I am writing this as I sail out of the Panama Canal heading eastward. Our itinerary has already thrown Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Africa into the trash and now is heading through the Caribbean towards the Med, Followed by the Baltic.
Well, Russia has invaded Ukraine and, once more, our route – which was heading to St. Petersburg and the Baltic will be dropping, at a minimum, the Russian port. My personal preference would be to substitute a circumnavigation of Africa for the Baltic, but no one is asking me :-).
They should change the name of the ship to the “Wanderer”
The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship which was said to never be able to make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever.
Our itinerary has already thrown Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Africa into the trash
If there’s no new virulent strain in the next month or so, I wouldn’t be surprised if those countries all “open up” in May or thereabouts. You may end up going there yet on this ship!
Not only “open up”, but they may be offering hefty incentives for ships to come on in until a regular schedule gets put into place.