vikequeen
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It affects that cruise.Does anyone know which June cruises this will impact. We sail June 16 through the 23 on the Fantasy eastern Caribbean.
It affects that cruise.Does anyone know which June cruises this will impact. We sail June 16 through the 23 on the Fantasy eastern Caribbean.
I'm glad you were able to book! It does like like a fun alternative, but like you, I think Aristocats Charter would have been slightly better.Just confirmed I did. I've been out of town the past few days, so really lucky this came in today and not last week or I wouldn't have had time. I'm excited. Looks like a fun alternative (although I still think the Aristocats Charter would have been slightly better . . .)
Well, we sail in 28 days so...sure we could "choose" not to go, but we would lose what we paid. So.
And what we paid for is a cruise that went to Tortola. Again, I understand all the clauses and fine print and know that nothing is guaranteed. We are still allowed to be disappointed. Does being disappointed in this moment mean that our vacation is a scorched earth unsalvageable disaster? Of course not. Does it mean that we wont try and make the best out of the situation? Of course not. Does it mean I begrudge the happiness of those pleased with this change? Of course not. It means in this moment we feel bummed and just let me and my family have our feelings, maaaaan! Being disappointed does not equal "you are the most negative person on planet earth, its all or nothing just stay home and be miserable!!!" I'm just not a fan of telling people to suck it up/be grateful and ignore times they feel disappointed or sad because "it could be worse". We probably WONT forget about this change and WILL always still wish a little bit that we were able to see Tortola, but hey. I'm more sad for the people of Tortola who were likely depending on us being there and bringing in the cash.
We were in St.Maarten last month and I will tell you snorkeling isn't great there right now. It's still rough and damaged, we went up the west side of the island and only swam for a bit with some beach time on our private catamaran. Downtown has a lot of buildings on generators as well.
It makes me feel good about my choices to hear so many other people who had the same plan. I'm not going until June. I would love to hear how things go for you in April if you have time to update. Good luck!We're in the same situation, having booked Soualiga to replace Aristocat for the 4/21 cruise. I'm disappointed as well but will make the best of it. Now to go cancel that Aristocat reservation, thanks for the reminder!
Oh that's cool. I am excited for vacations since we have just had 16 inches of snow dumped on us in the past 2 days (and it is still snowing!!) but I really wanted something different. Oh well. We will still have a great time just not what I had hoped for.Oh you're on my cruise!
Did you use a travel agent? I believe travel agents were informed.We are on the April 7 sailing. I just found out about the change to St. Maarten today, by randomly checking on our Cruise Activities page at the DCL website. We never got any email or other notification. Did anyone else NOT get a notification?
I did read on a different board someone who had the same issue and they had the booking through Costco. So maybe that is it? I do know some people got a call and not an email.It was booked directly with DCL, then transferred to Costco. We've gotten all other notifications directly from DCL, but nothing about this port change.
It was booked directly with DCL, then transferred to Costco. We've gotten all other notifications directly from DCL, but nothing about this port change.
In 2009 on the Magic, we were suppose to stop in St Croix, but it got switched to Tortola! Best switch and best island we stopped at besides castaway Cay. St Maarten isn’t appealing to me either but just have to go with it or switch cruise dates if possible. Do they still stop in St Croix?
Haha, I'm gonna have to stop you right there... Disney isn't "giving" us anything. We all paid a premium for this cruise.