Zurc Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Test Cruise done - Check CDC review - ? Conditional Sailing Certificate - ? Is Freedom cleared to sail with revenue passengers in 4 days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordell1 Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Zurc said: Test Cruise done - Check CDC review - ? Conditional Sailing Certificate - ? Is Freedom cleared to sail with revenue passengers in 4 days? Very good question! Zurc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClockingOut Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 Michael Bayley just posted this on Facebook. WAAAYTOOO and Zurc 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 Nice! And it seems like it was about a week between completion of the test cruise and receipt of the certificate. That's good turn around time after what we've gotten used to with the CDC. Gives me good hope for the other test cruises RCG needs to get done. WAAAYTOOO and LovetoCruise87 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 Freedom is Free! Zurc and CrimsonCruiser 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 Are there any other test cruises under way ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 18 minutes ago, CrimsonCruiser said: Nice! And it seems like it was about a week between completion of the test cruise and receipt of the certificate. That's good turn around time after what we've gotten used to with the CDC. Gives me good hope for the other test cruises RCG needs to get done. The application for the CSC doesn't require any info about the test cruise (which is dumb). Just it can only be done after the test cruise (if you're not doing 95%ers). And based on what's required of the CSC application, it's really all just a checklist no different than our packing checklist for a cruise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 49 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: it's really all just a checklist no different than our packing checklist for a cruise. In other words, the test cruise is a complete waste of time and resources. My guess is that this requirement will be long gone very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: In other words, the test cruise is a complete waste of time and resources. My guess is that this requirement will be long gone very soon. The test cruises don't even test anything. They just ask you do some mundane things that would happen on a cruise ship anyway. The most difficult criteria to satisfy on a test cruise is a mass quarantine exercise, in which 5% of all the guests (ie, 30 people on the Freedom test cruise) have to do a cabin quarantine exercise. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConstantCruiser Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 57 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: In other words, the test cruise is a complete waste of time and resources. Correct. Initially it was inserted in the process to give the CDC another choke point where they could halt cruising or drag their feet for months. If it were not for the Florida lawsuit I am pretty confident that would have been the outcome. cruisinghawg, WAAAYTOOO and sk8erguy1978 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho and Barb Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 BOUT TIME!!! Our cruise low level light has been illuminated way too long!!! Hopefully the rest of the fleet will soon follow. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 hours ago, ConstantCruiser said: Correct. Initially it was inserted in the process to give the CDC another choke point where they could halt cruising or drag their feet for months. If it were not for the Florida lawsuit I am pretty confident that would have been the outcome. Yep. Politics to the side (I'm not a political person and try to steer clear of all conversations) I think the FL lawsuit in general is what lit the fire under the CDCs behind. If not for that, we'd still be talking about next round of cancellations vs next round of ships re-starting. ConstantCruiser, WAAAYTOOO, fireclan and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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