{"id":20487,"date":"2014-04-07T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=20487"},"modified":"2014-04-07T01:00:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T08:00:56","slug":"monday-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=20487","title":{"rendered":"Shipless In Barcelona And Everybody Wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of all the reasons we've heard for a change in cruise itineraries, one that we read about on the weekend was new. It was also kind of win-win.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The P&O<\/a> ship Oceana<\/a> was at its scheduled stop in Barcelona<\/a> when the cruise line discovered a repair was necessary. Not a safety-concern repair but one that had to <\/span>\"Oceana-1\"<\/a>be addressed nonetheless. There was a leak in the seal around a propeller and it was going to take frogmen — okay, divers — almost three full days to fix it.<\/span><\/p>\n

So the ship was stuck, in Barcelona. The passengers were stuck, in Barcelona.<\/span><\/p>\n

Poor passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anybody who has been to the Spanish port knows it's easy to spend three days in Barcelona. Also fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

The delay also means the passengers won't get to three other Spanish ports: Cartagena<\/a>, Alghero and La Courna. In return, P&O gave passengers a 25 per cent cash refund and a comprehensive entertainment program and shore excursions in Barcelona.<\/span><\/p>\n

Talk about making a silk purse from a sow's ear!<\/span><\/p>\n

Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: Not exactly the CATS meow!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Carnival Conquest<\/a>
\n\t7 nights<\/span>
\n\tApril 27, 2014<\/span>
\n\tMiami<\/a> (return): <\/span>Nassau<\/a>, <\/span>St. Thomas<\/a>, <\/span>San Juan<\/a>, <\/span>Grand Turk<\/a>
\n\tInside: $399<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $57<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of all the reasons we've heard for a change in cruise itineraries, one that we read about on the weekend was new. It was also kind of win-win. The P&O ship Oceana was at its scheduled stop in Barcelona when the cruise line discovered a repair was necessary. Not a safety-concern repair but one that… Continue reading Shipless In Barcelona And Everybody Wins<\/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":[16,32,19,15],"tags":[705,137,154,805,912,72,86,35,316,305,665],"class_list":["post-20487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-barcelona","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-conquest","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-itinerary-changes","tag-po","tag-ship-repairs","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20487","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=20487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}