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2 hours ago, twangster said:

All that's missing is giving a baby a kiss.

It would be even better if it was giving CDC a Glesga Kiss

8 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

 

They could have picked a better backdrop  

49 minutes ago, steverk said:

Or maybe the glass is twice as large as it needs to be!

Your Glass can never be large enough

2 hours ago, Joe01 said:

Greenock???? 

Could be worse joe! Imagine if it was Paisley lol

4 hours ago, J_Keeble said:

Disgusting prices

Cruise118 had deals for Oct 2nd that were about £400 pp less than RC website ...

5 hours ago, Marlena said:

Very pro vaccinated cruises!

As for masks, can survive walking around / to dinner. But I will not wear one in the pool deck watching my daughter swim etc. Just doesn't seem like something I would enjoy and especially not something I want to pay $$$$ to do.

In new reports the CDC mention that after 1st dose it reduces the risk by 80% and that after 2nd dose the risk involved is reduced by 90% ..so in other words there is still a 10% risk of transmitting virus to someone else. 

The risk involved to children is apparently a lot less however children are not immune for virus and as reported in Feb this year the figure for child mortality in US due to covid is round about 250...

So as a parent or grandparent whats more important your childs saftey or your comfort? 

Theres no debate to this and anyone who tries to justify putting their or anyone else's children at risk doesnt .......will stop here as i would probably be banned for what i really want to say 

3 hours ago, Young1e said:

Why does rccl send an email saying we can offer protection for our one bedroom grand suite booked  on the athem ex Southampton 

Guess only RC can answer that 

We are going to let you do test cruises.....we just dont know when!!!!

5 hours ago, FionaMG said:

Definitely worth registering for it then. Good luck!

MSC have been doing something similar on their cruises here in Europe, offering 2nd passenger free for healthcare people, so that's something else to watch out for, in case they do the same with their UK sailings. 

Msc already has NHS discount in place for cruises, 50% off or something like that

1 hour ago, jticarruthers said:

We could get into a long argument and throw numbers around but I'm just going to go with what % is "good enough" ... nothing in life is 100%.

Wouldnt be a long argument...people ask and complain about the fact as to why RC are implementing the wearing of masks even when vaccine has been given...answer because its not 100% safe and they have to protect those that cruise....simple .....The End 

Part that stood out for me was the 90% effective....so 10% ineffective...and people still wonder why safety measures such as masks have to be worn.....because its not 100% .....but no doubt those who know best will still ask why when they have had vaccine

2 hours ago, Mike.s said:

Even Celebrity have announced UK cruises, so it's only Royal that hasn't

https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/tourism/celebrity-cruises-latest-to-offer-uk-staycation-sailings7

So many jokes about avoiding UK as Royals have a bad name right now due to Meghan lol 

19 minutes ago, Vanessa77 said:

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Forget CSO, Vaccines, Covid or anything else thats doom and gloom and repeated 20 times a day!

Can we start a thread to see who can beat this ? This is brilliant and made me laugh  

1 hour ago, nate91 said:

 Any thoughts?

Yeah my heads spinning 

On 3/25/2021 at 3:05 AM, smokeybandit said:

Is your ship a yet to be announced restart?

It hasnt been announced yet.

Southampton anyone?????

Well he is from and with all of these travel restrictions in place would make sense for crew to be near ports 

12 minutes ago, mattymay said:

And therefore we should be rewarded with cruising!  

Those damn airplanes keep bringing the infected home, that’s way more of a risk as it’s jumped hotel quarantine through the hotel workers many times. 

 

Theres no reason why a cruiseline couldnt homeport at Sydney, spend 2 weeks with crew onboard in quarantine then allow Australian Residents on for cruises around Oz. 

No foreigners or Non Residents 

I mean you guys have had fans in stadiums watching sports for ages now ( a lot more than would be on a cruiseship ) so your getting it right

Australia & NZ are 2 countries that got it right!!

Close the doors ...No one in...No one out....sorted!!!!

No messing about!! just common sense that allowing people in and out of an island increases the risk to others 

23 minutes ago, Mike.s said:

It surprises me that Royal haven't worked with the Australian authorities to launch local cruises for Australians as they have done in Singapore. The country has a very low incidence of Covid and you'd imagine there would be enough interest from Austrailian cruisers to make it worthwhile.

Are Royal missing a trick, as they seem to be in the UK?

https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/ports-destinations/australia-extends-international-cruise-ship-ban-until-june-17

Not RC but cruiselines in General have held discussions for the last 6 months about restarting domestic cruises. 

43 minutes ago, em.down.the.rabbit.hole said:

Do you guys in the US not have an equivalent to Trading Standards?  If they publish something, they have to honour it (mistake or not), otherwise it's false advertising...

False advertising yes, have to honour it no! 

Uk Consumer laws are 

Legally if an item is marked at wrong price until such time as goods have been paid for and are in the hands of purchaser any agreement to sell can be cancelled. 

Its like the Scottish Bank note not being classed as legal tender in England even though it has Sterling on it. 

Scottish money is NOT legal tender in England just as English money is NOT legal tender in Scotland!

Legal Tender is WHATEVER the seller decides he wants for an item. If a shopkeeper decides he wants 50 goldfish for 1Lb of steak then thats what you have to pay because thats the tender he wants, just as shops dont have to sell items mark wrongly, they can just remove from shelf however most will honour it.

4 hours ago, Mike.s said:

And keep your fingers crossed that the Governments of the UK will allow us to travel overseas.

 

Essential travel is ok...

And I need a vacation... its Essential to my wellbeing lol

2 hours ago, J_Keeble said:

Anyway who is going to book this? I'm tempted!

Very tempted! 

Checked flights to get an idea of cost yesterday. 

Main issue is waiting for cyprus to update their Visitor policy so i can see whats to be done or is required before making final decision.

55 minutes ago, princevaliantus said:

And here I thought political topics, associations or websites aren't allowed. Hmmmm....

Yeah but this one is for a good cause

7 hours ago, princevaliantus said:

Just crossed my mind that U.S. citizens are not allowed into Europe. Has that changed???

https://travel.usnews.com/features/where-can-americans-travel-right-now

Heres a link for numerous counties including ones in Europe that US Citizens can travel to.

Obviously for any American who wants to travel they would have to make sure the country they flew into wasnt on Cyprus blacklist.

Another thread about getting back to cruising hijacked about how bad EU is and vaccines.....FFS cant we let it go and just look forward to cruises restarting 

Immunised travellers to Bermuda must follow the requirements set-out in the Quarantine (COVID-19) (No.3) Order 2020

Way i read this is that these measures are from last year and have not been updated to accommodate visitors for cruises as any updates should be dated as such.