twangster

Reopen the bookings!  I'll go!

Look at how fast the country is progressing.  A week ago we would have had no idea this was coming.  It's great news.
A week from now more great news may be upon us.  
A week after that, even more great news.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

All steps in the right direction.  Eventually one way or another this will come to cruise ships even if the CDC delays that a little longer.  
Hopefully Adventure and Vision can benefit from this guidance now and prove it works on cruise ships too.

One thing about the new Simply sail rates - they can be hard to see and if you don't know to look for them it's easy to miss.
This Concierge Class GTY rate doesn't exactly look attractive given it's just $10 less.

 
However it's easy to miss the warning that it's a no frills rate.
For $10 less per person for the entire cruise you lose Wi-Fi, drinks and gratuity.

 
 
 

They done such a good job at that so far.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

A cruise ship passenger is looking out to sea when he sees a small island. On the island, he spots a thin, suntanned man, with wild hair. He can see the man jumping up and down and waving.
The passenger turns around and sees the Captain, so he draws his attention to the man.
“Captain, what’s up with that guy?”
The Captain shrugs his shoulders.
“No idea. He’s always that happy when we sail past.”

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

Meanwhile...

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

The science has already emerged. It's just the CDC is never in a hurry to acknowledge it.

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

They done such a good job at that so far.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

More hurried half baked legislation much like the vaccine passport ban.  
Cruise lines can't afford one case.  That outcome is unlikely when vaccines can't be required until the public health emergency has been declared over.  
The media will quickly shift back to hating cruise ships upon the first "outbreak" of more than one case.  

I suspect we'll find many departments within the CDC are isolated and have no awareness what another part of the CDC is doing.  
In this case the Political Directives Division has updated mask guidance while the Cruise Denial Division is still looking to add more protocols.  

As we all know the flu and this virus are not the same.  The flu is well known, as much as it can be.  The long term effects of SARS-CoV-2 is not well known nor has the flu produced anything close to the death tally.
In this case an attorney could argue that a prominent public health agency published extensive material regarding the dangers of cruise ships and SARS-CoV-2 yet a sweet innocent child will now suffer an entire lifetime of misery due to becoming infected on a cruise ship.  
It's almost like if the cruise lines don't follow the CDC all way into Crazytown with protocols they expose themselves to frivolous lawsuits claiming they didn't do enough to mitigate SARS-CoV-2.
If a grandparent can drop a child out a window and then sue the cruise line for having windows just imagine the coming tidal wave of lawsuits against the cruise lines.
At least during an initial restart there has to be something to protect companies that are not allowed to leverage vaccines to mitigate risk.  If the government is going to ban vaccine requirements then they should protect the companies from related litigation in the same stroke. 

Confused.  Are you a TA that gets a discounted TA rate or are you saying you used a TA and are referring to the rate as "TA provided"?
Travel agents sometimes get discounted rates so they can experience a ship.  I could see TA special discounted rates they get not being eligible for stockholder benefits.  
All of my cruises are through a travel agency and Royal never modified my fare to add the stockholder OBC.  They are not "TA rates", they are standard Royal fares but the booking is assigned to a TA.