ChrisK2793

No to Paradise of the Seas. The abbreviation PoS, that's just not right.🤣

CDC Says Cruise Ship Conditional Sail Order Will Become Voluntary on Jan 15, Despite Omicron
 
SEE AT LINK:
https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/6679/?source=99&fbclid=IwAR1Buf01h-240wOjycFpXYu7Cuiz4UOHIJFiiivWVoml2XWOKrsaWuSTGrA

QUOTE from the link below:
The Norwegian cancellations announced Wednesday include:
Norwegian Pearl departures through Jan. 14. Norwegian Sky departures through Feb. 25. Pride of America departures through Feb. 26. Norwegian Jade departures through March 3. Norwegian Star departures through March 19. Norwegian Sun departures through April 19. Norwegian Spirit departures through April 23. The vessels account for nearly half of Norwegian’s 17-ship fleet.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-cancellations-omicron-wave/

I hope they put Portside BBQ there lol
 

It’s funny you said that because our whole cruise every time I had a can of water, I kept saying how my mind kept thinking I was drinking a really weak watery beer lol 😂 ……. I eventually just started asking for a glass of ice water when I wanted water that wasn’t for the room.
 
 

“HAVEN” sounds like they’re copying off Norwegian since most of their new ships have “The Haven” as their suite area.  I hate that one the most ……. Even besides the copying …… “Haven of the Seas” just sounds terrible.
 

QUOTE from the link below:
The Norwegian cancellations announced Wednesday include:
Norwegian Pearl departures through Jan. 14. Norwegian Sky departures through Feb. 25. Pride of America departures through Feb. 26. Norwegian Jade departures through March 3. Norwegian Star departures through March 19. Norwegian Sun departures through April 19. Norwegian Spirit departures through April 23. The vessels account for nearly half of Norwegian’s 17-ship fleet.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-cancellations-omicron-wave/

Anyone know if being less than sober, or significantly less than sober, affects Covid testing? 
 
Asking for a friend

https://www.asta.org/About/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=31372
 
Alexandria, VA, January 5, 2022 – Zane Kerby, President & CEO of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), issues the following statement in response to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidance on COVID-19 and Cruise Ship Travel, recommending that cruise travel be avoided regardless of vaccination status:
“An increase in reported COVID cases on cruise ships should surprise no one given the worldwide spike driven by the highly-transmissible omicron variant. The difference between enjoying a cruise vacation and visiting your local grocery store or restaurant, however, is the extraordinarily stringent anti-COVID measures put in place voluntarily by the cruise lines, in close consultation with the CDC. These measures include testing, vaccination, sanitation, mask-wearing and other science-backed measures, as well as protocols to respond to potential cases of COVID-19.
“If the average cruise ship were a U.S. state, it would be the safest in the country – by far. According to Royal Caribbean Group, since cruising restarted in the U.S. in June 2021, its ships have carried 1.1 million guests with 1,745 people testing positive – a positivity rate of 0.02 percent. Among U.S. states as of January 4, Alaska’s positivity rate is the lowest at 9.4 percent, with Georgia’s the highest at 38.7 percent.
“Cruising is no more responsible for the spread of the Omicron variant than travelers from southern Africa were at the outset of the current crisis. But we continue to see knee-jerk reactions singling out travel for discriminatory treatment. Because the travel industry is regulated more heavily than other activities, when COVID caseloads rise or new variants emerge, travel takes the hit. It brings to mind the old saying, ‘if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.’ This pattern needs to stop.
“The Administration has shown flexibility on its anti-COVID measures of late, including the recent decision to lift the November 26 travel ban on eight countries in Southern Africa. We call on it to do the same here. At this stage in the pandemic, the tools exist to allow us to combat this virus without crippling an entire sector of the U.S. economy in the process. Let’s use them.”

Exactly..and all of those are already identified on the deck plans for the ship. We just don't know what this mystery "Specialty Dining" venue outside of the Windjammer is yet.

And Norwegian thought they were going to be king when they went with an all vax requirement.

I glanced at this photo and assumed you were going to be making a joke about Bud Light = water 😉 😄 

I think to do anything else at this point would be a suicidal move by any cruise company.  And I base that only on the public's perceptions based on reporting from all news sources.  This might be one of the only stories where there was no difference on how it was (mis)reported by FOX and CNN and maybe even MSNBC and NEWSMAX.

I'm sure there's a lot of back door handshakes that make both sides come out looking good.

NCL Pearl left 1/3 for an 11 night Panama Canal cruise …… turned around after 1 day and will be back at port tomorrow 1/6.  At least 50 crew members tested positive for Covid.  Most were Asymptomatic.
NCL Getaway cruise scheduled to leave today, 1/5, was cancelled yesterday due to “Covid related circumstances”
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/04/norwegian-pearl-returning-to-port-miami-after-multiple-crew-members-test-positive-for-covid-19/
 
https://cruiseradio.net/norwegian-cruise-line-cancels-pearl-getaway-sailings/
 
 

CDC Says Cruise Ship Conditional Sail Order Will Become Voluntary on Jan 15, Despite Omicron
 
SEE AT LINK:
https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/6679/?source=99&fbclid=IwAR1Buf01h-240wOjycFpXYu7Cuiz4UOHIJFiiivWVoml2XWOKrsaWuSTGrA

I hope they put Portside BBQ there lol
 

“HAVEN” sounds like they’re copying off Norwegian since most of their new ships have “The Haven” as their suite area.  I hate that one the most ……. Even besides the copying …… “Haven of the Seas” just sounds terrible.
 

I don’t know, most of the names on that list are pretty bad…My guess would be like most are saying and it will be either Melody or Aria of the seas.  

A rare wise move by the CDC.
 

After Harmony and Symphony, I felt like Royal was going for a musical theme with the Oasis Class.  So Melody and Aria would fit nicely into this theme.

Ha ha... just got that! They can call it Starboard or Rightside BBQ!
 

I hope they put Portside BBQ there lol
 

NCL Pearl left 1/3 for an 11 night Panama Canal cruise …… turned around after 1 day and will be back at port tomorrow 1/6.  At least 50 crew members tested positive for Covid.  Most were Asymptomatic.
NCL Getaway cruise scheduled to leave today, 1/5, was cancelled yesterday due to “Covid related circumstances”
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/04/norwegian-pearl-returning-to-port-miami-after-multiple-crew-members-test-positive-for-covid-19/
 
https://cruiseradio.net/norwegian-cruise-line-cancels-pearl-getaway-sailings/
 
 

NCL Pearl left 1/3 for an 11 night Panama Canal cruise …… turned around after 1 day and will be back at port tomorrow 1/6.  At least 50 crew members tested positive for Covid.  Most were Asymptomatic.
NCL Getaway cruise scheduled to leave today, 1/5, was cancelled yesterday due to “Covid related circumstances”
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/04/norwegian-pearl-returning-to-port-miami-after-multiple-crew-members-test-positive-for-covid-19/
 
https://cruiseradio.net/norwegian-cruise-line-cancels-pearl-getaway-sailings/