Jill 880 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Now this would be awful: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cruiseships-exclus/exclusive-u-s-considering-discouraging-some-travelers-from-cruises-sources-idUSKBN20T29M JLMoran and DDaley 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zacharius 237 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Advising someone against cruising isn't the same as banning someone from cruising. If the government comes out and actively says "look, we don't think you should do it", that doesn't mean you can't. Heck, in my mind, that's great...cuts down on the crowds Nothing I see in that article says they're considering an outright ban, just an advisory against. JohnK6404, CoupleOfCruisers, DDaley and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DunkelBierJay 648 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 39 minutes ago, Jill said: Now this would be awful: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cruiseships-exclus/exclusive-u-s-considering-discouraging-some-travelers-from-cruises-sources-idUSKBN20T29M for the industry, yes...however...selfishly, think of the half full ships to sail on and the deals the cruise lines will offer to get them back on board. Sign me up! Regardless...not to minimize what's going on...everyone in my area seems to be losing their minds...you can't get toilet paper anywhere right now...I'm glad we buy bulk at Sams. JennyB and Cub 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedNoodles 4,436 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 18 minutes ago, DunkelBierJay said: for the industry, yes...however...selfishly, think of the half full ships to sail on and the deals the cruise lines will offer to get them back on board. Sign me up! Regardless...not to minimize what's going on...everyone in my area seems to be losing their minds...you can't get toilet paper anywhere right now...I'm glad we buy bulk at Sams. Because toilet paper is the cure for Covid-19. No, wait, it prevents coughing. No, wait..... Ogilthorpe, DunkelBierJay, bhageerah and 14 others 2 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DublinFC 335 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 I have to agree with @Zachariusthis is just a suggestion. I understand the concern people have. The media is really playing this up. We are going to the DR for a week at a resort and we are looking forward to every minute we have there. JLMoran and PRebecca 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zambia-Zaire 227 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 That Reuter article suggest, the U.S. State Dept. "ARE" encouraging people not to take cruises in the Asian area, no such thing in the U.S. or American areas. The U.S. & American areas are under review....I suspect a clear decision on the wording/recommendation, won't be made, at least at a minimum, until after VP Pence meets with the Cruise Industry CEO's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill 880 Posted March 6 Author Report Share Posted March 6 Apparently MSNBC was reporting the possibility of all cruises cancelled for next month. That the government would bail them out. I’m not a fan of MSNBC so we shall see after Pence meets with the heads of the cruise lines this weekend in Ft Lauderdale bellemiche and Baked Alaska 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
basil 99 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Dont 13 minutes ago, Jill said: Apparently MSNBC was reporting the possibility of all cruises cancelled for next month. That the government would bail them I by no means want to see people sick, but I have waited almost 2 years for our cruise in April. All my kids are grown, so it is awsome to get together with all of them. I hope we still get to cruise. Cruise Queen 44 * Diamond, FManke, SteveinSC and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedNoodles 4,436 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 27 minutes ago, Jill said: Apparently MSNBC was reporting the possibility of all cruises cancelled for next month. That the government would bail them out. I’m not a fan of MSNBC so we shall see after Pence meets with the heads of the cruise lines this weekend in Ft Lauderdale Whose government? LOL SteveinSC, WAAAYTOOO, Cruise Queen 44 * Diamond and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill 880 Posted March 6 Author Report Share Posted March 6 Response from CLIA: https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/22551-clia-responds-to-report-that-u-s-may-discourage-cruise-vacations.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gi333 19 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Ok. What's next stop all flights. This is ridiculous in my opinion. As if all cruises are at risk. So am I supposed to think that cruising from Puerto Rico is at risk? Paranoia is winning and facts are not. Hey let's shut down also disney world because there is been cases in Florida... Like come on CruzOnBye, Neesa, SteveinSC and 3 others 4 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CruzOnBye 142 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 2 minutes ago, gi333 said: Ok. What's next stop all flights. This is ridiculous in my opinion. As if all cruises are at risk. So am I supposed to think that cruising from Puerto Rico is at risk? Paranoia is winning and facts are not. Hey let's shut down also disney world because there is been cases in Florida... Like come on The way crowds are at Disney right now, I would loveeee for all this to steer some people away! LOL. Well, the fear of it, not the actual virus obviously. We (regrettably) bought WDW annual passes for Christmas and can't deal, I mean can.not.DEEEAL. with the crowds! It would be amazing to not have to wait 20 mins in line for a beer or 2.5 hours for a ride. But hey, "happiest place on earth", right? -_- Thank goodness for cruises, RC is our true happy place SteveinSC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveinSC 1,208 Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 55 minutes ago, SpeedNoodles said: Whose government? LOL Trump would be like: Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaiC01 39 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 7 hours ago, Zacharius said: Advising someone against cruising isn't the same as banning someone from cruising. If the government comes out and actively says "look, we don't think you should do it", that doesn't mean you can't. Heck, in my mind, that's great...cuts down on the crowds Nothing I see in that article says they're considering an outright ban, just an advisory against. Yes but it could allow the government to refuse any help if you get tied up in any virus related issues and delays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FManke 2,597 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 17 hours ago, Jill said: Apparently MSNBC was reporting the possibility of all cruises cancelled for next month. That the government would bail them out. Consider the source. RCVoyager, Zambia-Zaire, Snotarni and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveinSC 1,208 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 12 minutes ago, FManke said: Consider the source. Can they do anything about people buying up all the daggum toilet paper? Good grief.....but nobody is overreacting ....nooooooo. WAAAYTOOO, FManke, bellemiche and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FManke 2,597 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 7 minutes ago, SteveinSC said: Can they do anything about people buying up all the daggum toilet paper? Good grief.....but nobody is overreacting ....nooooooo. With all the panic going on and shortages, we will probably have to dig into the US government's strategic tp reserves! SteveinSC, Christine 67, Ogilthorpe and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChessE4 735 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 On 3/6/2020 at 12:13 PM, Jill said: Now this would be awful: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cruiseships-exclus/exclusive-u-s-considering-discouraging-some-travelers-from-cruises-sources-idUSKBN20T29M I agree. Cruises aren't the problem. I don't think the Washington and New York experiences were cruise-related. Cruises, however, are an example of a group meeting that can spread any disease. In that sense, there is an increased level of risk. But what about transit systems in a major city? We do need to think about our lifestyle, but knocking out cruises, in my opinion, won't inhibit the spread of the disease because there will always be random cases in high-density places exacerbated by a long incubation period. I vote for living life as you see fit, but being smart about it. Easy for me to say, as I am getting older...I wish everyone safe and healthy travels. Baked Alaska, SpeedNoodles and Mayooo 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark52479 27 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 I watched the entire meeting just now with Pence and the Cruise CEO's. No talk whatsoever of any kind of shutdown. Neesa, Jill, Ogilthorpe and 2 others 3 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark52479 27 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 23 hours ago, gi333 said: Ok. What's next stop all flights. This is ridiculous in my opinion. As if all cruises are at risk. So am I supposed to think that cruising from Puerto Rico is at risk? Paranoia is winning and facts are not. Hey let's shut down also disney world because there is been cases in Florida... Like come on I am on the Disney World message boards and believe me, there are people on the boards over there saying any day now Disney World will shut down. I mean come on. I simply DO NOT see that happening. no way they close down 30,000 hotel rooms. Can you imagine the chaos. I think for the time being the cruise indistry will continue taking peoples temps, and giving them the option of changing. I dont see much more than that for now. AGSLC5, Baked Alaska and Ogilthorpe 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CoupleOfCruisers 53 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Hmmmm.....says anonymous source! I’m crying foul! It is an election year and there are unfortunately people who want to hurt the economy to hurt the President. #JMHO Ogilthorpe, WAAAYTOOO, Neesa and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ogilthorpe 922 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, CoupleOfCruisers said: Hmmmm.....says anonymous source! I’m crying foul! It is an election year and there are unfortunately people who want to hurt the economy to hurt the President. #JMHO Or ... what individuals or entities or other interests will make an obscene amount of money selling the vaccine and benefiting from the temporary bear market Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark52479 27 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 https://breaking911.com/breaking-state-dept-u-s-citizens-should-not-travel-by-cruise-ship-quote-tweet/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AGSLC5 739 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 10 minutes ago, mark52479 said: https://breaking911.com/breaking-state-dept-u-s-citizens-should-not-travel-by-cruise-ship-quote-tweet/ Whats Breaking about this.. They have said for days that elderly people should avoid cruising... I am not elderly but even if I was I would still go on my cruise... Big Tule 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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