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11 hours ago, TNcruising02 said:

Unless Carnival exceeds the CDC threshold, what difference does it make on each cruise?  People know by now that they can get covid if they travel.  It appears that Carnival exceeded the crew threshold with the Vista cruise, but on other cruises when the cases are fewer it shouldn't make a difference. 

Transparency. We were on the Horizon July 10 cruise and they shut down the shops the last day. Never said that an employee was sick. We found out from another crew member.

I was on Horizon July 10 and they had the thick smoothie size paper straws. They are good if you  get them from an inside bar, the outside ones are limp because of the humidity.

13 minutes ago, cltnccruisers said:

I still haven't gotten that email.  Which makes me wonder how many of these poor folks knew a few days ago that they had the option of getting tested beforehand.  Or how many just figured they'd just let X do it - as I had, to my discredit, thought to do for our cruise.  ☹️

From what DON said ( Dons Family Vacations on youtube, he was onboard) they people boarding today only had notice from last night.

Just now, lostchild said:

Maybe they will test them in their state rooms instead.

Considering the heat outside, They'll have a bunch of people with heat related illness if they wouldn't let them in.

Someone on the other thread ( Nightmare FLL thread #99) is there and port personnel said they have abandoned testing at the port!

1 minute ago, Tee & Chilli said:

Inside the terminal. Port personnel outside says the testing was abandoned 

WOW!

6 minutes ago, crimsonbird said:

After all this, Will be interested in knowing how many tested positive and therefore couldn't board.  

You can always go here and see the changes on the ships as it goes along. It is updated daily. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/crew-disembarkations-commercial-travel.html

Just now, lostchild said:

I wonder if we will hear how many vaccinated people tested positive on this cruise.   There has to be a few, but are talking 2/3 people or 20/30 or 100+?   The delta variant is very transmissible even for the vaccinated. 

TOTAL OF 7 VACCINATED. 2 WORKERS. DON was on that sailing. Here is his video.

Here is someone that was onboard Dons Family Vacations on youtube ( 7 total positive)

7 minutes ago, Babr said:

Not sure about the refusal part. Definitely delayed disembarkation waiting for PCR results.

Wonder if it is a CDC thing since there were cases onboard?

9 minutes ago, CHEZMARYLOU said:

I feel sorry for your sister and all the other passengers experiencing this screw up.  There is no way I could ever stand outside in the heat and sun for 4 hours.  We are seriously considering cancelling our October cruise. 

We have a cruise on Mardi Gras in Nov. I am seriously considering cancelling also. We were on the Horizon  July 10 and we had to wait outside for a while, but it did move quickly. Being the positive covid cases on Celebrity Edge, and Royal, this is likely why this was immediately implemented. I hope this doesn't happen every time. Debarking was a breeze, but embarkation is a nightmare now.

37 minutes ago, Host Anne said:

I have a friend who is boarding Edge today as well.  He was in line for three hours when he finally stepped into the terminal. He did say Celebrity has been good about passing out water to those in line but there really wasn't additional information being given.

 

We really don't have the whole story on what's going on so let's not start throwing accusations around about Celebrity.  This sounds like it could be a strange situation.

 

No question it sounds pretty awful.  No one should be standing outside in this heat for this long.  

Glad they were giving out water. I was on the Horizon July 10 and many people were waiting outside to board and it was hot. I can't imagine waiting this long outdoors ( and I am a Floridian). The Mardi Gras will have 4200 passengers, I hope that one goes better.

3 minutes ago, KKB said:

Last evening an email went to all boarding passengers that everyone would be tested at the port. 
VERY last minute—I suspect due to last minute cases from Friday.

Wasn't it because of the 6 covid positives on Royal and then the 7 on the Edge?

23 hours ago, davekathy said:

Two passengers tested positive on the current Edge cruise. 

Now it is 7? La Lido Loca on youtube.

3 minutes ago, rtazz17 said:

Lol,conspiracy theories…

Conspiracy theories are only that if they are not true.

The CDC posted on their own website a PCR test lab alert. As of Dec 31, there needs to be new testing to differentiate between flu and Covid19. The FDA has class I recalls ( most serious of recalls) some rapid PCR testing. Why would they still use these?  So vaccines are useless and testing is useless. At this point it is hard to trust anything they tell us to do. I am going to cancel all of the rest of my cruises until this is over. Mask mandate and lock downs within 2 weeks. A birdie told me this.

https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html

Yep, Ipads scan your face and easy debarkation.

9 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

Debarkation was smooth for us. Finding our luggage was something else.

 

Diamonds were supposed to meet around 7:30am for priority debarkation. We got there maybe around 8am and walked right off the ship. Immigration and customs consisted of pulling your mask down briefly and if the camera was satisfied off you went. There were a number of stations for that.

 

One of our bags came on the conveyer belt quickly. One came out on the wrong belt. I forget where we found the third and a porter had to go looking for the fourth bag in the back. Actually there is a lot more to the story, but he did finally find to it in an area we never would have had access to. Even the porters hate the luggage system in Miami.

 

If we ever cruise from Miami again I will have GPS tags on the checked luggage. We probably lost an hour over that BS. I imagine most people didn't have issues.

 

I arranged for a day rate at a FLL hotel since we had a late flight, and it was easy to get an Uber to take us there. The hotel then had a shuttle to the airport later that day.

Oh We had issues with our luggage too! We were platinum! We only had one checked luggage and it was taking forever for it to come off. You could not even let one person wait for it on the conveyor belt and the other person wait behind as TSA were yelling to move on or get behind the line. I hate sailing out of Miami because of the luggage system!

1 hour ago, LHARTWICK said:

I'm glad to see the change, as I'd like to go back to MB.  Now I just hope we aren't required to wear masks in light of this week's CDC announcement. I'll be cancelling if that happens. 👎  We shall see I guess! Thanks, OP, for posting this in case others have missed the e-mail.

Yes I am cancelling my cruise if Masks are required too.

4 hours ago, thesmiths said:

Thank you for all the info.

We're on the Horizon 8 Day ABC. in Sept.

 

Are there any nights they they don't have shows while the ship is in port?

A&C we are in port until 11Pmish Boniare until 5 ish.

 

 

 

 

 

Bonaire was cancelled for us July 10th. I don't think they will be open by then. We went to Curacao. I recommend Mambo Beach in Curacao

57 minutes ago, Dwright826 said:

Well, there's the answer. I'm sure they're thinking, "if it's not broke, why fix it".

I can tell you why they would love to fix it. I went on the Horizon cruise on July 10 and I felt like I was the youngest at 45 yrs old on it. No families, no younger people. If they want to keep it like a Princess or Holland America type cruise, then yes, they will keep it like this. It was far from a family cruise vacation at all.

On 7/11/2021 at 9:33 PM, K_e_short said:

 

 

Getting her vaccinated would probably be the best choice since it would help remove the worry about cancelling/rescheduling cruises.

 

It also means she is protected from a deadly virus. 

 

(Not interested in an argument btw. We have no idea how long these restrictions will last)

 

 

 

 

Sorry, but it is the choice and decision of the parent and NOT a stranger on the web. My 3 teens are not vax either and my mother ( 78yrs old) had covid and none of us got it.... WEIRD.

Everything is about the same on this ship as pre-covid. You will be shocked! The buffet seemed lacking though.

I was on this ship and just got home today. There was a crew member working in the gift shops that was ill. They closed the shops for the last day because of it. Word has it from others on the ship guest services told them the crew member tested negative, but they kept things closed just in case. We had a great cruise, no problems.