[amsat-bb] IMPORTANT notice for 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Attendees

[Bruce]

I would suggest that anyone on the cruise subscribe to the Carnival text 
updates for this cruise. You can do so by texting CCL3 to 278473

73...bruce

On 11/1/2016 6:55 AM, Clayton Coleman wrote:
> October 31, the AMSAT Symposium committee was informed by Carnival
> that our Symposium ship, the Carnival Liberty, was experiencing a
> technical difficulty resulting in an itinerary change. The technical
> difficulty affects the maximum cruising speed of the Carnival Liberty.
>
> The full text of Carnival’s notification has been posted on the AMSAT
> 2016 Space Symposium web page at: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667
>
> Summary of changes and impact to attendees:
>
> 1. Our destination is now Progreso rather than Cozumel.
>
> 2. Scheduled departure is now 22:00 local time on Thursday, November 10.
>
> 3. Scheduled arrival is now 10:00 local time on Monday, November 14.
>
> 4. All guests who have purchased shore excursions for Cozumel through
> Carnival will receive refunds for their scheduled excursions.
>
> 5. All guests will receive a $50 on-board credit and 25% discount on a
> future sailing with Carnival.
>
> This itinerary change should have minimal impact on the events of the
> Symposium. It may affect your travel times to and from the airport.
> Please check your flight departure times and contact Carnival if there
> is any conflict regarding this modified itinerary.
>
> We have no further information from Carnival at this time.This and
> further communication will be emailed to all registered Symposium
> attendees in the next 24 hours. If you have not yet registered with
> AMSAT for the Symposium, please do so by contacting the AMSAT office
> or via the AMSAT Store at: http://store.amsat.org.
>
> Please reply directly to me (off-BB) with any questions.
>
> Thank you,
> Clayton
> W5PFG
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