Can anyone tell Me about Cruising standby

Ok , I got the bug, going down Biscayne seeing all those ships docked
there, Im ready, who can tell me about cruising standby and how much
do you actually save? Any input will be used and Thank you in advance.
Tom Foley

It simply is not done.
Jim


"Tom Foley" wrote in message
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Ok , I got the bug, going down Biscayne seeing all those ships docked
there, Im ready, who can tell me about cruising standby and how much
do you actually save? Any input will be used and Thank you in advance.
Tom Foley

No such thing. Not even a late booking within 72 hours of cruise. Passenger
manifests must be wired to the feds for security checks now.

Stand By as showing up at the dock and getting a cruise isn't going to
happen, don't think there ever was such a thing. There are last minute
cruises with a few weeks or even days notice, any travel agent can hook you
up with those, but not same day.


"Tom Foley" wrote in message
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Ok , I got the bug, going down Biscayne seeing all those ships docked
there, Im ready, who can tell me about cruising standby and how much
do you actually save? Any input will be used and Thank you in advance.
Tom Foley

Tom Foley wrote:

Ok , I got the bug, going down Biscayne seeing all those ships docked
there, Im ready, who can tell me about cruising standby and how much
do you actually save? Any input will be used and Thank you in advance.
Tom Foley

Take a look at http://www.vacationstogo.com
They have a whole listing of cruises sailing within the next 90 days,
and you can book through them or any agent. You won't be able to book a
ship right before sailing anymore (as you could before 9-11); but you
will see some very good deals on cruises departing 3 to 7 days away.

Howie

About two weeks ago, I posted an offer I had gotten directly from Princess. A
last minute deal that was mailed out 52 1/2 hours before the ship was to leave.
I posted the facts about that offer and the 72 hour rule and never got a
answer from anyone.

As far as last minute deals, here in Los Angeles, MANY years ago there was a
travel show on the radio. Every couple of weeks they would have a live event
where everyone who showed up was to have a packed suitcase. At the end of the
show, there was a drawing and the "winner" was taken down to the docks and got
directly on a ship for a seven nighter. Now it's a given the cabin was "booked"
in advance, but there could be no way pax information could be available. I
therefore beleive it was possible to show up at the last minute and get a
cabin.
"Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20

ocrap (JLP20) wrote:


About two weeks ago, I posted an offer I had gotten directly from Princess.
A last minute deal that was mailed out 52 1/2 hours before the ship was to
leave. I posted the facts about that offer and the 72 hour rule and never got
a answer from anyone.


I got that very same offer that you did from Princess. I was surprised,
because as you state, it was within three days of sailing. We are Platinum
level past passengers, do NOT live within driving distance of the port, which
was San Pedro or Long Beach in the offer, but it's not difficult to get to
either by frequent air flights.

We have cruised with Princess this past year and perhaps because they have so
much information on file, presumably, it is considered to be OK. Just a guess,
though, as I don't know for sure.

If they start offering last-minute cruises for that price that depart from San
Francisco, I'll be hopping onto ships with perhaps greater frequency. ;-)

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No such thing. Not even a late booking within 72 hours of cruise. Passenger
manifests must be wired to the feds for security checks now.

I have heard that it is not a hard and fast requirement. The TSA may prefer
it but it is not mandated.

Why is a cruise different that a flight? I can go to the airport at the last
minute and buy a ticket to go out of the US. The TSA allows that.

Odysseus wrote:

In article , says...


No such thing. Not even a late booking within 72 hours of cruise. Passenger
manifests must be wired to the feds for security checks now.


I have heard that it is not a hard and fast requirement. The TSA may prefer
it but it is not mandated.

Why is a cruise different that a flight? I can go to the airport at the last
minute and buy a ticket to go out of the US. The TSA allows that.

Good point, man.

Howie

On Mon, 03 May 2004 23:22:19 GMT, Odysseus wrote:

In article , says...


No such thing. Not even a late booking within 72 hours of cruise. Passenger
manifests must be wired to the feds for security checks now.

I have heard that it is not a hard and fast requirement. The TSA may prefer
it but it is not mandated.

Why is a cruise different that a flight? I can go to the airport at the last
minute and buy a ticket to go out of the US. The TSA allows that.

Their is a "Maritime Transportation Security Act" in addition to the
TSA. However, that said, to my knowledge neither of them requires
that passenger manifests be delivered to the U.S. Gov't 72 hours
before a cruise ship departs.

There may be something buried in the Federal Register somewhere but I
don't know about it.

It really wouldn't make sense (not that making sense is a requirement
of laws) to have a longer lead time for a cruise, which is less
susceptible to terrorist attack. A cruise just seems less dangerous
to me.

I'd rather be on a sinking ship than a crashing airliner, and it's a
lot harder to sink a ship anyway. I guess you could try to run it
over a reef at high speed.

I'd rather be in the path of a terrorist-controlled cruise ship than
an aircraft.

And a cruise ship would be a hell of a lot harder for terrorists to
take over.
Mason Barge

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