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PASSENGER FITNESS AND BOARDING CONDITIONS:
A PONANT cruise lets you experience an exceptional moment and we are bound by our quality requirements towards you – both in terms of prior, necessary information and of safety. So that we can fulfil our obligations completely we wish to draw your attention to your own commitment as Concerns yourself and your underage children when they are accepted on our cruises.
You are hereby informed that, in order to enjoy your cruise and to ensure that it runs smoothly for the other passengers and the crew, you declare for yourself, and the minors included in your contract that you are fit enough:
– both physically and psychologically, to stay for several days at sea in the closed environment of a cruise ship,
– to disembark/embark at ports of call or to go on boat excursions,
– to respect the Captain’s and the crew’s orders in case of bad weather or any other incident while at sea or in port.
Even though each of our ships has a medical team, comprising a doctor and nurse who provide medical treatment and emergency care, as well as a hospital with state-of-the-art medical equipment, certain pre-existing medical conditions may prove incompatible with the contingences of the ship’s distance and the sailing conditions as well as with the preservation of the passengers’ and the crew’s safety.
This is why we ask you – before signing on for one of our cruises, whatever the program – to make sure you are physically and mentally fit by seeing your doctor – both for yourself and for the minors included in your contract – who will be able to help you decide whether your pre-existing state of health is compatible with the cruise you are planning.
Generally speaking, in reserving a PONANT cruise you declare you are aware of the physical and medical demands that may be entailed by certain of our excursions, which propose, particularly and non-exhaustively, polar diving, kayaking, diving, snorkeling, trekking etc.
Non-exhaustive list of medical conditions that are grounds for refusing embarkation and disembarkation:
- Limited autonomy, as defined with a maximum level of 3 for expedition and 4 for yachting, on the clinical frailty scale that your doctor can explain to you;
- Behavioral disorders, dementia, disorientation, unstable psychiatric illness or unstable neurological conditions (epilepsy, paralysis, giddy spells, etc.…);
- Active contagious diseases including but not limited to skin, respiratory, and gastro-intestinal diseases;
- Uncontrolled infectious disease;
- Surgical operation less than one month before embarkation;
- Respiratory or cardiac problems requiring additional oxygen;
- Acute coronary syndrome having required surgery (percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass) or admission into intensive care within the last 3 months;
- Chronic, unstable cardiovascular disease, requiring change of treatment in less than one month, or invasive procedure planned within 6 months;
- Kidney disease requiring dialysis;
- Incapacity to comply with Ponant’s immunization requirements;
- Chronic pathology that may be destabilized by changes in treatment times or health lifestyle aboard (chronic renal insufficiency, cardiac insufficiency, respiratory insufficiency, insulin-dependent diabetes;