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Carnival Ecstasy: 5 day cruise to nowhere?
http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/crui...y_updates.aspx
If I'm reading this correctly, passengers on the current 5 day cruise on Carnival Ecstasy out of Galveston will basically be getting a 5 day cruise to nowhere due to the Swine Influenza outbreak in Mexico. The current 5 day cruise on Carnival Fantasy out of New Orleans is only making one unscheduled port of call to Key West. I wonder if these passengers will still have to be processed through Customs even though they never visited a foreign destination? -- Andy P. Jung Metairie, Louisiana U.S.A. (on the Western side of the now infamous 17th Street Canal) http://www.JungWorld.com/ To reply via e-mail, please visit my web site. |
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Carnival Ecstasy: 5 day cruise to nowhere?
"Andy P. Jung" nospam@invalid wrote in message ... http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/crui...y_updates.aspx If I'm reading this correctly, passengers on the current 5 day cruise on Carnival Ecstasy out of Galveston will basically be getting a 5 day cruise to nowhere due to the Swine Influenza outbreak in Mexico. The current 5 day cruise on Carnival Fantasy out of New Orleans is only making one unscheduled port of call to Key West. I wonder if these passengers will still have to be processed through Customs even though they never visited a foreign destination? Probably. When a ship is gone that long, even with a declared itinerary, it has been out of the country long enough to have reached a foreign port. The Customs rigmarole might be more cursory this time, but I believe it still has to be done. -- George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com Cruise Specials Weblog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ May 10, 2009 ALASKA http://www.cruisemaster.com/moagc4.htm January 10, 2009 Southern Caribbean http://www.cruisemaster.com/caribprin.htm October 16, 2010 OASIS http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com |
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Carnival Ecstasy: 5 day cruise to nowhere?
On 4/29/2009 7:56 AM, George Leppla wrote:
"Andy P. Jung" nospam@invalid wrote in message ... http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/crui...y_updates.aspx If I'm reading this correctly, passengers on the current 5 day cruise on Carnival Ecstasy out of Galveston will basically be getting a 5 day cruise to nowhere due to the Swine Influenza outbreak in Mexico. The current 5 day cruise on Carnival Fantasy out of New Orleans is only making one unscheduled port of call to Key West. I wonder if these passengers will still have to be processed through Customs even though they never visited a foreign destination? Probably. When a ship is gone that long, even with a declared itinerary, it has been out of the country long enough to have reached a foreign port. The Customs rigmarole might be more cursory this time, but I believe it still has to be done. Wouldn't it be illegal if there weren't one foreign port but they did make a stop in the US? Do they make allowances for cases like this where they have to cancel a port? Bill |
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Carnival Ecstasy: 5 day cruise to nowhere?
"Bill" wrote in message ... On 4/29/2009 7:56 AM, George Leppla wrote: "Andy P. Jung" nospam@invalid wrote in message ... http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/crui...y_updates.aspx If I'm reading this correctly, passengers on the current 5 day cruise on Carnival Ecstasy out of Galveston will basically be getting a 5 day cruise to nowhere due to the Swine Influenza outbreak in Mexico. The current 5 day cruise on Carnival Fantasy out of New Orleans is only making one unscheduled port of call to Key West. I wonder if these passengers will still have to be processed through Customs even though they never visited a foreign destination? Probably. When a ship is gone that long, even with a declared itinerary, it has been out of the country long enough to have reached a foreign port. The Customs rigmarole might be more cursory this time, but I believe it still has to be done. Wouldn't it be illegal if there weren't one foreign port but they did make a stop in the US? Do they make allowances for cases like this where they have to cancel a port? Bill People have been trying to figure out the PSA for over 100 years. I believe that a round-trip cruise originating in NOLA with one stop in Key West would violate the act, but since the main thrust of the PSA is to prevent transportation of passengers "between" US cities, they might give them a pass in view of the circumstances. It will be interesting to see what happens. BTW - I just saw a report that said that 35,000 people in the US die of the flu every year. I don't know how much of this "swine flu" is really dangerous and how much is media hype. Probably a little of both. -- George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com Cruise Specials Weblog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ May 10, 2009 ALASKA http://www.cruisemaster.com/moagc4.htm January 10, 2009 Southern Caribbean http://www.cruisemaster.com/caribprin.htm October 16, 2010 OASIS http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com |
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Carnival Ecstasy: 5 day cruise to nowhere?
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:56:45 -0500, "George Leppla"
wrote: "Andy P. Jung" nospam@invalid wrote in message ... http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/crui...y_updates.aspx If I'm reading this correctly, passengers on the current 5 day cruise on Carnival Ecstasy out of Galveston will basically be getting a 5 day cruise to nowhere due to the Swine Influenza outbreak in Mexico. The current 5 day cruise on Carnival Fantasy out of New Orleans is only making one unscheduled port of call to Key West. I wonder if these passengers will still have to be processed through Customs even though they never visited a foreign destination? Probably. When a ship is gone that long, even with a declared itinerary, it has been out of the country long enough to have reached a foreign port. The Customs rigmarole might be more cursory this time, but I believe it still has to be done. We didn't go through customs sailing into Los Angeles from Honolulu on the Pride of Hawaii. They didn't even require passports to board, just a driver's license. |
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Carnival Ecstasy: 5 day cruise to nowhere?
[Default] Thus spake "Andy P. Jung" nospam@invalid:
http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/crui...y_updates.aspx If I'm reading this correctly, passengers on the current 5 day cruise on Carnival Ecstasy out of Galveston will basically be getting a 5 day cruise to nowhere due to the Swine Influenza outbreak in Mexico. The current 5 day cruise on Carnival Fantasy out of New Orleans is only making one unscheduled port of call to Key West. I wonder if these passengers will still have to be processed through Customs even though they never visited a foreign destination? Now 7 day cruises on May 2 (today) and the May 11 cruise has been moved up to May 9 as a 7 day, with the May 7 cruise cancelled. ITN Sea day Mo Bay Grand Cayman Sea day Sea day Carnival will handle air for people who booked air through them, and pay up to $150 per person for people who booked their own air. The May 7 people will receive a refund or a credit for anything before December 31, 2010 and a $50 person OBC. Fares protected for 5 days converted to 7 day. No word beyond that. -- - dillon I am not invalid The RMS Titanic sank on April 15th. US income taxes are due on April 15th. Coincidence? I think not. |
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