Does anyone know why they are going to Trinidad&Tobago? Is this the only stop to meet the "distant foreign port" requirement? Or is this the best place to drop-off/pick-up crew?
The distant foreign port requirement does not apply with only crew onboard. I believe they are stopping there to repatriate crew members.Does anyone know why they are going to Trinidad&Tobago? Is this the only stop to meet the "distant foreign port" requirement? Or is this the best place to drop-off/pick-up crew?
Hard to say, we're "in uncharted waters", heh. Safe to say that unless we get tidbits from a crew member on the boat, I think we're all just arm-chair quarterbacking at this point.
There appears to be an LPG tanker ahead of her... having had that happen when we did the EBPC - they require further spacing so she probably had to hold.After holding quite a while at the exit of the Cocoli locks, the Wonder has been spotted!
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If you are able, please share if you hear anything else. I’m one of the west coasters who have cruises booked October 2020 and March 2021.Yeah, most of it is speculation. But there are some people who have contacts on the ship. I read several posts of the Wonder going back to FL before it even left San Diego. So, just wondering why Trinidad & Tobago, if anyone knows. That is a bit out of the way for a ship going to Florida.
Again speculation, but the likelihood of the Wonder returning to the West Coast for any cruises in Sept/Oct are probably next to nil. it wouldn't be economical sense for DCL to pay for the Eastbound transit through the canal and then back West again just for around a dozen cruises. I would expect you to be notified of cancellations of the Mexican Riviera & EBPC cruises this year.If you are able, please share if you hear anything else. I’m one of the west coasters who have cruises booked October 2020 and March 2021.
Thank you!!
Again speculation, but the likelihood of the Wonder returning to the West Coast for any cruises in Sept/Oct are probably next to nil. it wouldn't be economical sense for DCL to pay for the Eastbound transit through the canal and then back West again just for around a dozen cruises. I would expect you to be notified of cancellations of the Mexican Riviera & EBPC cruises this year.
Someone from our EBPC just checked with DCL and they said November is still a definite go
Someone from our EBPC just checked with DCL and they said November
is still a definite go
100% this!!not to burst your bubble but they were saying that about a lot of cruises right up until they cancelled them. The people on the phones don’t have all the information. And besides no one right now should be calling any cruise a definite go.