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20 hours ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

Is that a recent change? We live in Florida, have annual passes, and have had as many as 6 reservations pending at one time. A couple of those are tied to a weekend we are spending at Disney next month. Maybe it makes a difference if you are staying in a Disney hotel?

I too am a Florida resident and when I log into my disney experience it will only allow me three reservations for entrance to a park at one time. As soon as I use one another will be available. I don't even know how many years we have been annual pass holders. being a Florida native I can't tell you how many times we have been but it's the finances deal. Once a year would be more than enough for me!

19 hours ago, livingonthebeach said:

 

Thanks for the update.  Are they still doing the Florida resident discount?  Have general prices gone up or remained the same? 

The biggest changes are only one park per day and you have to make reservations ahead of time to visit a park. You can only have three reservations at any one time.

I was at Disney World two weeks ago and it is like a ghost town. Yes, there are guests, but everyone is so far apart. Most eateries are closed and staff everywhere wiping and reminding anyone that drops mask below their nose. It is so much different than in the past. When you park, you have to walk all of the way up to the monorails because the trams are not running. I will say wearing a mask in Florida heat is not a fun thing, and I can't see it being fun on a ship either! 

Since everyone is just guessing, and that is all we have done since the start of Covid I'm gonna guess cruises won't get started up before February 2021 at the earliest! 

2 hours ago, navybankerteacher said:

Accepting the necessity for more time to process passengers (boarding and de barking) and to clean the ship,  it is hard to see how slowing debarking by four or five hours (from  6:00 to 10:00 - 11:00 AM). would only delay sail away by two hours or so.  I would think a four hour morning delay - plus an hour or so for extra cleaning time - would delay sail-away until closer to midnight.

And that is very possible, but since we don't know how long until all of the cruise lines start operating, everything is just a guess. Let's just hope they can all survive financially. 

 

Sail aways may be backed up till 6 or 7pm because of the extra time to get passengers on the ship. You may not be able to debark until 10 or 11 am because of distancing.

Not until they can show me that they will survive. I'm not dangling my funds on a what if!

If you expand the Port Everglades or port Miami page you can see all of the blue dots sitting out in the Atlantic Ocean. Move cursor over dots and it will give ships name.

Carnival Corporation is selling off 18 ships. Fox News announced that a couple of days ago.

I miss cruises a lot! The excitement of sail away and meeting new friends, but I just can't get excited about wearing a mask all day while on vacation. Hopefully one day we can return to the old normal!

1 hour ago, hallux said:

Except that they CAN!  Just as stores can force people to wear masks while inside, so can cruise ships.  Cruise ships are a private entity and can enforce whatever rules they want in order to allow you to remain on board.  If you don't follow the rules as laid out in the cruise contract you can certainly be sequestered to your room or disembarked at the first opportunity.

I for one will wear a mask if I am on a cruise but the others not abiding is what will be frustrating!

 

The Captain rules the ship, it is not a democracy...

I've read posts where people were saying once the ship sails the mask is coming off and they can't make me wear it!

Since we are speculating about everything cruises I say no cruises until summer2021

I would get a refund of everything. I would wait until things get up and running before putting monies out on a hope and a prayer! Start dates are nothing but a guess, and once you decide to lift and shift a refund is no longer an option.

Watched a rocket launch one year at night from a hotel at Canaveral the night before our cruise.

I can say I live in paradise. 15 minutes to Siesta Beach in Sarasota Florida. Bought an Alexa for dad and mom. Both elderly and on lockdown in an ALF 40 minutes from me. Hard knowing they can't leave their room and go downstairs, but that's the best way for the facility to stay cove free. My mom always says all I want is a hug. I go online almost every day and look at YouTube videos of cruises and then I go look at prices, but then I tell myself I'm not giving them any money until they are up and running and things are working out.

Happy Cruising everyone!   Someday

I love to cruise and being a Florida native it has made it almost too easy to catch a weekend cruise or a 7 day cruise. I'm 35 minutes from port Tampa and 3 hours from anywhere else in Florida. I'm gonna give it some time after the ships start sailing again so they can work the bugs out. 

So what do you think will happen?

Yesterday the port authority from Port Canaveral said no cruises until January 2021 at the earliest and that ships would probably be only at 50% capacity.

I wouldn't invest any money into the unknown. Too many problems with the cruise industry and with the different countries at this point. We have family that couldn't get back the 7k they spent for a honeymoon cruise because their cruise was cancelled because of covid so the cruise line said why not sail this date instead. Well the cruise line cancelled that also and since they didn't ask for a refund on the initial cruise they were not going to get a refund on the 2nd. They have a credit but have no idea when they will be able to use it. Just be prepared!

Plenty of trees at Columbus Cove

We were on the Ovation out of Seattle in July of 2019, and the first night she was rocking and rolling, but that can happen on any ship in any body of water. We love the bigger ships and really enjoyed the Ovation. Only bad part of our vacation was flying from Tampa to Seattle! We have been on a bunch of the smaller/older ships and if we ever get to resume sailing it will only be on the big ships.

As much as I love cruises, I will not be spending my money to go on a cruise and wear a mask. I am still unsure about the vaccine thing, so that will keep me off of the ships until the are able to take guests without mandating a mask!

Ive lost way more than I've won! Could have bought a new vehicle with my losses I'm sure!

So to get a refund they would have had to cancel the first  cruise, or in the case of the cruise line cancelling the cruise , they should have asked for a refund at that time and turn around and book a new honeymoon cruise hoping the ship would sail?