San Diego Cruises 2021

[iannovich]

If they need volunteers I can be at the port in 30 minutes.

Just a short, 8ish hour drive for us. More than happy to make the trip!

 

[iannovich]

Alright Port of San Diego! Letting the cat out of the bag!

Yeah, I was surprised to see it (and wouldn't be surprised to see that info disappear when they get a stern talking to from DCL.)

 

[JWelch62]

Just a short, 8ish hour drive for us. More than happy to make the trip!

Well, you can take my spot. We actually are leaving to take our youngest off to college that day.

 

[cruisehopeful]

What is a simulated cruise?

 

[JWelch62]

What is a simulated cruise?

Cruise lines need to do a test cruise before they are approved by the CDC for revenue cruises. Each vessel needs to do one from each domestic port that they sail from. Passengers on these cruises do not pay for the cruise. DCL has been doing these with Disney cast members as passengers.

 

[Karin1984]

I just heard on the podcast of Legglife that their October cruise out of San Diego is confirmed to go. They've received an e-mail from Disney about it.

 

[JWelch62]

We were down by the harbor today. I thought some of you may enjoy seeing this.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Yeah, I was surprised to see it (and wouldn't be surprised to see that info disappear when they get a stern talking to from DCL.)

Nah, DCL has no power to do a stern talking to here. What are they going to do, homeport somewhere else?

Port has public disclosure rules in CA. Port isn't a clown show for communications like DCL.

 

[Temskypie]

I tried to search the threads but I didn’t have any luck in getting the answers. I am hoping to call Disney but waiting for lines to calm down a bit.

We are supposed to be in the HOTHS cruise departing on Oct 31st and the EBPC cruise departing on Nov 5th. Since the 1st cruise was shortened from a 5N to a 4N, I was wondering if after the announcements last week, do you happen to know if we need to do another round of test/upload of negative test results before we can board for the EBPC cruise? Or will we only be doing the mandatory test at the port on Nov 5th for the EBPC cruise?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[JWelch62]

I tried to search the threads but I didn’t have any luck in getting the answers. I am hoping to call Disney but waiting for lines to calm down a bit.

We are supposed to be in the HOTHS cruise departing on Oct 31st and the EBPC cruise departing on Nov 5th. Since the 1st cruise was shortened from a 5N to a 4N, I was wondering if after the announcements last week, do you happen to know if we need to do another round of test/upload of negative test results before we can board for the EBPC cruise? Or will we only be doing the mandatory test at the port on Nov 5th for the EBPC cruise?

Thanks in advance for your help.

On B2B you need to complete Safe Passage registration for both cruises. You will need to provide VAX records for all passengers 12+. Since you mentioned that you are doing EBPC, and that is fully vaxxed 12+ only, I assume your party is all 12+ and fully vaxxed. Therefore you will not need to upload a negative test result to Safe Passage. Just your VAX records. You will need to test at port at the start of each cruise.

 

[Temskypie]

On B2B you need to complete Safe Passage registration for both cruises. You will need to provide VAX records for all passengers 12+. Since you mentioned that you are doing EBPC, and that is fully vaxxed 12+ only, I assume your party is all 12+ and fully vaxxed. Therefore you will not need to upload a negative test result to Safe Passage. Just your VAX records. You will need to test at port at the start of each cruise.

Thank you for the response, JWelch62. It’s the one day gap that kinda threw me off on the requirements. I forgot to add that we are flying in from Canada. We are fully vaxxed but will also need the PCR test to fly out.

Now, we just need to be extra careful not to catch anything before the EBPC cruise

Thanks again for your response.

 

[MasonsG]

We were able to do the 30 day online check-in last night after 9pm, so it looks like this cruise might actually be happening. This Halloween themed weekend sailing was canceled in 2019 and again in 2020 because of the pandemic, so we've waited 2 years to get back onboard. So encouraging to finally be inside the check-in point, and to see her down at the pier. We got boarding group 2 at 11am, I know there will be covid rapid tests to take first, but we're inching closer :0)

 

[JWelch62]

Decided to book a room at the Wyndham the night before our cruise. Will be able to walk over to the pier around 11:00. Also, you can reserve long term parking for good rates at the hotel (www.sandiegocruiseshipparking.com). Can't wait!

 

[iannovich]

Decided to book a room at the Wyndham the night before our cruise. Will be able to walk over to the pier around 11:00. Also, you can reserve long term parking for good rates at the hotel (www.sandiegocruiseshipparking.com). Can't wait!

YES! Booking the parking this way is WAY cheaper than paying the hotel's nightly rate! ...And this reminds me I need to cancel parking for our canceled 2-night...

 

[JWelch62]

YES! Booking the parking this way is WAY cheaper than paying the hotel's nightly rate! ...And this reminds me I need to cancel parking for our canceled 2-night...

You should look into the newly added 3N on 10/5. We're going to try to go B2B, if we can get the same room. I don't think it will be a problem, I really don't think that cruise will be very popular. It's mid-week (T-F) during school.

 

[iannovich]

You should look into the newly added 3N on 10/5. We're going to try to go B2B, if we can get the same room. I don't think it will be a problem, I really don't think that cruise will be very popular. It's mid-week (T-F) during school.

We ended up booking a 3 night MerryTime on the Dream this morning... none of the revised SD itinerary dates quite lined up for my partner. It's a shame to lose the extra future discount and OBC, and based on other travel plans it looks like it's going to be a strange whirlwind of driving 15 hours for Thanksgiving, flying out of PHX to MCO, then back to PHX and a 15 hour drive back again with her pretty much going straight to work... we're threading the needle very finely to try to squeeze in one extra sailing this year.

 

[iannovich]

Looks like the Wonder got its approval for Test Sailing!

 

[JWelch62]

Looks like the Wonder got its approval for Test Sailing!



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One of our favorite CMs is on his way to California right now. Getting ready for the first test sailing. We're super excited.

 

[mocodis]

We had the 7 day cruise on Oct 1 that we already did check in for. It was supposed to be converted to the 4 day. It was through Costco. We submitted the form from costco to do the 4 day. Our 4 day cruise still not showing up on dcl reservations. When can I expect it to show up on our reservations? Do we have to do the check in again? thanks

 

[JWelch62]

We had the 7 day cruise on Oct 1 that we already did check in for. It was supposed to be converted to the 4 day. It was through Costco. We submitted the form from costco to do the 4 day. Our 4 day cruise still not showing up on dcl reservations. When can I expect it to show up on our reservations? Do we have to do the check in again? thanks

I spoke to concierge today and they said it should show up by tomorrow. If not today. Mine has still not showed up.