Mike Stephens

...wonder why the CDC didn't cancel the SpaceX manned mission, the Astronauts clearly were not conducting social distancing...  >.>

If we don't sail August 23rd, every person I can vote for currently in office, I'm voting OUT

My related question regards the quote below...if Oasis does somehow go out from NJ to Bahamas August 23rd, so we HAVE to self-quarantine?  If yes, I'd have to cancel anyway...won't have enough days for a final cruise in a junior suite on Lady G in November.....

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/coronavirus-global

This quote was a slight glimmer of hope for big ships....

One of the questions asked was if bigger or smaller ships made more sense to start cruising first, and Mr. Liberty talked about how bigger ships are better situated to handle the demands, both financially and socially.

"Load factors can be lower because they have great economies of scale, they're extremely fuel efficient, and the cabin cabin category makes it very rich. Really more broadly within the fleet, public space per berth is very good. But certainly the newer ships have more public space per passenger. And would be heavily in consideration for the return to service, as well as other ships that we've modernized and having more venues on to."

Do you think they will do it again for August?  I have an August 23rd out of Cape Liberty....its looking pretty fooking bleak 

10 minutes ago, Chadster said:

As of tomorrow (5/15), Maryland's shifting from "Stay at Home" to "Safer at Home". We're basically beginning Phase One of the four-phase reopening plan. This one was based on two weeks of data. So, if we continue the trend, we'll move forward in two-week chunks. Of course, the plan makes no mention of what phase would include the reopening of the Cruise Maryland Terminal in Baltimore.

My original cruise that brought me to RCCL (9 nights aboard Grandeur to Canada/NE from Baltimore) would've been leaving today.

My cruise leaving tomorrow out of NJ was initially very similar, only 6 nights.  But Canada has closed their ports.  They set a new itinerary to Bermuda, which would have been great, but then they just basically gave it the old "its over, Johnny"

Lovetocruise2002 That's the one I'm on....holding out hope like I'm holding onto a rope over a pool full of Alligators....

My cruise to Canada would have been tomorrow, but that was cancelled some time ago.

This year has really sucked.

I have the May 15th sailing to Canada....my hunch is they will make an effort to grab a spot in Bermuda, Bahamas would be pretty much dock, and leave in like half hour!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/some-people-70plus-should-be-barred-from-boarding-cruise-ships-industry-proposal-says/ar-BB1136Vc

Yeah, I don't think it would be possible.  I'm looking at this storm track, and it looks like there's a chance they can slingshot East ahead of the storm and get to Bahamas, and the weather doesn't look terrible there.  By the same token, overnight in Bermuda is also a lot of fun...wherever we go, there we are!