Ashley321

Wow!

I wonder if other countries will soon follow (for cruise ships).

https://www.msn.com/en-sg/lifestyle/travel/australia-to-drop-covid-19-vaccination-requirement-for-incoming-travellers/ar-AAZaHpK

I just read that Australia soon will drop all covid restrictions for international travellers (no vax, testing) and this also applies to those traveling by sea. I have to think that would include cruise ships?? Anyone hear about this?

We have only had the 2 shots last summer  but never did get a booster.

We would like to go on a cruise in December of this year. 

Is it mandatory to get a booster (especially it will be 1 1/2 years later since our 2 shots by the time we go on that cruise  ) or is it just recommended?

If it is mandatory to get a booster, how many months before the cruise is the longest time from the cruise date is acceptable to cruise?

I often just eat at the buffet. It's fast, and very good as well ,and it gives me more time to do other things. I'd take my plate out to the seating areas in the pool area.

I am also a bit introverted , but I do love my time alone too.

And with covid, I'd rather dine alone anyhow.

I will just be booking last minute cruises at this point. 

A while back,  Norwegian Cruise lines announced they were going to install medical grade HEPA filters across it's fleet.   These filters are estimated to remove 99.95 percent of all airborne pathogens that are 0.1 microns or larger. The COVID-19 pathogen is 25 percent larger than this standard, coming in at 0.125 microns. 

So I have two questions:

1- Does anyone know which other cruise lines have installed these filters?

2- On any of the ships that it has been installed, has it made a difference in reducing covid cases on board?

IF this works, this will be a major improvement to the cruise ship industry!

3 minutes ago, long4acruise said:

Yes and I found the wifi to be very good on CC.

Excellent! Thank you for letting us all know! 

That's very good to know.  Thank you!  (It would be fun to make a call to friends and family on Skype and show them what it looks like in real time!)

4 hours ago, cruisegirl1 said:

Pinnacles can use  their  free drinks and free Internet on Coco cay. 
 

no other specific pinnacle benefits and no suite benefits either. 

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You can get wifi on Coco Cay??

11 hours ago, sandebeach said:

November 2017, big family cruise to celebrate my husband’s milestone birthday. We had the Royal Suite on Enchantment. We ended up renting two cabanas, and the buffet was great. 

That looks fabulous!  Thank you for sharing the photo too!  What a way to celebrate your hubby's birthday 🙂

Nice!  Pina coladas  on the beach!

That would be a perfect day at Coco Bay to me 🙂

I'm not Pinnacle (yet) but hope to be some day 🙂

I am just curious as I day dream about achieving it someday:)

Well, that

11 hours ago, chipmaster said:

 The downside, I'm self quarantining now as are part got COVID sometime between arrival in Orlando and on the cruise 😞

Sorry to hear that. 

We are also going on the Dream soon, but we've all had covid except for 1 person in our group, so hopefully we'll all be ok. 

11 hours ago, chipmaster said:

I can confirm the Dream 1/17 cruising the dining room 1/3 full at best, a great time to sail!  

 

Thanks for letting me know. We are looking forward to a fun time with the kids and a relaxing time for ourselves.  

We are going to be basing ourselves out of Florida for the next few months and go  on some last minute cruise deals.  If we get a positive test just before getting on the ship,... well.  we  will already be in Florida and will just wait until we recover and try again. So it will financially be worth it and there are great chances of getting upgrades right now too.  Plus , at this moment, there are less passengers so it will make for a more enjoyable cruise too. So personally, for us, it is a very good time to cruise 🙂

I have a great tip!

We cruised a lot of the years. but my husband caught colds/flu and even pneumonia twice after cruising.  We were at the point where we figured we really ought to not cruise anymore.  But then.... we found a solution.

A medical doctor friend who happen to be on one of our cruises  felt so bad for my husband that he gave us his diffuser along with some eucalyptus essential oil.  We were on quite a few back to back cruises, and he was sick with a cold almost the entire time.  The next morning after a night of using the diffuser, he felt about 50 % better. And within a day or two , he was all recovered.  We used it all the time ever since. But initially , after the first  2 months, it broke.  Within a few days, he caught a terrible cold again.  Now we travel with 2 diffusers so we have a back up.  We have never caught the coronavirus or any cold or flu ever since.  (at times, we will feel we are coming down with something, but  we then go back to our cabin ASAP and the diffuser with ecalyptus oil seems to kick it out relatively quickly.  It works for us and several other friends of ours travel all the time with theirs too and have also stayed well.  It is worth a try along with the other great suggestions others are recommending.

Instead of using knuckles for the elevator buttons, I use my elbow because I won't accidentally rub my eyes or touch my mouth with my elbow.  But I most likely would do so with my knuckles or the back of my hand. People once laughed at me until I explained my logic and then... I saw them do it later on in the cruise. LOL 🙂

Might be a good time to cruise when it is less crowded.  

Our family is hoping to go on the Disney Dream (leaving from Port Canaveral)  leaving on Feb 11. 

It holds 4000 passengers, so it usually is very busy.