Deedeelynn

My family and I absolutely will be cruising at first chance. As serious as all this has been, I don't want the fear of "what if" to overrule the possibility of adventure for me. Just as with any disease or pandemic, it very well could hit me or my family at any moment, but the opportunity for memories and living life to its fullest outweighs that fear of there not being a vaccine yet. #StillGoing 

Said so Well!   

Absolutely!
If Royal sent me an email today (should have received a apology one for the refund debacle) saying I was picked to be a test passenger to experience how new procedures on board would be,  I would have my bags packed in 30 minutes and at the port in 25 minutes. 

Let's assume cruises begin before there is a vaccine available (which I think is a pretty reasonable expectation), and ports re-open to some extent and Royal Caribbean has new safety and health measures in place, will you go on a cruise?

They could sail on cruises that depart out of the US.
In addition, the 100 day no sail order can be rescinded at any time through at least 3 different means. So you shouldn't look at it as "written in stone".

Great point about debarkation post 'Rona...
Also I was looking at Embassy as I am a Hilton snob so it is booked.  ?  SOLD

Embassy Suites in Elizabeth, NJ is a great airport hotel if you are flying into EWR.  I would say no, they are not created equally.  Some hotels in that area aren't in great shape.  But full disclaimer, I am a suite snob lol.  Embassy has great pricing, free airport shuttle to and from the hotel, modern and clean, and most importantly, complimentary happy hour. ?

My Jan 2021 cruise on Navigator finally loaded beverage packages in the cruise planner today at a whopping $89/day! 
The booze/voom combo is wild. ? Make that money Royal! 

Ooooooooooh, now I have something to think about during my 12-hour shift tonight.  Hmmmmmmm

I like mine..... I'm in a class all by myself

I wish my actual C&A status was Pinnacle!
In reality it just means that I'm a blabbermouth.

Please just grant me the last 9 points so we can be "Diamond" tier. That is all we really want to or have any realistic plans to get to. I think we are 16 point away or something. After Oasis in Sept we will be 9 away. For some reason this is a goal of ours. 

You guys are safe now, I’ll bet on benefits going away after I make diamond in April of 2022. 

Still no results and I just don't get it. Emailed and called, no results yet. Kind of a joke to be honest.

The antibody test is simple too, just a prick of the finger like checking blood sugar level. I think a lot of places are doing that now. Its a key to getting things open and going again. Thank you for wishes. I hope and you and the family safe or have antibodies already. Not the worst thing that is for sure. 

We have been doing antibody tests for a week now. Script from doctor for Blood draw (SARS CoV 2 AB IgG). We use Quest and get results back in 24 hours most times. We are mostly testing people who had symptoms at some point at the moment. We like a min of 4 weeks without symptoms, pref 6 weeks or we wont order the test
 
I assume most places NJ would be able to order it since Quest / Labcorp are offering it.
 

Hoping if you do have it, it is just a mild case. I think those that have antibodies to this will fare better as we move forward. I would love for me and my family to get an antibody test as I think I had it at Christmas. Had a sore throat, low grade fever and chills one day, also had the most horrendous cough, that lasted for months. My son also got sick, but my husband and daughter did not. We cruise Oasis September 27th——- hopefully! Here is for this to be behind and for us all to be cruising again! 

Hoping if you do have it, it is just a mild case. I think those that have antibodies to this will fare better as we move forward. I would love for me and my family to get an antibody test as I think I had it at Christmas. Had a sore throat, low grade fever and chills one day, also had the most horrendous cough, that lasted for months. My son also got sick, but my husband and daughter did not. We cruise Oasis September 27th——- hopefully! Here is for this to be behind and for us all to be cruising again! 

Hoping if you do have it, it is just a mild case. I think those that have antibodies to this will fare better as we move forward. I would love for me and my family to get an antibody test as I think I had it at Christmas. Had a sore throat, low grade fever and chills one day, also had the most horrendous cough, that lasted for months. My son also got sick, but my husband and daughter did not. We cruise Oasis September 27th——- hopefully! Here is for this to be behind and for us all to be cruising again! 

Hoping if you do have it, it is just a mild case. I think those that have antibodies to this will fare better as we move forward. I would love for me and my family to get an antibody test as I think I had it at Christmas. Had a sore throat, low grade fever and chills one day, also had the most horrendous cough, that lasted for months. My son also got sick, but my husband and daughter did not. We cruise Oasis September 27th——- hopefully! Here is for this to be behind and for us all to be cruising again! 

Truthfully, I am hoping that you do have a very mild case, will have no other symptoms and will generate antibodies.  I think this is the population that is going to enjoy the greatest freedoms once things start to open back up.  I certainly hope you DON'T transmit to anyone else but that you have a very mild case but one strong enough to build antibodies.  That is what I wish for myself !!!!

I want to sail so bad. Gonna need it after all this. Not that it will actually be "after all this" I guess. Even if I have to wear my bandanna on my face I want to go. I look like an old time Locomotive engineer with it on or a bank robber. I think it looks cool. 

Same sailing! It will sail! Have faith!!!

While it may not be the purpose of the board, I often feel like there's a subset of the board who are so nice and supportive that I sometimes feel like sharing 'non-cruise' things, too.  I hope you remain feeling well!

Yes, they did the left first and I was like this is not too bad but the right felt so, so bad for some reason. It just felt like it went all the way into my brain. I still feel it.