From www.alaskapublic.org --
Canada has
closed its ports to large cruise ships until July 1 in response to the spread of coronavirus. The restriction applies to vessels carrying 500 people or more. This will have a direct effect on Alaska cruise itineraries... “A foreign-flag vessel must stop in a foreign country,” said Joe Geldhof, a Juneau attorney with experience of the cruise industry. “If Vancouver and Victoria [ports] are closed, foreign flag cruise ships are going to have an enormous problem with participating in the Alaska trade.” At least
30 cruise ships and hundreds of port calls across the state will be affected.
From Holland-America.com
Transport Canada has suspended the cruise season across Canada until July 1, 2020. We will be evaluating our Alaska and Canada & New England cruises scheduled within this time frame and when more information is available we will share it. Guests booked on these cruises in
May and
June are kindly asked to not call our reservations center for more information as we
do not have it at this time.
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This kills our May sailing from Boston to Montreal.
Delta is not yet waiving change fees for May. <sigh>
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