twangster

What musical instrument is found in the bathroom? A tuba toothpaste.

I was booked on the original November 2020 inaugural and as it happened I was booked on the new Rome inaugural when November 2020 didn't happen. Both cancelled. I thought it was me and not being able to book the Haifa inaugural I felt for sure it would sail. The Haifa inaugural cancellation is not my fault! However November 2021 US inugarial is a booking I have and now it looks like it won't be the US inaugural anymore. So maybe it is me.

I was in the same (boat) waiting what seemed like forever for this NZ cruise. Once the cruise planner loaded I booked excursions but kept checking. Over time I saved hundreds on excursions. Not always on sale events, sometimes one excursion just dropped in price. Check often. With the price drops ship excursions priced well. I can't say enough about this cruise. New Zealand was amazing and my small souvenirs around my home are frequent reminders how great New Zealand is. I can't eat kiwi now without it all flooding back.

Hoping some of these folks are staying on for the TA.

Stay safe.

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/05/15/royal-caribbean-cancels-odyssey-of-the-seas-cruise-season-israel

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/05/15/royal-caribbean-cancels-odyssey-of-the-seas-cruise-season-israel

Brandon O. Don't wanna go there.

Well at least you didn’t reach Whitehouse . Com

Tried my number. It’s Celebrity apparently but option 1 takes you to Royal.

I have (800) 533-7803 in my contacts but haven’t tried it today.

I wonder if the promised trade event cruises will get bumped up. @Matt usually gets invited.

I’ve seen a number of winch events and one landing. I’ve never seen the Hollywood special effects so perhaps they have a way to manage that. In both cases the full fire team is readied and waiting. It's not something taken lightly.

Who says she has to wait until November? The GPS directions to a US restart may be recalculating but I’m betting we’ll have clear directions soon with an estimated arrival before November.

Looks like getting ready for a new restart plan. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/23185-odyssey-canceling-haifa-cruises/ We’ll have to see if any of these vloggers remain on board

Not looking good for Odyssey sailing from Israel. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/23185-odyssey-canceling-haifa-cruises/

Spin the wheel... when will the new new new inaugural sailing be?

Guess that makes it official.

Not really. They've done an outstanding job dodging facts and science.

It's still interesting NIH and FDA has rough answers but the CDC had no idea.

You mean like my idea of abolishing the CDC ?

It's common to find them on many ships, such as tanker ships so it's not a new concept or unique to Quantum class. In many cases a helicopter pilot might prefer to use a winch line and hover even when a helipad is available. Landing a helicopter on a ship at sea is a highly technical maneuver and pretty dangerous.

That's not entirely true. There are a number of small cruise lines and shipping companies that are American with American workers with service on some of the same routes. The PVSA impacts nearly every commercial passenger vessel in America from water taxis in Boston to duckboats in Missouri to ferries servicing Staten Island to river boats on the Mississippi or in Washington State. The cruising public is oblivious to the extent that the PVSA touches Americans from coast to coast. The contribution of the PVSA fleet far exceeds the impact of foreign cruise lines. US flagged ship are subject to regulations and inspections that far exceed what foreign ships are subject to. That greatly improves safety across all commercial passenger vessels that are subject to these regulations. Beyond the PVSA is the foreign worker component. Once a ship operates from US ports with no international stops they are subject to US labor laws. Crew have to pay US state and federal taxes like the rest of us. Ships have to follow US labor practices. None of that applies to foreign passenger ships that operate under the PVSA. I've not even touched upon a fraction of the issues. Once you start digging into the details you quickly get into international maritime treaties and complexities that are valid and in place for very good reasons. "I'm not allowed to take a cruise I want, therefore it should change" is such a misinformed position. It is after all the Passenger Vessel Services Act, not the "Cruise Ship Act". There is a reason why any attempt to bring the PVSA up before Congress never makes it out of committee. No one on either side of the aisle is willing to touch it once they are informed on the far reaching impacts beyond taking a cruise. Even cruise lines have no desire to modify the PVSA. No CLIA member cruise line has signalled any desire to change it because they know that would be a disaster to their very successful business model.

Welcome to the message boards. Rumors and speculation right now. Nothing firm. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/23178-odyssey-of-the-seas-leaving-israel-and-heading-to-florida-it-will-offload-crew-to-anthem-of-the-seas/

The CDC will go completely into CYA mode citing "we tried to warn you" blah, blah, blah. Given how ineffective they've been once in pandemic mode it calls into question a lot in the big picture. We need to rethink the whole approach and reimagine the concept of public health agencies possibly eliminating the CDC and replacing it with something that works. That will never happen, too much effort required so the dodgy CDC will be around and even less effective the next time.