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This might be a good time for President Trump to temporarily strike down the Jones Act. In a National Emergency, he can do it. That would allow Alaska itineraries to home port in Seattle this year.

I'm sure your doctor will do so after this blows over. If not, find a new doctor. I had an annual physical appointment scheduled for this Friday. My doctor's office cancelled it because they are too busy and too concerned with sick patients.

Update from Carnival just came in: We booked the Breeze after we were allowed to change our trip for free but before Carnival ceased operations. I figured we were out the $1200 in OBC (2 staterooms @ $600 each). I just received the email that we get the credit anyway. I just applied for it. Carnival just handed us $1200 we didn't expect. Again, I am partial to both RCCL and Carnival. I know some on here have no use for Carnival, but they stepped up to the plate for us... and the Breeze is a really nice ship.

I like Carnival's lunch options better. I like RCCL's MDR dinners a little better. I like Carnival's comedians better. I like RCCL's fleet much more. Carnival has simply not competed in the ship "arms race" until very recently. The majority of their ships are more than 20 years old (Fantasy Class and Spirit Class). The Breeze and Magic are very nice. They are a nice comparison to the Voyager Class and came 10 years later. But it's only in the last couple of years they have anything that compares the RCCL's newest ships. They have nothing to compete with the Freedom Class and even with their newest ships only 2 or 3 to compete with Royals newest two classes that are numbering close to 10 combined.

I really do agree Tony. Carnival got the reputation of a frat house at sea decades ago. It's just not true. Sure there is more late late night stuff on Carnival, but truth be told, a blindfolded person would have a hard time telling the two apart. I realize, I'm defending Carnival on an RCCL forum, and I really like RCCL. I guess I've dissed Disney Cruises because of all the kids and I've never been on DCL. Truth is, all the major lines do a really good job, and we may have our preferences, but you can't go wrong in a normal situation on any of them.

As mentioned in another thread, it appears all three ships scheduled into San Juan this morning were turned away. All three are heading NW... perhaps to Miami or Ft. Lauderdale.

I'm surprised this isn't in the news more than it is. I appears to me all three ships scheduled into San Juan this morning were turned away. All three appear to be heading NW as of now. Miami or Ft. Lauderdale maybe?

With all due respect, Carnival does a job that is overall the equal to RCCL. Better at some things, not as good as others. The menus are quite good. The entertainment is comparable. Their comedians are much better. The place Carnival has not competed is in the arms race (ship size and innovation). Otherwise very similar. When shopping for cruises, I look at RCCL and Carnival. They are both in my price range and comfort level. I would pay half as much or 2/3s as much for NCL or Celebrity. I'm not really interested in Disney because of all the kids (my three are enough for me). Point is if someone gave me a trip on one of those other lines, I would gladly take it. If paying Carnival or RCCL for me. Just asking you, Miss Jill, to have an open mind.

I you want to change it, you should be able to. If you want to sail as planned, I would watch for notifications and closely monitor this board. The good people here know things before they happen sometimes.

I'm with you Twangster. The original premise was that single use gloves wouldn't eliminate the problem, but would mitigate it. I agree they must be used correctly to help. A trash can at the end of the Windjammer line to push the glove off from the inside would be the proper way to do it. Having drinks poured for pick up rather than self service drinks or drink machines would help too.

I find myself doing a lot of the same things. I don't think my wrists are quite a bony as your's though!

I think the use of a single knuckle for elevator buttons and maybe the elimination of the handshake could be coming to all of us.

Why are single use gloves not a big part of the answer in all facets of life in public and particularly on cruise ships (thinking of Lido lunch lines)? You would actually only need one glove for touching utensils and use an ungloved hand for holding your plate. This would not eliminate risk, but it would certainly mitigate it.

Hey Brobbins. A big thank you for pointing out cruise mapper. I have been using marine tracker for years, and I still will do so for certain things, but I really like cruise mapper too.

Also use Marinetraffic.com/

We are loyal to both Carnival and RCCL. In this case, Carnival wins hands down. We cancelled and rebooked our March 21st sailing on the Breeze before it was cancelled but after options to rebook were announced. We took a slightly more expensive cruise. Carnival transferred all of our cruise fare, deposit, taxes, and prepaid gratuities with no questions asked. We just have to pay the difference which is about $100 each.

There will be a ton of ships in the immediate vicinity of Miami, Port Everglades, and Port Canaveral. I agree about not extending into May. We already rebooked our trip (for June) on the Carnival Breeze that was supposed to be March 21.

I think it will be interesting to watch where the cruise lines keep all this ships for the next month. The Saturday cruises should all be home today. They will have to be moved to allow the arrival of the Sunday ships as well as all the 3 and 4 nighters that will be coming in starting Monday. Just off shore maybe? I would assume there will be a deep cleaning over the next month.

This was a 10 night cruise. The crazy flame fanners currently have momentum. I hope it burns out soon.

Just moved our Carnival Breeze from March 21st to June. Cost a little more for cruise, and a little less for air and precruise hotel.

We (wife, son, Grandma, and I) are booked on the Carnival Breeze on the 21st. We are on the fence about going. Right now we have $200 per cabin obc. I inquired with Carnival tonight about our options (stay, rebook, or upgrade). We are considering upgrading to a balcony just in case the is a qt. The customer service rep said there are as many people booking as cancelling and the price per cabin to upgrade is still more than $900 per cabin. If true, I am surprised many people are booking.

Too many Americans, and probably people around the world, believe what they hear or even see sometimes. Funny how important news like trying to protect our Southern Border from daily invasion doesn't jibe with their agenda, so it goes unreported. Yet this affects a tiny percentage of the World and is all over the place to the point where people I know who never pay attention to the News are stocking up on Clorox wipes. This board is not about politics and I'm not trying to make it such, but it is ironic the amount of money Congress printed up for Corona in about 3 days was the exact same amount that they can't seem to find with a search warrant for another more important project to the safety and well being of our Country. I think you know what I'm talking about.

Thanks for posting actual useful information. This thing has taken on a life of its own with the US Media being the main culprit as usual. Why are these facts not at the top of every story about it? Must be because it would calm the panic. We can't have that.

I realize I'm responding to my own post, but looks like even if our Carnival Breeze trip doesn't re price, we still get $200 per cabin (2 cabins in our case) cruise credit. That's pretty awesome considering the price we paid to begin with.

We are booked on the Carnival Breeze on the 21st and have a price guarantee. I keep thinking the price will drop to fill cabins from those who have cancelled. It hasn't happened yet. I check about every 3 days.