smokeybandit

From the C&A Facebook group

Order early so they arrive by Christmas.

That mandatory 10/14 day quarantines, thanks to the CDC is really wreaking havoc with crew numbers.

Right, I'm not expecting any cruise lines to drastically change things next week. But will any cruise line formally opt into the new CSO?

Once you're 12+ miles from land you'll be on ship's cellular.

$52 is buy-worthy. The DBP on a cruise I'm tracking just went from $72 to $92 with a BOGO half off. Yeah that doesn't help

Are there any indications on if any cruise lines are going to opt into the new CSO, even if "voluntarily?"

New "sale" today.

Cracker Barrel is good. But I think the last place I'd want to be in the world after eating Cracker Barrel's biscuits and gravy would be on a cruise ship

Mason Jar? So they're putting a Cracker Barrel on board?

The only 90 day waiver out there was in some situations you could use a positive test within the last 90 days to satisfy entry requirements. Cruise lines don't/can't accept that.

The tests are OTC. You do not need a prescription to buy and take the tests. The "prescription" is the proctoring part of it that's completely optional.

I'd be a lot less concerned about a PCR test giving a false positive this far out than an adult. I'd keep the cruise. For peace of mind, maybe take a PCR test in early February.

I've always wondered, if a cocktail with no alcohol is virgin, what do you call a cocktail with no mixers? I have some suggestions but this is a PG rated forum.

FYI, in booking some transportation for a March cruise, I noticed they're now $30 from HOU and $35 from IAH

That violates the executive order though

The crew gets tested every 3 days. That's where the majority of cases are coming from.

Other less convenient options are to get the test in the port town or at the airport.

So what's the punishment for not opting into a "voluntary" agreement? There's no technical benefit to opting into the voluntary CSO, even if you still follow the CSO. But if you don't, will the CDC hold it against you? And gee, thanks, moving the case threshold from 1 in 1000 to 3 in 1000. Sorry, that's an absolute joke. Some good things though. Self-service food stations are allowed again. Granted we know they'll keep many as manned stations, but hopefully I don't have to ask someone to pick up a piece of pre-plated cake or a banana for me. Changes to quarantine cabin rules. I wonder if they'll let people quarantine in their booked cabins now. I just hope they relax Adventure Ocean rules and let it be fun again.

You mean if I have 1 penny and I got 30x more than I already have, that 30 cents still isn't a lot of money?

The website still says it's a free test as long as the 2nd cruise is within 3 days of the first.

RC should highlight the table of shame the same way TSA highlights the cool stuff they confiscated.

And most of that 30 fold is crew that are now forced to quarantine, many with no symptoms, for 10 days since the CDC lumps cruise ships in with nursing homes.

The UK is past its omicron peak. USA should only be 2-3 weeks away.