PVSA (Passenger Vessel Services Act) says that a foreign flagged ship cannot transport a person between two DIFFERENT US ports without a stop in a DISTANT foreign port.
There is no Honolulu to San Diego Cruise. It's not legal under the PVSA.
Sadly, there are cruise lines that don't "get" it. And, they do have the right to reject any B2B combos that they wish.
In most cases they look at where a person gets enbarks the ship and then disembarks from THE SAME SHIP.
They're not starting the cruise to San Diego in Sydney, they're starting the cruise to Hawaii in Sydney. They will have to clear customs in Hawaii and maybe even have to take luggage off.
I get what you're saying about getting off and checking in again but I could say the same argument could be made as I am getting off and back on in Vancouver which is outside of the US. The PVSA doesn't look at individual cruises from my understanding, its your original embarkation port to your final disembarkation port which in my case would be Australia to US.
yes you are correct in your thought but then if you look at all my cruises they are as follows
As I understand it the foreign port has to be a stop between US cities, that is why Cartagena is a stop for all coast to coast Panama Canal cruises. You are entering the US from a foreign port after you leave Sydney not starting in and ending in a US port.
Right and the PVSA only governs US to US
Yes, departing from Sydney the cruise is beginning in a foreign port, and therefore, the PVSA does not apply.
Which is Hawaii to San DIego. It's not a Sydney to San DIego with stops in Hawaii and Vancouver.
And it ends in Hawaii.
But it's not a Hawaii to San Diego with stops in Vancouver cruise either. You keep separating the Sydney to Honolulu cruise as individual but you don't separate the Honolulu to Vancouver and Vancouver to San Diego as two cruises when trying to make your point which is confusing. It seems like you're trying to say that the PVSA looks at the start and end of your cruise but only the US to US part but that's not my entire cruise.
Vancouver is not a foreign port it's still N. America. When they do the Panama Canal they have to stop in South America (Columbia) which is the foreign port. You're leaving a foreign port going to the US with no other foreign ports involved.
Vancouver is a foreign port. It's not a DISTANT foreign port under the PVSA, but it's a near foreign port.
The Panama Canal is also ONE long cruise. You're comparing one cruise to two individual cruises which is 2/3 of my total plan
