ship that does anything close to the
proposed itinerary.


The whole thing, true.


-hh