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Princess Pregnancy Rule change

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JohnG

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Here's a "heads up" for those who have not come up against this situation.... Princess Fleet Medical called to advise a client they will deny boarding to a client who is pregnant. She is scheduled to depart on a family reunion cruise Jan. 5, and she will be 28 weeks along. Princess has a restriction that disallows women to board if they are 23 weeks and 6 days pregnant by the time their cruise is scheduled to end. Of course, the agent did not even know the client was pregnant until last week, when her father told the agent. (She wasn't pregnant when they booked.) She had read about the pregnancy restrictions on her own in the pre-docs, so she submitted a doctor's letter to Princess advising of the pregnancy and her due date, giving his "blessing" for her to travel due to no complications. However, as we all know, we live in a world of protection against liability, thus the call from Princess. Of course they are sticking to their rules.

None of the cruise lines' ships are equipped to deal with premature labor.

The restriction was formerly 28 weeks. RCCL's limit is 27 weeks by the beginning of, or at any time during, the cruise. Carnival's rule states: 27 weeks or more "at the time of the voyage".

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Princess has a restriction that disallows women to board if they are 23 weeks and 6 days pregnant by the time their cruise is scheduled to end.

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The restriction was formerly 28 weeks.

John, not that this applies to me :biggrin: - but do you know if this rule change is retroactive? For example, if someone booked when the cutoff was 28 weeks, and she will be 25 weeks along at time of sailing, would she be denied boarding under the new 24-week restriction?

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