Mike.s

Sadly I think even July is being optimistic

They are averaging 28 new cases a day at the moment, bit different to the majority of countries.

http://crew-center.com/all-ncl-non-essential-crew-be-repatriated-home-april-2021 If they're getting the crew home by April can't see them starting cruises for another 3 months after then, so late summer at best

That's positive, can't say the same for the ending of L&S, disappointed as we're due to cruise in May, and can't see it happening.

So 3 days floating round the English channel it is, looking forward to enjoying rough seas and even rougher weather

Here in the UK looks like we are about to introduce a mandatory 2 week quarantine on arrival in the UK, effectively killing off any sort of overseas holiday. https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-travel-industry-expects-mandatory-hotel-quarantine-to-be-introduced-imminently-12198896 Think the chance of cruising in 2021 is looking less likely by the minute

Saga, a British cruise line serving the over 50 market has today mandated all passengers having a Covid-19 vaccination prior to sailing, guess they won't be the only one. https://www.cruisehive.com/cruise-line-requires-all-guests-to-be-vaccinated/46159

That concerns me. We have some OBC on our May cruise that was part of the booking offer, I was expecting it would be carried over when we have to L&S, is this not the case?

Has anyone heard any progress updates or even latest rumours on this class of ship, have they actually started work on it yet?

There was a report in the UK press today stating all UK adults could be vaccinated by mid July, let's hope this is the case.

We're due out of Southampton in May, we've already accepted that it's highly unlikely to happen, gutted doesn't even come close

They won't cancel thru May yet, we've not made our final payment yet

We're hoping that too, as we're supposed to be sailing in May 21, can't see that happening. Being greedy we're hoping they might extend the double points at the same time, or is that too much to hope for?

Agree with the more cruises to Aruba Bonaire Curaçao, and perhaps longer cruises from New Orleans would be on my wish list.

I'm sure the crew will be happy with tips in any currency, assuming they're notes they're easily changed to USD.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55280671 Oxford-AstraZeneca approval given in the UK, roll-out starts next Monday, targeting 2 million a week (which I think is somewhat optimistic)

Hopefully they'll extend both the move by date from the End of Jan and the Cruise by date from the end of Apr. Can't see our May cruise going ahead. Does the fact we've used our FCC impact us as we'd be moving the cruise to May 2022?

There was both a Starbucks and a specialty coffee shop on Anthem, we used the specialty one it was excellent and part of the drinks package, the Starbucks was chargeable.

We're regretting not buying the ship models, now trying to source them online, struggling for some of the older ships. My better half cannot resist the silver by the inch (no idea), me I do like a watch sale

Let's hope they are, otherwise I'm fearing for my May sailing from Southampton

As you stated none of the UK press who gleefully reported the case have followed up with the update of the negative retests, guess the headline sorry was a false alarm doesn't sell papers, but as per usual all the anti cruise brigade have jumped on the story ?

Assuming we get a European cruising season this year perhaps they could send them our way. If they are running ships at 50% capacity there might be an opportunity to add some additional sailings/capacity for the European summer? Or is that just wishful thinking?

Looks like someone hit the wrong font size, not convinced?

Not sure I like the size of the name on the side, it's huge.

Great deals, well not really. Just repriced the cruise I booked 4 weeks ago, almost identical pricing. I have just paid for the drinks package, yes it was £34.96, nearly £20 a day cheaper than yesterday but identical to the offer they had a few weeks ago. As as been previously stated by many on the forum, just gotta keep looking and re-book if you see a better deal, don't really think any sale is better than any other.