Grandma Cruising

Sorry about the ‘shouting’ - that was not my intention (although I thought it was caps that was deemed to be shouting). It was a copy and paste from the NHS site, which, by the way still talks about 5 days if you look down the page here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/ It says if you have symptoms and/or if you test positive you should try to stay at home & avoid contact with others for 5 days starting from the day after the positive test. I did say it was guidance, not law, but think it’s sensible advice. You were lucky not to have symptoms, when we had COVID we tested positive for 12 days and felt ill for longer than that - it took me six weeks to feel back to normal.

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It depends on the person, some show no symptoms so ‘recovered’ once showing a negative test, which could be after 3-5 days, but others take a long time. We had positive tests for 12 days and felt very tired for 5/6 weeks.

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I have to disagree, it is certainly not just a mild cold - we had it in March having had 3 vaccinations and both felt pretty poorly and were left with nasty coughs and fatigue for quite a few weeks afterward. In the UK the law does not say you have to isolate if tested positive but the NHS guidance is that “You should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days after the day you took the test.”.

My presumption was that knowing they had less than a full ship, they also planned to have fewer crew in areas affected by passenger numbers, so fewer kitchen staff, fewer stewards, fewer servers etc. Obviously you still need the same number of sailors as the ship itself runs in the same way however many or few folk onboard.

They are taking a long time to answer queries at present. I had a query about visas and sent an email to the Customer Service email address on 4 April and then on 18 April to Azamara Circle. Initially I got a standard ‘thanks for your email, someone will get back to you soon’ reply from Customer Service, but nothing from Azamara Circle. However on 28 April I got a reply from Customer Services and on 1 May I got a second more detailed reply from Customer Services which was actually in response to my Azamara Circle email.

The thing about the vaccine is that if you are vaccinated you may still get COVID (tho’ less likely to do so) but you will certainly be far less likely to be seriously ill, more like ordinary flu.

So sorry to hear this. I hope you both get your negative tests asap. Thanks for posting here, it’s a good warning to us all.

Across Cruise Critic forums, members have been sharing their experiences during these unprecedented times - telling us how life is for them in their locality, so we thought it might be a good idea to set up such a topic within the various cruise line ‘communities’. Please post here to let us all know how things are for you.

I am maintaining this sticky topic and a spreadsheet, for people who are willing to post their upgrade bidding experience to help us all. If you’re happy to do so could you please let us know the following: - bid date - cruise date - cruise length - loyalty level - minimum bid required for upgrade (in US$) - total amount bid (in US$) - cabin type initially booked - cabin type bid for - final bid cost per night (in US$) - bid strength - outcome (successful or not) - cruise region - any other useful information (E.g when told about outcome) Here’s a link to the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pEoojQ5-EPmD4cI3gw1dVcYfYTXfZePdDXxU09l0H3M/edit

[Host Jazzbeau: Since I can't add a post above this first one, I am editing it to add the link to the Tips for Azamara Newbies spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Deg-GaeZYLml8NN3PVwoh_jUkQ8QmYUe1wxnVAlODE/edit#gid=0 Thanks to @Grandma Cruising for keeping the spreadsheet up to date!] It was suggested that it might be a good idea to have a ‘sticky’ thread which had tips for cruisers new to Azamara, so here goes. White Night - Azamara Cruises normally include a ‘White Night’. This is an on-deck party, with a buffet served from the Patio area. Most people wear white clothing (though this is not required). Speciality Restaurants- good idea to make your bookings as soon as you board. There is sometimes a bookings table in the terminal building and always one inside the entrance to Windows buffet. Dining Packages - the speciality restaurants are $30pp, but you can buy dining packages at a ‘bargain’ price - for example 3 meals for $70pp. Cocktails - the list of included cocktails is only intended as an example of the available cocktails, you can ask for any cocktail to be made with the included spirits. Breakfast drinks - you can ask for a Bloody Mary and/or a Mimosa (Buck’s Fizz) for breakfast and you can have a smoothie made to your own tastes. If you like ginger ask for an ‘Energiser’ at breakfast - it’s a small smoothie which has ginger in it and is (unsurprisingly) very energising! Stateroom fridge - the sodas in the fridge are included, the alcoholic drinks are not. You can ask your stateroom attendant to get you the sodas you like to keep in your fridge. Bringing alcohol on board - you can bring alcohol on board to drink in your stateroom. If you want to drink it in a public room there is a $10 corkage charge. Please add your own tips, so we can get a really good information thread for all those going on their first Azamara cruise. Sent from my iPad using Forums