{"id":18967,"date":"2013-10-02T01:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=18967"},"modified":"2013-10-02T01:00:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T08:00:06","slug":"wednesday-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=18967","title":{"rendered":"Impact of government shutdown possible glitch for cruise passengers this month"},"content":{"rendered":"

While you may already be weary of reading and hearing about the U.S. government shutdown, don't turn a blind eye or deaf ear to it if you're on a cruise ships in the next few weeks. It could — repeat, could — have an impact on your shore excursion should it happen to include a visit to a national park or another government-operated facility.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The national parks are a no-brainer, because they're all closed, and some passengers have already had to change shore excursions on Fall Foliage<\/em> cruises in the north-east. However, some national parks are "attractions" you <\/span>\"Alcatraz\"<\/a>may not have thought about as having locked doors right now because they don't have, you know, trees and animals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here's a few you may be planning on seeing either before, during or after your cruise (checking with your cruise line is highly recommended):<\/span><\/p>\n

• The Statue of Liberty<\/a> and Ellis Island<\/a> in New York<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

• The Washington Monument, the National Zoo and the Smithsonian<\/a> buildings in Washington<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

• The Hawaii volcanoes (Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island and Haleakala<\/a> on Maui) and, yes, they are considered "national parks" but most people wouldn't think of them that way<\/span><\/p>\n

• Alcatraz<\/a> (above) in San Francisco<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

• Independence Hall in Philadelphia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

If you're like us, your cruise experience is often more than the ship and the<\/span> shore excursions. When you leave from an area you're not in often, it's usually worth taking a few extra days to see the sights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alas, the sights are often government operated.<\/span><\/p>\n

When there is no shutdown, that is.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Carnival Ecstasy<\/a>
\n\t5 nights<\/span>
\n\tOctober 26, 2013<\/span>
\n\tPort Canaveral<\/a> (return): Little Stirrup Cay, <\/span>Nassau<\/a>, <\/span>Freeport<\/a> <\/span>
\n\tInside: $189<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $37<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While you may already be weary of reading and hearing about the U.S. government shutdown, don't turn a blind eye or deaf ear to it if you're on a cruise ships in the next few weeks. It could — repeat, could — have an impact on your shore excursion should it happen to include a… Continue reading Impact of government shutdown possible glitch for cruise passengers this month<\/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":[1388,137,154,390,912,72,819,35,1389,1390,528,1391,93,474,1392],"class_list":["post-18967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ports","category-ships","category-stories","tag-alcatraz","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-ecstasy","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-ellis-island","tag-government-shutdown","tag-hawaii","tag-shore-excursion-changes","tag-shore-excursions","tag-statue-of-liberty","tag-volcanoes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18967","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=18967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}