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No twitter, instragram, or facebook for me neither.  I survive just fine w/out them
 

No twitter, instragram, or facebook for me neither.  I survive just fine w/out them
 

I guess that makes 3 of us ?

Same with us. Out of our price range

I didnt do a hard count but if i had to guess there were probably about 8-12 on Freedom. 
They were on the "top" upper deck above the main pool deck, spaced along the sides.

The  mini golf course on adventure of the seas is insanely hard. do they get easier on other ships?

I would go to the casino more often if it wasn't for the smoke.  You can still smell it very much on the non-smoking side.  It often prevents me from gambling at all.
 

Jamaica, especially Ocho Rios, the local are very pushy. 

Jamaica, especially Ocho Rios, the local are very pushy. 

Paywall-free link. We'll see if Democratic senators in Hawaii and Maryland (both state's governors have openly supported restarting cruising) give it support or if it'll be shot down purely due to political lines.
 
https://www.bradenton.com/news/business/tourism/article250629204.html

To illustrate the impact of one ship leaving Florida and sailing from the Bahamas, Michael Bayley recently estimated just under 2,000 guests per weekend will be sailing from Nassau. That sounds about right for a ship at 50% capacity.
CLIA has calculated the average cruise ship guest spends $385 in the home port before boarding a cruise.
1,800 x $385 = $693,000 per weekend not being spent in Florida bars, restaurants, hotels, taxis, etc.
That's one ship at reduced capacity.
Multiple it by two for full capacity and multiple it by many more for all ships across all lines sailing from Florida on any given weekend.
That should give you an idea of what's at stake for Florida.
And that doesn't include any of the other spend by the cruise lines for supplies and such, or other related jobs the industry supports.   
 

This just popped up on my Facebook...looks like Adventure will be restarting from Nassau in June 2021
 

Sept 1, but hopefully sooner

Sept 1, but hopefully sooner

Will get the vaccine and wearing masking inside is fine, but won't cruise if we have to wear masks outside on the pool deck or just walking around outside.

Wait congress passes stuff that might solve a simple problem ???
Is that allowed ?

agreed, since we have to fly in and adding a hotel stay, its too impractical  for us for a short cruise. The airfare if higher than the cruise. The restrictions and reservations for pool time, etc. This isn't our cup of tea 

agreed, since we have to fly in and adding a hotel stay, its too impractical  for us for a short cruise. The airfare if higher than the cruise. The restrictions and reservations for pool time, etc. This isn't our cup of tea 

agreed, since we have to fly in and adding a hotel stay, its too impractical  for us for a short cruise. The airfare if higher than the cruise. The restrictions and reservations for pool time, etc. This isn't our cup of tea 

Cruising is expensive, I simply cannot justify the expense with any restrictions. We will not cruise again until there are no restrictions and that may be a long time if ever... as much as it pains me to say that. 
 

Agreed number of cases is a poor stat to focus on, Florida has lots of cases but the majority are young, healthy and basically don't even notice they had it. Keeping the hospitals available for those that need to be taken care of is the key.

What's the one thing you would change about the cabins on RC?
Mine would be bigger showers.

We just payed for our March 27th on Harmony and wish they would make a decision to go / cancel. If its cancelled we have plans all set to go to Cancun to an All-inclusive w/ the kids. Just would like to get it booked earlier rather than later due to airfares.

And this is VERY common in retail - % off the suggested retail price - lowest price of the season.  If you are basing your purchases on wording, you are just the customer they’re looking for!!  Years ago in CT, Filene’s had the state Dept of Consumer Protection all over them because their linens were always on a percentage sale.  Deceptive advertising because the linens were never sold at FULL price.  So we learned never to buy towels on Monday or Tuesday when they were full price!
As others have pointed out, watch PRICE not SALES.

I think they threw in the towel on the mock cruises and protocols, going with vaccine or bust.
Tiptoeing up to the no politics line here but pretty sure that the whole thing was only moving forward due to political pressure at the time that is no longer being applied.