Cruising choices with an active Pandemic

[lovetravellingoz]

Which is pointless given infection rates in the US unless they forced people into 14 day quarantine before cruise and tested twice

It is also pointless for anyone that has only just got infected as it takes most likely a few days for someone to be able to generate positive test result.

So sooner or later an infected person will board a ship whether it is a crew member or a passenger. Just "Covid Roulette" whether it is a particular ship or not.

 

[jb747]

I'm sure the USN submarine service is running some nice long cruises.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

I'm sure the USN submarine service is running some nice long cruises.

True, but no booze and the shore excursions are killers

 

[Hvr]

I'm sure the USN submarine service is running some nice long cruises.

They can cover the sunk costs.

 

[zig]

Dateline on SBS tonight is focusing on the Greg Mortimer cruise in March. Should be I interesting viewing.

 

[tgh]

Today SS hosted a webinar about the coming Silver Explorer Kimberley season.
Quintessential SS hype, super appealing and a tug at the heart strings for lovers of the ship.
Ended with a heavy closing sales pitch….. buy today and we will give you 5000000000 whowantsitall as a special bonus.
I am unmoved….
2021 will probably see several ships fighting for slots in the Kimberley , but... there is no way SS will get a cent of my money until I am sure they have not/will not dissolve(d) in bankruptcy and that they will be able to deliver what they promise.
Lovely lovely ship, fantastic crew, I wanna wanna go…..but…...

 

[zig]

Today SS hosted a webinar about the coming Silver Explorer Kimberley season.
Quintessential SS hype, super appealing and a tug at the heart strings for lovers of the ship.
Ended with a heavy closing sales pitch….. buy today and we will give you 5000000000 whowantsitall as a special bonus.
I am unmoved….
2021 will probably see several ships fighting for slots in the Kimberley , but... there is no way SS will get a cent of my money until I am sure they have not/will not dissolve(d) in bankruptcy and that they will be able to deliver what they promise.
Lovely lovely ship, fantastic crew, I wanna wanna go…..but…...

I also attended the webinar and it was lovely to see the images of the Kimberley, so enticing... For now though I won’t be booking.

 

[Reggie]

We are optimists
We had a 7 day cruise booked out of Barcelona 24/10/20 Yacht Club on MSC Seaview, cancelled 19/8

Upcoming bookings (chose to board in Southampton as no outbound flights required)
Easter cruise to Rotterdam and Hamburg (flight home required)
July cruise to Norwegian Fjords.

Both are balcony, so we'll see if they go ahead or not.

 

[drron]

So RCI and Genting are going to start cruises to nowhere- Singapore to Singapore with no other ports.

Royal Caribbean trials ‘cruises to nowhere’ with ships sailing in circles from Singapore

The major lines are heavily lobbying in the USA to restart cruising and have come out with their "Covid"plans.Won't tempt me.

Major Cruise Lines Will Now Require COVID-19 Testing Prior to Embarkation

Major cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and MSC Cruises, will require COVID-19 testing for both passengers and crew members. Only those with a negative test result will be allowed to embark.

www.travelandleisure.com

But a Federal Court judge in Miami has told Carnival that they will have to satisfy her first before they travel and she wants them to satisfy her that they have complied with their probation requirements from prior environmental offences.This needs to be done 60 days before they commence cruising in USA waters.

Carnival ships will need court approval 60 days before restarting cruises, judge says

And yet another cruise ship with Covid cases.

Eight passengers test positive for COVID-19 on Costa Cruises ship

Eight passengers who sailed on Costa Cruises' Costa Diadema in Italy have tested positive for COVID-19.

www.usatoday.com

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

I dont know how they came up with their rating scale, but here is Conde Nast "Readers Choice Awards" in Cruising.

The Best Cruise Lines in the World: 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards

The experiences inspiring your return to travel

www.cntraveler.com

 

[Pushka]

I dont know how they came up with their rating scale, but here is Conde Nast "Readers Choice Awards" in Cruising.

The Best Cruise Lines in the World: 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards

The experiences inspiring your return to travel

www.cntraveler.com

I'd agree with the River category as Viking does seem to have a great record in that space. The rest? Dominated by US oriented cruisers flashy tourists and not travellers, with a touch of P&O/Cunard for the Brits (I understand UK P&O is excellent and their ships in the Med and Baltics look splendid)

 

[zig]

I dont know how they came up with their rating scale, but here is Conde Nast "Readers Choice Awards" in Cruising.

The Best Cruise Lines in the World: 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards

The experiences inspiring your return to travel

www.cntraveler.com

Interesting. Some of these I haven't heard of.
They are Readers Choice Awards, and I recall in the past getting multiple emails from Crystal urging me to vote for them. So perhaps the results just reflect the cruise line that most successfully lobbies their passengers to vote.

 

[zig]

Billion Pound Cruises: All At Sea - Watch episodes

How the recent pandemic crisis brought the lucrative cruise industry to its knees. Catch up on the ITV Hub - the home of ITV on demand.

www.itv.com

On Channel 7, documentary looking at the impact of the pandemic on the cruise industry.

 

[VPS]

I just got a survey from Seabourn about when I was going to be willing to cruise again and would I want to go somewhere where there a number of Covid cases plus many other questions - the answers not for at least 18 months and no way

 

[zig]

I just got a survey from Seabourn about when I was going to be willing to cruise again and would I want to go somewhere where there a number of Covid cases plus many other questions - the answers not for at least 18 months and no way

I also completed that survey last week. I thought the question asking if you would cruise without any port visits indicated that they are considering voyages to 'nowhere'.

 

[luxury-lizard]

Yes - I also received the survey - said I would only cruise in OZ/NZ within the next 18-24 months. As a far as cruises to nowhere - I said NO WAY

 

[tgh]

With Covid positives spiralling ever higher, this seems a brave strategy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will allow cruise ships to sail in U.S. waters starting Sunday. But even if they do, passengers won't be waving goodbye from the deck. In fact, the agency hasn't said when they'll be allowed back on board.

That's according to the public health agency's new "Framework for Conditional Sailing Order,"which replaces the eight-month "no sail" order that expires this weekend. Published Friday, it “introduces a phased approach for the safe and responsible resumption for passenger cruises,” the CDC said in a release provided by spokesperson Cate Shockey.

"This 'Framework of Conditional Sailing' lays out a pathway – a phased, deliberate and intentional pathway – toward resuming passenger services but only when it is safe, when [the cruise industry] can assure health and when they are responsible with respects of needs of crew passengers and port communities," Dr. Martin Cetron, director of the CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, told USA TODAY.

CDC: 'Conditional Sailing Order' allows cruise lines to sail Nov. 1 but it's not likely they will

Cruise ships will be allowed to sail in U.S. waters Sunday, according to a CDC order issued Friday but that doesn't mean passengers will be on board.

www.usatoday.com

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

From Conde Nast Magazine =

U.S. Cruise Industry Suspends All Sailings Through the End of the Year

Though the CDC effectively ended its ban on cruising, the U.S. industry continues to suspend operations while it works on a safe return.

www.cntraveler.com

The U.S. cruise industry has voluntarily suspended operations through the end of the year, in an effort to prepare for a safe return to the high seas amid COVID-19. The new suspension comes just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention effectively ended its no-sail order for cruise ships.

 

[zig]

more-passengers-test-positive-for-covid-on-caribbean-cruise-ship

5 cases of COVID on Seadreams first cruise back in the Caribbean.

 

[tgh]

Street goss says the ship was too casual and brought it on themselves