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Actually, October is generally when things BEGIN to ease up down here. I would have no qualms about booking a sailing in October, BUT, there are no guarantees. Every year is different.

Not sure you will see the Majesty come through all of this and return to New Orleans as planned. Much better chance of reopening of Galveston in some form or another.

Actually, on the Rhapsody, the Diamond Club is a partitioned section of the Shall We Dance lounge aft on deck 6. When large numbers of Diamond and up are onboard, they will use a large section of the Shall We Dance lounge as an overflow area for the daily Diamond and up event. This was the set up the last time I was on the Rhapsody, hope it is still this way.

If RCI enforces wearing a mask, that's fine. I don't attempt to sway their decision, BUT, I will make sure they know that I won't be spending my money on a "cruise vacation" that includes this requirement. You can go and enjoy yourself, good luck. How many people do you think on a cruise ship will wear a mask properly, not touch it, replace it several times a day, etc........Your expectations are out of touch with reality.

I think the mask promoters fail to mention this, or could be choose to forget this small bit of information.

That is how I would answer also. I don't think people are thinking this through when they mention the term "social distancing" in relation to a cruise ship, or a theater, or a lounge, etc, etc..........................even a restaurant that makes money.

My goodness, I don't think you will be sailing again for a long time....if ever.

Agree, most of the people saying they will wait for a vaccine need to understand there may well never be a vaccine. "Social Distancing" and full time or even part time masking is not a reasonable expectation on a ship or a lot of other land based venues.

No Windjammer and having to wear a facemask AT ALL. Both deal breakers.

It's not just the travel industries, keeping things shut down will have deep impacts on many segments and varieties of businesses both small and large. Even restaurants can't survive at 25% or 50%. I agree that it is just another SLIGHT risk we take when living our lives. I am OK with that. Lots of other things I can concern myself with.

Our FCC's took about 6 weeks and still don't have the Air2Sea airline charges refunded. Wish I had better news than that to give you. We were able to place an extended courtesy hold on a future cruise with another cancelled cruise "FCC's coming", but it expires on May 31, and still have no FCC from the second cancellation.

I get your problem with this decision. We just used a couple FCC's for final payment on an upcoming September TA. We decided that RCI already had enough of our money in hand for future sailings. Also, we have not gotten ANY refunds of cash for Air2Sea and taxes totaling thousands. I won't send ANY more cash till RCI gets a few things get sorted out. Just do some last minute stuff with a sailing that WILL go.

I have tried to imagine a cruise that had real social distancing. The ship would have to be about 25% capacity.

Would head out tomorrow if possible, but not with a mask.

No issues on transatlantic sailings. That is cabin 9260 on the Serenade, same as Jewel, Brilliance, and Radiance. Below is 9658 on Brilliance

Agree with Hagar, 9256 is a bit odd shaped (pinched), although a good choise. I think 9260 actually has as almost as much usable space. Decks 8 and 9 aft are the best as far as noise is concerned. However we have had a deck 7 and 10 aft and would book either of them again, not that much difference in noise either from below on 7, or above on deck 10.

Been on several both east and west bound. Have been fortunate in that all our sailings were smooth except for the last. That one was this past December from Venice to Ft. Lauderdale on the Pacific Princess(That was on a very small 600 passenger ship). If you are concerned, try what we did. We did our first on the biggest ship(Allure Of The Seas) and had a very smooth crossing. Try booking one of the larger ships. Sept. and Oct. sailings were very nice, as well as April and May.

Just how large is that axe you are grinding?

When do we leave???????????

Over here , they still define air travel as essential. Even issued bail out money.

Yet we still operate airlines and get in a "tube" for hours with other people. That is how this spread around the world, and continues to be.

May 30 on the Adventure

$50 showed up in my cruise planner this morning. Are any of the previous posters by chance stockholders waiting for a submitted request for OBC?

I will be your neighbor in aft JS/7394 . I am OK with the itinerary change we got last night. Hope they don't cancel the sailing.

Seems the ships are getting a lot of media, but I am of the opinion that it is the airlines that spread the virus on a global scale in a fast and thorough manner.