Cruise Pirate Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 Seeing that Royal Caribbean has different class ships, I saw in a post that the Allure was doing their testing on July 27-29th 2021, and now I see that Oasis is doing test cruises as well on August 22-28th 2021. OK here come the dumb question ... Aren't these Test cruises on the same class ship redundant and not necessary? and will then all cruise ships that sail from a US port need to undergo test sailings at some point? Or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 Multiple test cruises are most certainly redundant and not necessary. But, the CDC says so (at least for another 3 weeks) Cruise Pirate and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 While they may seem redundant and unnecessary because of the b.s the CDC has pulled. They aren't. Each ship is its own entity and class has nothing to do with it. If they were Oasis 1 and Oasis 2 then yes it would seem like 1 test sailing would be enough. I don't think any of the ships has a 100% copy and paste situation. Like Oasis has been amped, look at Mariner compared to Indy and so on. The CDC in their diffidently finite wisdom said if a ship wants to sail it needs a test cruise or 95% vaxxed...so yes they all need a test sail under the current CDC/CSO crap. KristiZ 1 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, Ampurp85 said: While they may seem redundant and unnecessary because of the b.s the CDC has pulled. They aren't. Each ship is its own entity and class has nothing to do with it. If they were Oasis 1 and Oasis 2 then yes it would seem like 1 test sailing would be enough. I don't think any of the ships has a 100% copy and paste situation. Like Oasis has been amped, look at Mariner compared to Indy and so on. The CDC in their diffidently finite wisdom said if a ship wants to sail it needs a test cruise or 95% vaxxed...so yes they all need a test sail under the current CDC/CSO crap. If you look at what's actually being "tested" on a test cruise the class/size of ship is irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 @smokeybanditI know and that's my point, the op asked if only one ship per class should do test cruise and I pointed out, being the same is not a factor. I think the whole this is a mess and redundant but from a healthy standpoint I get it. You can't just go to the McDonald on States street and see their cleaning process and then be like all McDonald's are clean. I know its different situation but we know cruise ships got a bed rep. I know they are the cleanest and safest vacation but public perception can be everything some times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisellama Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Are double C&A points offered on test cruises? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 36 minutes ago, cruisellama said: Are double C&A points offered on test cruises? You don't typically get any C&A points on a non-revenue cruise. cruisellama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 I might have missed the news, but has a test cruise been scheduled for Odyssey yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConstantCruiser Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I might have missed the news, but has a test cruise been scheduled for Odyssey yet? Not that has been officially announced. (...I don't think). Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Odyssey needs to satisfy Phase 1 of the CSO before it can schedule a test cruise in Phase 2. cruisellama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBCcruiser Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 I sure hope they contact me for the LA test cruises on the Navigator! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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