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1 hour ago, JamieLogical said:

 

If you want to avoid most of these restrictions, your best bet is to sail on one of NCL's cruises out of Jamaica or the DR. NCL has already announced that you won't be restricted to ship-only excursions. Frank Del Rio has made it clear that he thinks the strict CDC mandates about masking are absurd for fully vaccinated cruises, so I don't expect a very strict mask mandate on board. You don't have to worry about quarantining, because the likelihood of an outbreak on a ship with fully vaccinated passengers and crew is next to zero.

Thanks for this.  Very useful indeed.  I normally sail with P&O so maybe a change of cruise company is long overdue.  Also, I am certainly not worried about catching COVID, even before I was vaccinated it wasn't a worry.  I have a health relationship to risk, not a paniced one 🙂 And totally agree, next to zero risk on a vaccinated ship.

Here in the UK vaccination rates are very high.  But indeed who would cruise under these conditions.  Regardless of your views on COVID precautions etc.  Having a holiday on a ship where

1. Most places you cannot stop. 

2. When you do stop, you cannot freely roam

3. You risk being stopped from re-boarding

4. You risk being quarantined on board or on-shore

5. You have to wear a mask everywhere on board the ship (Aprart from resaurants and cabins)

6. You have to wear a mask even if you have an exemption

7. Rules and regulations differ from country to country

I could go on. 

This is not a holiday.  At least not in my book.  I wonder how this will play out.  At the minute bookings seem to be quite strong.  But feels like that may change when the reality of cruisng in a COVID world sets in.

Yes to vaccinations, no to masks. 

I wont being cruising anymore if I have to wear a mask.  Thats not my idea of a vaccation.

They should run ships with and without masks.  Treat people like grown ups and let them choose.  If you feel you are at high risk even with the vaccination or cannot have a vaccination, then go on a ship with masks.