@Kitty Ellas Mom Valid concerns. I tend to forget there are people who still haven’t experienced much freedom in over two years. I moved from GA to TX several months ago and looking around, you’d never know we’re in a pandemic. We were locked down for a month initially and still wearing masks when I moved to TX in September ‘21 but I even stopped doing that after children were allowed to be vaccinated. I think that’s a very different experience than so many people, especially those in the NE, are having.
All that said, I just took my proctored covid test for my fifth cruise since the restart. I didn’t have to mask up for the one last month and technically don’t for this next one…but I will. My only concern with catching covid at this point is impacting future travel plans. I don’t have to fly back from a foreign country like you do but I do have another cruise scheduled 10 days after I get back from this one. I do NOT want to test positive and miss my first trip to Bermuda.
I’m going to do a lot of what you’ll be doing - masking, social distancing, more time on the balcony, etc. I do hope you can take some steps to get more comfortable with the idea of your cruise, I’ve been on 25 of them and Alaska was by far my favorite. Your biggest problem is most likely going to be the boredom of the flight, bring a good book!