San Juan and Passenger Vessel Service act - help needed

[Thorb73]

Hmm. First reply on my email where I asked to escalate to Compliance.

This time it came from a ‚cruise vacation consultant ‚.
He wrote :
I spoke with one of our Shoreside Guest Service Supervisors and they advised that because this trip starts in Fort Lauderdale, but returns to Port Canaveral this would violate the Passenger Vessel Services Act. You ideally could do cruise #1 and #2 or cruise #2 and cruise #3, but not all three.

I again replied and explained why I think this is wrong and asked again to escalate to Compliance …

 

[PrincessShmoo]

It should be perfectly fine. Even though you are technically doing a B2B2B. In the eyes of the law you are not. You are being disembarked at each port. That is why you need to leave the ship. The ship is then cleared and you are brought back on board. There is no actual B2B crushing being involved. Each leg is legal and is considered a separate cruise.
Have fun cruising!!

Nope. In the eyes of the PVSA, they look at where a passenger first embarks on a specific ship and where the same passenger disembarks from the same ship. Back to back cruises are viewed a one cruise.

A FL/SJ followed by the next SJ/SJ round trip followed by the next SJ/PC cruise would show the passenger boarding in Ft Lauderdale and getting off the ship in Port Canaveral. That's not allowed by the PVSA. UNLESS ONE OF THOSE CRUISES INCLUDES A STOP AT A DISTANT FOREIGN PORT.

A FL/SJ B2B with SJ/PC does not include a DISTANT foreign port stop (usually), so is not allowed by the PVSA.

 

[Thorb73]

Just spoke to a shoreside guest services supervisor and she got in contact with the compliance team and finally confirmed that I would be correct and that I‘m not violating the PVSA as long as I do all three cruises together.

I just hope this is finally true… good luck everyone next week with all your bookings and thanks again for your support!

 

[xiphoid76]

Nope. In the eyes of the PVSA, they look at where a passenger first embarks on a specific ship and where the same passenger disembarks from the same ship. Back to back cruises are viewed a one cruise.

A FL/SJ followed by the next SJ/SJ round trip followed by the next SJ/PC cruise would show the passenger boarding in Ft Lauderdale and getting off the ship in Port Canaveral. That's not allowed by the PVSA. UNLESS ONE OF THOSE CRUISES INCLUDES A STOP AT A DISTANT FOREIGN PORT.

A FL/SJ B2B with SJ/PC does not include a DISTANT foreign port stop (usually),

 

[xiphoid76]

That’s not how the PVSA works. PVSA looks at the initial embarkation and final debarkation and everything in between is considered a port stop.