Coronavirus and DCL Megathread - Suspension of Departures for the fleet until early November. Booking only available from early December.

[_auroraborealis_]

Trust Delta?

hahahahahaNOhahahahahahaha

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I’m in the same hen house also with Delta - and what really sucks for the first time ever I scored a great deal and got 1st class tickets for my return flight from my Hawaii cruise in Vancouver - ugh !! Well that isn’t happening now us it?? I highly doubt it! Mum is the word from the mouse !! Cluck cluck here !!

 

[tidefan]

I’m in the same hen house also with Delta - and what really sucks for the first time ever I scored a great deal and got 1st class tickets for my return flight from my Hawaii cruise in Vancouver - ugh !! Well that isn’t happening now us it?? I highly doubt it! Mum is the word from the mouse !! Cluck cluck here !!

Well... our flights to Italy and from Barcelona for this summer are on British Airways, and I hadn’t even begun to see if there are any options. Hopefully, they’ll just still be in business...

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I hope they all stay in business as we all are at risk of being left out in the cold!

 

[MarkLT1]

The airlines in the US will stay in business. Just take a look at 9/11 and 2008 for a blueprint. They'll get a bailout, figure out a way to funnel much of that into shareholder pockets, have rounds of layoffs, declare bankruptcy to get rid of any liabilities on their books, re-organize, and then back to business as usual.

(I'm not jaded at all..)

 

[jlbf06]

https://disneycruiselineblog.com/20...m-disney-cruise-lines-online-booking-website/

 

[TestingH2O]

Scott just posted that the transatlantic and early med sailings are gone from DCL's website.




Jinx.

 

[Disney_Fan_01]

The airlines in the US will stay in business. Just take a look at 9/11 and 2008 for a blueprint. They'll get a bailout, figure out a way to funnel much of that into shareholder pockets, have rounds of layoffs, declare bankruptcy to get rid of any liabilities on their books, re-organize, and then back to business as usual.

(I'm not jaded at all..)

Agreed. Airlines and financial institutions are a necessity. Government will need to bail them out. Cruise industry, on the other hand; a luxury. Government may not step in to bail them out. Hotels stand somewhere in between. We will have to wait and see how this all plays out.

 

[tidefan]

Scott just posted that the transatlantic and early med sailings are gone from DCL's website.

Beat me to it. The first one now showing is the July 25th Northern Europe...

 

[MarkLT1]

Agreed. Airlines and financial institutions are a necessity. Government will need to bail them out. Cruise industry, on the other hand; a luxury. Government may not step in to bail them out. Hotels stand somewhere in between. We will have to wait and see how this all plays out.

Additionally, Cruise operators are (all?) foreign domiciled companies to avoid paying US taxes, I believe there would be some major pushback to bailing them out.

 

[Naeher]

Wondering how long they drag this out until the next official statement on Alaska and Europe, now they both are no longer on sale?

 

[pearljammer]

So merely just an FYI - I attempted to call Aeromexico; phones aren’t working due to “technical difficulties”. Go to their online chat - not working. Sounds like...we pulled the plug, not dealing with it.

 

[mmouse37]

Wow....but I can understand it.

MJ

 

[tidefan]

Wondering how long they drag this out until the next official statement on Alaska and Europe, now they both are no longer on sale?

If I were a betting man...

My guess is that they'll run the ships on cruises that are close to the US mainland (Key West, Castaway, etc.) in some form so people will know that they won't be too far from the coast initially.

 

[CaLuCa]

Just Lamenting. As I sit homeschooling and extreme social distancing. I was a RN in a former life. I KNOW this is bad. I know what is like to not have enough equipment and people be stretched too thin. We have chosen to be smart and not go anywhere. My kids whine about playdates and worksheets. I'm so grateful they are having the opportunity to whine. We cancelled our ski trip for spring break...supposed to be on the slopes right now. Their first time. My beach babies wanted to see snow and try skiing because the grass is always greener on the other side. We cancelled before everything shut down because I saw the writing on the wall. I saw Italy and did not want to be a part of contributing to it. So many people are not taking it seriously.

We have the May 30 Mediterranean booked. It's my birthday, twins birthday, kids first time in Europe. I did so much research on our pre and post cruise stays, including a week in Paris, and our excursions. While dealing with the stress of everything shutting down, this cruise and the memories we were going to make on it, kept me going, hopeful for sunnier days. I've been avoiding the inevitable. But it looks like it's time to face the music.

Perspective.

But it still stinks.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

My question is - WHEN is the MOUSE going to start dealing with the cruises that can't happen?? Hawaii / Alaska / Now Europe ???? People need to take care of business! If I owed the MOUSE money he wouldn't wait this long on me!!!

 

[fla4fun]

If I were a betting man...

My guess is that they'll run the ships on cruises that are close to the US mainland (Key West, Castaway, etc.) in some form so people will know that they won't be too far from the coast initially.

Not specific to this conversation, but my sister works in Cocoa Beach and one of the ships has been anchored offshore for several days now. She hasn’t been by the port to see what ships are moored. It made me wonder what kind of skeleton crew would be needed on an anchored ship and if they would have enough supplies . . .

 

[slg]

THis stinks but all these plans can be moved to next year. I love planning vacations and my summer is a wreck, but all these plans can still be good for the future.

 

[Adventurelawyer]

Not specific to this conversation, but my sister works in Cocoa Beach and one of the ships has been anchored offshore for several days now. She hasn’t been by the port to see what ships are moored. It made me wonder what kind of skeleton crew would be needed on an anchored ship and if they would have enough supplies . . .

I saw the Dream anchored in that spot a few days ago via Marine Traffic.

 

[fla4fun]

I saw the Dream anchored in that spot a few days ago via Marine Traffic.

I couldn’t tell from the photo she sent me which ship it was since she used her phone instead of a camera. On the plus side, there was only one person on the beach, so people are taking the distancing seriously in that area.