Hong Kong cancels cruise and disembarks 1,000 after 1 positive case on board

[Interestedcruisefan]

Have you guys seen this ?

 

Spectrum of the Seas

 

A single positive case for one crew member and the whole cruise got cancelled before it began!

[gogo65]

Do you have a link?

[catweazlecat]

Check this:

 

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3153224/crew-members-positive-covid-19-result-sparks-last

 

[Interestedcruisefan]

So many different countries with vastly different approaches to dealing with Covid cases right now

 

Hard to plan ahead or predict anything in terms of cruises 

 

 

Edited October 23, 2021 by Interestedcruisefan

[Biker19]

2 hours ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

Have you guys seen this ?

Discussed here:

 

 

[smokeybandit]

The quest for zero covid is one no one can ever complete

[mek]

7 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

The quest for zero covid is one no one can ever complete

Absolutely - crazy

[BND]

Tony (La Lido Loca) did a video about it yesterday too.  It's the very specific rules for HK.  And, it was a crew member with at first an inconclusive test, so they weren't sure he even had it. Apparently this same crew member had tested positive in the last couple of months too, so may be something with the individual and not a real case.

[Serengeti228]

[Serengeti228]

A cruise-to-nowhere ship where a staff member tested positive for Covid-19 has been banned from sailing for 21 days after health authorities confirmed the patient to be a re-positive case.

 

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1616508-20211022.htm

[DirtyDawg]

3 hours ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

So many different countries with vastly different approaches to dealing with Covid cases right now

 

Hard to plan ahead or predict anything in terms of cruises 

 

 

Very true. But cruisers are a hardy bunch and lots of them like gambling in the casino on board. So just think of this as those 1,200 folks who missed their cruise in Hong Kong just went to the 'casino' early, before the ship embarked. They lost.  Next time they might get lucky. 🙏 🤞

 

Edited October 23, 2021 by DirtyDawg

[RFerrington]

Absurdity

[Mikew0805]

Good for them.

 

[twangster]

Who would have thought another government could ever make the CDC look reasonable?

[A&L_Ont]

1 hour ago, RFerrington said:

Absurdity

It is a communist country.  That being said Canada has just now lifted non-essential travel advisory, except on cruises. The are still “dangerous”.🤦‍♂️

 

“The federal government has lifted a global advisory asking Canadians to avoid non-essential travel outside the country, but continues to advise against travel on cruise ships. 
 

The global travel advisory was put in place in March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

 

The government of Canada’s website now shows advisories for each destination country, as it did prior to the pandemic.”

 

https://www.thefreepress.ca/news/canada-lifts-global-advisory-on-non-essential-travel-still-advises-against-cruises/

[cruisequeen4ever]

I think that makes it abundantly clear that Asia cruises will be some of the last to restart.

[Biker19]

Just now, cruisequeen4ever said:

I think that makes it abundantly clear that Asia cruises will be some of the last to restart.

They were the first to restart in Taiwan and Singapore last year. If you mean mainland China for non Chinese lines, you may be correct. 

[firefly333]

8 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Discussed here:

 

 

I've read elsewhere 27 tested positive on jewel. I think 10 disembarked by coach. I think the poster wasnt english born, but sounded real. There are positive cases out there. I'm in a jewel group from when jewel was supposed to go out if Galveston and just never left. 

 

 

[Chiliburn]

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

They were the first to restart in Taiwan and Singapore last year. If you mean mainland China for non Chinese lines, you may be correct. 

Spectrum has gone to the anchorage off Hong Kong.

The Viking and Genting ships don’t seem to have any problem.

 

 Apparently Australia drafted a bill last week to allow cruise ships.

if it’s approved,I’m thinking RC may swap spectrum for Quantum and bring Quantam to Oz for a few months before Alaska.
 

 

 

 

Edited October 23, 2021 by Chiliburn

[woodscruise]

29 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

Apparently Australia drafted a bill last week to allow cruise ships.

if it’s approved,I’m thinking RC may swap spectrum for Quantum and bring Quantam to Oz for a few months before Alaska.

Do you mean also for RCG not to have a ship in China/Hong Kong until after April, when Quantum heads off to Alaska? There are only 2 ships currently in the Asia/Oceania region. 

 

Just another thought, if the bill does get past and approved for cruising to restart, why not leaving Royal's ships where they are and bring down a Celebrity ship that is hanging around Asia?

Edited October 23, 2021 by woodscruise
additional comment

[Chiliburn]

45 minutes ago, woodscruise said:

Do you mean also for RCG not to have a ship in China/Hong Kong until after April, when Quantum heads off to Alaska? There are only 2 ships currently in the Asia/Oceania region. 

 

Just another thought, if the bill does get past and approved for cruising to restart, why not leaving Royal's ships where they are and bring down a Celebrity ship that is hanging around Asia?

Spectrum doesn’t seem to be having much luck with China.

They May as well move it to Singapore early.

 Quantum is the closest and Crewed up ship that could satisfy a restarting test of any brand.
‘Plus they could probably do a revenue trans pacific to Seattle, that would sell quickly.

 

Are the celebrity ships crewed? If not it may not be viable to bring them for such a short time.

[Ethanol95]

7 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

Spectrum has gone to the anchorage off Hong Kong.

The Viking and Genting ships don’t seem to have any problem.

 

 Apparently Australia drafted a bill last week to allow cruise ships.

if it’s approved,I’m thinking RC may swap spectrum for Quantum and bring Quantam to Oz for a few months before Alaska.
 

 

 

 

Quantum is already deployed to SG until mid April 2022. This is already very close to the Alaska season.

[Chiliburn]

15 hours ago, Ethanol95 said:

Quantum is already deployed to SG until mid April 2022. This is already very close to the Alaska season.

We want Quantum for Christmas you can have Spectrum,it doesn’t have any pie cookers.

[SargassoPirate]

On 10/23/2021 at 8:04 AM, smokeybandit said:

The quest for zero covid is one no one can ever complete

How true.  The Spanish Flu is still circulating as one of the coronavirus seasonal flus. The sooner politicians figure this out, the better 

[Ethanol95]

9 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

We want Quantum for Christmas you can have Spectrum,it doesn’t have any pie cookers.

We'll see how Spectrum's luck holds out in HK. 🤣