Well this is another interesting development in the Cruise lines v. “that damn flu.” Royal Caribbeans Voyager of the Seas pulled into Villefranche-sur-Mer, France today, along with 60 sick crew members and 2 passengers. French officials according to this Reuters report, say the sick crew tested positive for swine flu. The report also goes on to [...]
Richard Fain referred to h1n1 as “that damn flu.”
Europe has been a pleasant surprise in terms of demand
loss of $0.16 per share
Costs are down and fuel costs are down
Pricing and discounting are lower (meaning better for the cruiser!)
RCI management has a pessimistic look for 2010
Spanish market uncertainty has hurt RCI
$0.05 per share lost due to [...]
Normally this would be just a regular cruise ship in a regularly scheduled port, but not this time. The swine flu, H1N1, or whatever they are calling it now, scared shipowners into dropping all port-of-calls in Mexico. This led to some unique itineraries ships were sailing on in order to comply with the PVSA. The [...]
Breaking: A female crewmember has contracted the H1N1 Virus (swineflu). This from the UK paper the Daily Mail:
The female cruise employee on Serenade of the Seas tested positive for the H1N1 virus when examined by doctors in Washington State last week and has been kept in isolation since, say Alaska state health officials
This would probably [...]
Royal Caribbean’s are set in stone. Carnival will announce the overhauled itinerary for the Splendor later today. Here are some other itinerary changes:
Holland America. HAL may announce alternate ports later today.
Ryndam – San Diego, Los Angeles, Catalina Island, CA and Victoria, BC, Canada, will replace the Mexican ports.
Statendam – Days at sea will replace [...]
RCI announced today that they will cancel all sailings to Mexico "for the immediate future." This will affect 6 ships.
Affected ships:
Enchantment of the Seas
Freedom of the Seas
Liberty of the Seas
Mariner of the Seas
Radiance of the Seas
Serenade of the Seas
UPDATE 10:00pm: Mariner of the Seas will sail 7-Night voyages to Seattle, San Francisco, and Victoria, Canada.
UPDATE [...]
Only on departures until May 4th. For those interested, tomorrow they will post revised itineraries, and I’ll post them here.
They say it’ll affect 16 ships, but I don’t know about the Triumph.
Carnival Conquest
Carnival Destiny
Carnival Ecstasy
Carnival Elation
Carnival Fantasy
Carnival Freedom
Carnival Glory
Carnival Imagination
Carnival Inspiration
Carnival Legend
Carnival Liberty
Carnival Paradise
Carnival Splendor
Carnival Triumph*
Carnival Valor
Holiday
UPDATE 10:54pm:
From Carnival.com
Original Itinerary
Arrival
New Itinerary
Arrival
Carnival Ecstasy
Progresso
April 29
Fun Day [...]
