I am curious to hear how other cruise lines treat their guests who test positive onboard during a cruise. We recently were on Oceania, and we both tested positive about 3 weeks into our cruise. The Medical Center was efficient but outrageously expensive. We had a $5K+ bill for testing, some IV, two Paxlovid and Z-packs. We were escorted to our cabin and threatened to be disembarked if we broke our 5-day quarantine. We are lucky that our butler fulfilled a few requests, answered questions, and brought our meals. I was shocked that there was no written info provided for us to know how things would be handled. We had to figure it all out. Our housekeepers were replaced by two men in hazmat suits, changing our sheets while we cowered in the corner. I asked for a free 2nd wifi account (I had already paid for a 2nd account) but all they did was "upgrade" us to the premium account, which had no discernible difference from the regular.
Then suddenly on the 5th day we were free to leave our cabin to go to the Medical Center to be released from quarantine.
The first 12 day leg of our cruise was FULL of people coughing. We mostly stayed to ourselves, but it's difficult on elevators, tenders, dining rooms. We were fully vaxxed and had avoided covid until now. I feel that the exorbitant rates in the Medical Center discourage sick people from seeking treatment. I feel that placing hand sanitizing stations and a few signs around the ship is not sufficient to keep guests healthy. They frequently say they're keeping us "safe" by skipping ports, but what about keeping us healthy? Oceania is good about not letting guests serve themselves at the buffet; and a few days there was plastic wrap across the buffet openings.
This Penthouse cruise cost us over $1300/day, I'm waiting to see if my travel insurance will reimburse us for those 5 days and medical expenses.
Let me know your experience.