In Covid Quarantine on Beyond

[latserrof]

17 hours ago, SailingHigher said:

 I'm very happy I did not have symptoms during the trip, but I am sorry that I traveled. It wasn't worth it. Your mileage may vary. 

SailingHigher,

 

Thanks for your report, but what next?  Are you just done with travel, forever? Do you think it will someday be safer? (We are still trying to sort this out.)

[zitsky]

46 minutes ago, latserrof said:

SailingHigher,

 

Thanks for your report, but what next?  Are you just done with travel, forever? Do you think it will someday be safer? (We are still trying to sort this out.)

Everyone has to decide but you take a risk every time you get on a plane.  On a ship if it’s not Covid it could be Moro or the flu.

[kirtihk]

4 minutes ago, zitsky said:

Everyone has to decide but you take a risk every time you get on a plane.  On a ship if it’s not Covid it could be Moro or the flu.

are born

Edited October 20, 2022 by kirtihk

[SailingHigher]

2 hours ago, latserrof said:

SailingHigher,

 

Thanks for your report, but what next?  Are you just done with travel, forever? Do you think it will someday be safer? (We are still trying to sort this out.)

We're using credits from a trip canceled due to Covid to travel to Tahiti next June. Small ship. Small islands. Hopefully, a better, pandemic-free experience.

[JCruise85]

1 hour ago, kirtihk said:

are born

Pretty much.

Even before Covid, there were outbreaks on cruises all the time.

Or at gyms (dirty gym rats don't know how to wipe down equipment). Grocery stores. Planes. Theme parks. You name it.

People get sick constantly from just interacting in the world.

 

Best advice, if you don't want to be a recluse, is to just take smart precautions.

Get your shots, wash your hands, don't lick the doorknobs (No, stop it. I don't care how tasty they look, don't do it).

 

[zitsky]

12 minutes ago, SailingHigher said:

We're using credits from a trip canceled due to Covid to travel to Tahiti next June. Small ship. Small islands. Hopefully, a better, pandemic-free experience.

Sounds nice.  What size ship?  How many passengers?  We rebooked on our same itinerary but on a newer ship, the Beyond.

[zitsky]

1 minute ago, JCruise85 said:

Pretty much.

Even before Covid, there were outbreaks on cruises all the time.

Or at gyms (dirty gym rats don't know how to wipe down equipment). Grocery stores. Planes. Theme parks. You name it.

People get sick constantly from just interacting in the world.

 

Best advice, if you don't want to be a recluse, is to just take smart precautions.

Get your shots, wash your hands, don't lick the doorknobs (No, stop it. I don't care how tasty they look, don't do it).

 

We got boosted but my partner still got Covid, from someone on a cruise a few weeks before we saw them.  Frustrating.

[grouchomarx]

25 minutes ago, JCruise85 said:

Pretty much.

Even before Covid, there were outbreaks on cruises all the time.

Or at gyms (dirty gym rats don't know how to wipe down equipment). Grocery stores. Planes. Theme parks. You name it.

People get sick constantly from just interacting in the world.

 

Best advice, if you don't want to be a recluse, is to just take smart precautions.

Get your shots, wash your hands, don't lick the doorknobs (No, stop it. I don't care how tasty they look, don't do it).

 

I feel like I learned better methods of preventing illness from years of cruising.  My biggest fear is to get noro while on a cruise.  I was on a ship that had an outbreak but I did not get it.  I made a concerted effort to not touch my hands on the arms of chairs when sitting in lounges, always so careful after using the restroom, don't touch my face etc.  I was already ready for covid when it hit!

[kirtihk]

34 minutes ago, JCruise85 said:

Pretty much.

Even before Covid, there were outbreaks on cruises all the time.

Or at gyms (dirty gym rats don't know how to wipe down equipment). Grocery stores. Planes. Theme parks. You name it.

People get sick constantly from just interacting in the world.

 

Best advice, if you don't want to be a recluse, is to just take smart precautions.

Get your shots, wash your hands, don't lick the doorknobs (No, stop it. I don't care how tasty they look, don't do it).

 

I meant even more than that - from the moment we are born we are exposed to an outside world with everything it can offer to us, absolutely EVERYTHING!

 

I don't stop to wonder, how people didn't care about anything at all for entire life, and within last 3 years they are in permanent state of fear.  It appears that danger arrives only when someone verbally threatens you.

[mfs2k]

32 minutes ago, kirtihk said:

I don't stop to wonder, how people didn't care about anything at all for entire life, and within last 3 years they are in permanent state of fear. 

Maybe it has to do with sitting in my house for 3 months in 2020 watching tv and every day hearing rollcalls of the 1,000 or more people in each state dying of Covid and watching friends and parents of friends contracting Covid and dying or nearly dying with no end in sight and a vaccine a year away. 

Not to mention my otherewise healthy 32 y/old daughter getting Long Covid in 2020 and fearful for 6 months she was going to die.

Maybe that has SOMETHING to do with it?  

Evidently I'm not in a permanent sense of fear becuase I am going on a cruise next week happily, but I am amazed that people have such short memories and are in denial that this happened to the world. . 

Edited October 20, 2022 by mfs2k

[zitsky]

When there is a major crisis how long do you grieve?  When is it appropriate to travel again?  I suppose it’s different for everyone.

[kirtihk]

17 minutes ago, mfs2k said:

Maybe it has to do with sitting in my house for 3 months in 2020 watching tv and every day hearing rollcalls of the 1,000 or more people in each state dying of Covid and watching friends and parents of friends contracting Covid and dying or nearly dying with no end in sight and a vaccine a year away. 

Not to mention my otherewise healthy 32 y/old daughter getting Long Covid in 2020 and fearful for 6 months she was going to die.

Maybe that has SOMETHING to do with it?  

Evidently I'm not in a permanent sense of fear becuase I am going on a cruise next week happily, but I am amazed that people have such short memories and are in denial that this happened to the world. . 

I don't know about others being in denial.  As to me, there is nothing to deny:

 

1. I predicted all the events (occurring within these years) when I was on March 8-24, 2020 Ponant South Pacific Eastern Island - Tahiti crossing cruise (were not allowed to stop at any port).

 

2. after getting so to speak "boosted" (I only did it along with original 2 injections in order to be able to cruise) in February, I was sick 3 times between May and September which never happened to me prior (I was only sick in November-March time frame even being born and living first 31 years of my life in the Baltic sea area with constant low temperatures (68F average summer high), high humidity, and dump conditions) and 31 more years in Buffalo area.  Why?  Why, I ask myself?  I guess I will never get an official answer (unless I will live until at least 1/10 of the age of Methuselah).

Edited October 20, 2022 by kirtihk

[bucfan2]

3 hours ago, mfs2k said:

Maybe it has to do with sitting in my house for 3 months in 2020 watching tv and  

I would agree

[Redtravel]

Wash hands more often.  I discovered the wash basins in the buffet area half way through my X cruise. They are hidden. Once found, I used it.  I seldom saw anyone else washing.  Just took a cruise on Windstar. On day 1, when you entered the buffet area, you were asked to wash you hands at a very visible wash area.  On following days, most people washed hands. No Covid.  On X, my spouse got Covid.

[C4HCG]

12 hours ago, mfs2k said:

Maybe it has to do with sitting in my house for 3 months in 2020 watching tv and every day hearing rollcalls of the 1,000 or more people in each state dying of Covid and watching friends and parents of friends contracting Covid and dying or nearly dying with no end in sight and a vaccine a year away. 

Not to mention my otherewise healthy 32 y/old daughter getting Long Covid in 2020 and fearful for 6 months she was going to die.

Maybe that has SOMETHING to do with it?  

Evidently I'm not in a permanent sense of fear becuase I am going on a cruise next week happily, but I am amazed that people have such short memories and are in denial that this happened to the world. . 

You’ve got me scratching my head here. Just because many people including me think it’s time to move on doesn’t mean we have forgotten what happened or are in denial, that’s just wrong. The impact of the world living with continuous and seemingly never ending restrictions to combat Covid are in my view far worse than the disease. 

Edited October 21, 2022 by C4HCG

[Virginia100]

Well, I go on the Millennium in 2 weeks for a week out of San Juan. If I get Covid during or soon after the cruise I’ll be done cruising for awhile snd cancel my February cruise before the 11/20 final payment. This is test cruise with all my boosters and mask.

[SailingHigher]

20 hours ago, zitsky said:

Sounds nice.  What size ship?  How many passengers?  We rebooked on our same itinerary but on a newer ship, the Beyond.

Windstar's Wind Spirit. 148 passengers max. 4 masts & sails. (Our May 2022 canceled cruise was to be on Windstar's Star Legend from Amsterdam to Norway to Copenhagen.) We anticipate that our cozy Wind Spirit cabin will be dramatically different from our recent Royal Suite on the Beyond.  

 

I hope you have a great trip. It is a beautiful ship. 

 

[Jimbo59]

I am curious as to why people pay very high prices to stay in suites on Celebrity when for the same price you can sail on the true upscale cruise lines. By the way, I am Elite on Celebrity and have sailed on the Queen Mary.

[zitsky]

12 minutes ago, Jimbo59 said:

I am curious as to why people pay very high prices to stay in suites on Celebrity when for the same price you can sail on the true upscale cruise lines. By the way, I am Elite on Celebrity and have sailed on the Queen Mary.

So the prices really are the same on the Queen Mary for a suite?  Same price as Celebrity?

 

I have not booked a suite yet but I have wanted to try it sometime.

Edited October 22, 2022 by zitsky

[canderson]

1 hour ago, Jimbo59 said:

I am curious as to why people pay very high prices to stay in suites on Celebrity when for the same price you can sail on the true upscale cruise lines. By the way, I am Elite on Celebrity and have sailed on the Queen Mary.

My 'mileage' definitely varied.

 

Just booked a Silversea cruise (Dawn) after comparing to similar itinerary on Celebrity.  Closest thing to an X Royal Suite is the Silver Suite.  Even with the included excursions, Silversea definitely cost me a good bit more per night.  Silver Suite on this new SS ship is slightly bigger, but not as nicely appointed, doesn't include specialty dining, etc.

Edited October 22, 2022 by canderson

[phoenix_dream]

7 hours ago, Jimbo59 said:

I am curious as to why people pay very high prices to stay in suites on Celebrity when for the same price you can sail on the true upscale cruise lines. By the way, I am Elite on Celebrity and have sailed on the Queen Mary.

I can tell you for me it is because generally speaking the Celebrity ships are larger than the upscale ships.  They have more venues and activities, and I am much less likely to get sea sick (which I suffer from) on a larger ship than a smaller one.

[RichYak]

9 hours ago, Jimbo59 said:

I am curious as to why people pay very high prices to stay in suites on Celebrity when for the same price you can sail on the true upscale cruise lines. By the way, I am Elite on Celebrity and have sailed on the Queen Mary.

Excellent question.

[Arizona Wildcat]

On 10/21/2022 at 7:02 AM, Virginia100 said:

Well, I go on the Millennium in 2 weeks for a week out of San Juan. If I get Covid during or soon after the cruise I’ll be done cruising for awhile snd cancel my February cruise before the 11/20 final payment. This is test cruise with all my boosters and mask.

My DW and I are 70s and fully boosted.  

We left home this year and traveled to Canada for 6 weeks followed by a month on the beach in Oregon.   Wore masks when asked to do so.  Was in close contact twice.  Actually hoped to test positive and get a COR.  Then flew to Iceland - rarely saw a mask there - and cruised to the US on Summit.  Wore a mask when required.  Have amazingly never had covid.

Definitely different for everyone and several family who have been very ill and many friends who died.  Obviously like every pandemic (got into one in Australia some years ago).  For some the precautions work.  Others not so much.

Oh yeah, I now wash my hands often and really really try to keep my hands away from my eyes.

Have 3 14+ day cruises booked thru next May.

[JFontaine]

9 hours ago, Jimbo59 said:

I am curious as to why people pay very high prices to stay in suites on Celebrity when for the same price you can sail on the true upscale cruise lines. By the way, I am Elite on Celebrity and have sailed on the Queen Mary.

Because on the true upscale lines it's hard to find 3000 square foot cabins like the PH on M class ships, or two story cabins with a small pool like on E Class with one week itineraries (we still work).  I did enjoy having a washer/dryer on Crystal.  We also like big ship amenities like large, smoke-free casinos, big gyms and robust entertainment choices.  

[C4HCG]

On 10/22/2022 at 3:34 PM, Jimbo59 said:

I am curious as to why people pay very high prices to stay in suites on Celebrity when for the same price you can sail on the true upscale cruise lines. By the way, I am Elite on Celebrity and have sailed on the Queen Mary.

I am curious as to why you ask that question on this particular thread. By the way, I own the Queen Mary 🤪