midhusband 4 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 My wife and I are booked on a P and O cruise on Oceana on the 19th of October.I happened to notice last week the cruise was taken off sale so we assumed the cruise was sold out.Over the last couple of days the cruise went back on sale again with all types of cabins available.Why would this be?.We had an email from P and O yesterday stating their had been a small outbreak of Norovirus onboard ship and extra sanitation measures were being put in place.Could people be cancelling,hence cabins were back on sale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MG16 149 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 I tried to book a last minute deal a while ago which I had been looking at for some time, the morning I tried everything was completely sold out, in the afternoon back available. My travel agent at Bolsover said that they often close all the cabin grades off while they are allocating the cabins to people who have booked on the saver fares. That could explain it? Davybe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Furby 441 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 yes i have had the same explanation as mg16, as you get closer every now and then they will take it off sale to make sure they have enough cabins for people booking on the saver options, especially about 2 weeks before when they allocate all the cabins to the saver fares Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midhusband 4 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Thanks folks.This makes sense.Still concerned about the virus though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oldworldtraveller 2222 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 The virus happens on many ships. it's that most outbreaks do not get into the media. Have a look at this American site and this is just ships sailing to an American port:Â http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/gilist.htm#2016 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cruise chef 865 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 This can often happen when the cruise operator is allocating the cabins for all the people book on early saver & saver fares, they will allocate the bookings then when this has been done put the remainder back on general sale. As OWT has advised this seems to be a regular problem for all cruise lines & hospitals alike as it can be spread by 1 person who has poor personal hygiene, most go unreported unless the media are having a quiet day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Furby 441 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 if you have good personal hygiene and take hand sanatiser you dont need to worry about the virus Sea Cruiser 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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