Shari Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 I saw this on the CDC cruise ship color code site today! cruisellama and whitsmom 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 I'd be curious how much these ridiculous test cruises have cost cruise lines. WAAAYTOOO and Shari 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof4crazytocruise Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 I am not sure what this means? Does it mean that they can sail for revenue now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shari Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Momof4crazytocruise said: I am not sure what this means? Does it mean that they can sail for revenue now? Yes it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 4 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I'd be curious how much these ridiculous test cruises have cost cruise lines. CDC or not, Royal needs these test cruises for the crew to prepare for guests for ships as they come back into service. When I was on Allure test cruise and it was revealed no CDC reps were actually onboard, Royal said it didn't matter since there's value for the line in preparing the crew before restarting operations. MamaShark, cdixon22, cruisellama and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 There might be training value, but they could have done training a lot cheaper w/o having to go for 5-6 days as some test cruises did and have to feed a few hundred people beyond the crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 I am assuming they did a cost-benefit analysis and it was better fiscally for them. For a large corporation it is not just money that has value but goodwill. How they are painted and perceived in the media is part of their goodwill. By doing the test cruises they are complying with the CDC, the average consumer had/still has faith in the CDC. Imagine the lawsuits, loss of revenue and cost of still being shutdown. I think they probably come out ahead in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXcruzer Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: I am assuming they did a cost-benefit analysis and it was better fiscally for them. For a large corporation it is not just money that has value but goodwill. How they are painted and perceived in the media is part of their goodwill. By doing the test cruises they are complying with the CDC, the average consumer had/still has faith in the CDC. Imagine the lawsuits, loss of revenue and cost of still being shutdown. I think they probably come out ahead in the long run. Or they could have opted to operate at a 95% vaccinated level, that would have garnered more goodwill from a large percentage of cruisers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 True..... but at 95% lots of children in the summer would have had no vacations, not to mention all the unvaxxed who wouldn't have been allowed to sail. With the ports making the restrictions, RCG doesn't seem like the bad guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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