{"id":18602,"date":"2013-08-20T01:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=18602"},"modified":"2013-08-20T01:00:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T08:00:27","slug":"tuesday-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=18602","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Charters Mean Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a story on <\/span>Cruise Critic<\/a> yesterday that puts all those feel-good testimonials and events that cruise lines shower on their passengers into proper perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n

"Passengers, you're the best…unless we get a better deal."<\/p>\n

The story is about canceling cruises to accommodate private charters on two Norwegian ships and if you choose to think that's all about money, well, go right ahead. <\/p>\n

Norwegian is moving the Jade<\/a> from the Mediterranean to Russia next February and if you're wondering why anybody would want to go to Russia in February, then you don't follow the drumbeat of the Olympic Winter Games, which will be in Sochi<\/a>. The Jade will be a floating hotel in the Russian seaport during the two weeks of Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Passengers booked on the Jade in the Mediterranean will be compensated, of course, and the cruise line's right to disrupt travel plans like that is somewhere down in the fine print, isn't it?<\/p>\n

The other ship is the Getaway<\/a>, which isn't even a ship yet. Scheduled to make its inaugural Transatlantic crossing from Rotterdam to Fort Lauderdale<\/a> in January. Then, \"\"<\/a>and there, the Getaway was to become Miami's ship…but now it's going to be New York's ship for a week, even though its sister ship, the Breakaway<\/a>, has already been proclaimed "New York's ship."<\/p>\n

The reason?<\/p>\n

Private event. Translation: a better deal.<\/p>\n

This change in plans is a disruption to passengers who booked the Transatlantic voyage expecting to step on the ship in Rotterdam<\/a> (it's now leaving from Southampton<\/a>) and to step off the ship in Florida. And the charter in New York<\/a> also means the Getaway's inaugural cruise to the Caribbean won't leave on February 1 as scheduled, but a week later on February 8.<\/p>\n

So the next time you hear cruise-line officials falling all over their passengers, reach for the salt shaker and take a few grains.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Carnival Freedom<\/a>
\n\t6 nights<\/span>
\n\tSeptember 15, 2013<\/span>
\n\tFort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): <\/span>Key West<\/a>, <\/span>Grand Cayman<\/a>, <\/span>Ocho Rios<\/a>
\n\tInside: $279<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $46<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was a story on Cruise Critic yesterday that puts all those feel-good testimonials and events that cruise lines shower on their passengers into proper perspective. "Passengers, you're the best…unless we get a better deal." The story is about canceling cruises to accommodate private charters on two Norwegian ships and if you choose to think… Continue reading Norwegian Charters Mean Changes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,31,19,15],"tags":[912,678,1339,427,72,35,29,316,126,721,722,680,901,1291,148],"class_list":["post-18602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ports","category-ships","category-stories","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-cancelations","tag-cruise-charters","tag-cruise-critic","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-epic","tag-itinerary-changes","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-breakaway","tag-norwegian-getaway","tag-norwegian-jade","tag-olympic-games","tag-sochi-olympics","tag-transatlantic-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}