Hvoletsky Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 What are peoples thoughts on March cruises? I’m booked on symphony on 3/19. This is my third rebooking since covid. MargD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I am also in the mid March group. When we did an L & S from last year, I thought we were gold. Now I’m not so sure. We got a really sweet deal moving from Rhapsody to Harmony price protected and I hate to lose it. My brother (his first cruise) and hubby keep asking should we go? Wish I had stuck with the Western Caribbean itinerary instead of moving to Eastern but it’s too late to go back. Really if we spent 7 days on the ship, I’d probably be ok with it. We have a large room and a large balcony & Harmony’s a big ship. Not sure how my brother would feel though. Final payment is mid February so we will wait and decide then. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I have a March 6th cruise on Anthem (newly booked in December-awesome price!) and also an April 18th cruise (which was originally booked in 2019 for 2020). Everyday I feel differently about these…from yes, going no matter what…to what should we do…to wait and see…back to yes! I too would be fine just spending the 7 days at sea for the March cruise. I think right now I just have to stop thinking about it for the next few weeks and then see what happens. I saw on this morning’s news that the CDC is in-depth looking at the cruise industry so who knows what will happen next anyway! Apparently they are saying that every single cruise in the past few weeks has had COVID cases aboard. Ughhhhhhhh SpicyCherry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 EVERYWHERE has had covid cases over the last several weeks! I am like you, how I feel about going changes daily, sometimes several times a day. I’m not a doctor, I didn’t stay at a holiday inn express, I have no crystal ball. My OPINION is this increase has to do with: 1. Omicron 2. Holidays 3. Increased testing because of #2 4. Increased capacities on ships because of #2. I HOPE all of the above will subside before I have to make my decision. teddy, WAAAYTOOO, Jill and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fox Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 30 minutes ago, Pooch said: EVERYWHERE has had covid cases over the last several weeks! My take on this situation: I feel safer on a cruise than I do in my own city. On a cruise everyone is vaccinated and wears a mask. At the local grocery store I have no idea if someone is vaccinated (likely not here) and no one except employees is wearing a mask. csrsue, Riversong518, Sharla and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I know the CDC just said the CSO still goes optional next week. But I still don't trust them to power play their way into more restrictions. That said I can't imagine there's any more impact on March cruises than there is now sammy79, Swar, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templecruiser Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I have one on march 26, and I have no problem going. If some wants to cancel, means less people on the ship and easier to get a drink. I feel I could get covid anywhere, but the chances getting on a cruise is much less, so willing to take the chance. Neesa, Swar, Pattycruise and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy79 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 We have a spring break cruise booked on wonder in March. Our youngest is unvaccinated because of his age. My worst case scenario would be to test positive while on board and be quarantined on deck 6. Im ok with preboard testing but hope they’ll stop post cruise testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 51 minutes ago, sammy79 said: We have a spring break cruise booked on wonder in March. Our youngest is unvaccinated because of his age. My worst case scenario would be to test positive while on board and be quarantined on deck 6. Im ok with preboard testing but hope they’ll stop post cruise testing. I would hope post cruise testing gets nixed since the vaccines haven't shown much affect in preventing omicron infection. Riversong518, Neesa, Pattycruise and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I’ve got Wonder in March and I plan on being on that ship! Sharla and Neesa 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: I would hope post cruise testing gets nixed since the vaccines haven't shown much affect in preventing omicron infection. Post AND pre-cruise testing ! SpicyCherry, fmzsep12, Neesa and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Post AND pre-cruise testing ! I don't disagree. But I think post-cruise testing is a lower hanging fruit that cruise lines can get rid of with lessor push back WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, smokeybandit said: I don't disagree. But I think post-cruise testing is a lower hanging fruit that cruise lines can get rid of with lessor push back I agree…just wishful thinking… Pooch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluer101 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Jill said: I’ve got Wonder in March and I plan on being on that ship! Agreed, I’m on Wonder also for the 11th, and we are going. Jill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I hope you are onboard soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseGus Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 4 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I don't disagree. But I think post-cruise testing is a lower hanging fruit that cruise lines can get rid of with lessor push back in addition the post cruise testing opens Royal up to additional cost if they have to pay for a quarantine / isolation hotel. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 I’m doing symphony March 19 also with the whole family and kids for their spring break, can’t wait , I’m not concerned at all about omicron as I can almost guarantee the wave will have receded and we’ll be in a good place by then. Odyssey is supposedly in port at coco cay on March 25th when we’re all there, so coco will be jamming that day. Going to be a glorious time had by all. WAAAYTOOO, dr martini, Neesa and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Va4fam Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 We are on Oasis the first week of March and optimistic the cruise will take place and we will be on board. My thoughts have been similar to what @PPPJJ-GCVAB stated earlier about each day brings a new level of optimism or concern. We have 3 cruises booked between now and May including a Greek Isles cruise. My wife and I agreed to cancel the first one, then changed our mind to cancel the 2nd one, and finally decided a couple of weeks ago to take a "wait and see" approach. Glad we took that approach and still have options. WAAAYTOOO and PPPJJ-GCVAB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swar Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 I'm going to Puerto Rico and doing 2 seven day B2Bs in March. Hope they go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hopefully the predictions are correct and this Omicron surge peaks near the end of January, and the numbers of infections drop as quickly as they went up. The one constant in cruising so far is…changes can happen at any time. And during these changing times, March is far away. WannaCruise, Neesa, sammy79 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 7:45 AM, PPPJJ-GCVAB said: I have a March 6th cruise on Anthem (newly booked in December-awesome price!) and also an April 18th cruise (which was originally booked in 2019 for 2020). Everyday I feel differently about these…from yes, going no matter what…to what should we do…to wait and see…back to yes! I too would be fine just spending the 7 days at sea for the March cruise. I think right now I just have to stop thinking about it for the next few weeks and then see what happens. I saw on this morning’s news that the CDC is in-depth looking at the cruise industry so who knows what will happen next anyway! Apparently they are saying that every single cruise in the past few weeks has had COVID cases aboard. Ughhhhhhhh Yes a number of recent sailings have had COVID cases on board BUT the positivity rate is less than 1% compared with land based measurements. Last I saw Illinois had a 15.7% positivity rate. The numbers show your less likely to contract COVID on a cruise ship than on land amongst the general population. PPPJJ-GCVAB and sammy79 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thman Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 My feelings are that if you are having anxiety about going look at your options and go later. Why stress yourself? It's supposed to be a relaxing time. I've seen numerous people at work get covid from the early days to now and everyone I've talked to said it was terrible to mild. But where else can you take a vacation and they take care of you like royal does? All inclusive vacation doesn't test you, give you medicine, give you a private jet ride home. Only royal is doing all this. We are on Wonder inaugural cruise and unless royal cancels this we will go. Hopefully it will be better than our Alaska cruise this past summer. Neesa, ellcee and Va4fam 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 3:03 PM, Va4fam said: We are on Oasis the first week of March and optimistic the cruise will take place and we will be on board. My thoughts have been similar to what @PPPJJ-GCVAB stated earlier about each day brings a new level of optimism or concern. We have 3 cruises booked between now and May including a Greek Isles cruise. My wife and I agreed to cancel the first one, then changed our mind to cancel the 2nd one, and finally decided a couple of weeks ago to take a "wait and see" approach. Glad we took that approach and still have options. we are also on Oasis first week of March, plus last week of February. I am planning to go. I think things will be better by then. At least hoping... Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Va4fam Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 @Linda R....fingers crossed things will calm down by then. Technically I think our sailing is 2/27. Oasis is such a great ship and we already have a lot of fun planned during the sailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmkray Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 We were scheduled on Symphony for 2/3 but a few days before the latest round of cancellations I rescheduled us for Jewel of the Seas on March 26th. (Smaller ship I know, but really was closest to the Symphony’s itinerary that I cancelled). I only cancelled because I was afraid of getting on the ship and not being able to enter any of the ports along the way. Hoping omnicron is winding down by that time but if it hasn’t and I can’t sail then am hoping to push and get my money back instead of FCC and I will just plan our vacation elsewhere. I saw that with the latest round of cancellations some were offered FCC and money back so maybe that’s what would happen. Don’t know, let the waiting begin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 The UK is past its omicron peak. USA should only be 2-3 weeks away. Neesa, Fox Forlenza and cruisellama 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAYNO Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 We're booked on Odyssey, end of February thru the first week of March. This one's been tough, trying to keep it all together. Airlines have been a pain. A combination of airline cancellations, fights for refunds, and the price going up substantially with each re-booking, as well as port cancellations and the ever-changing covid protocols made me question the karma of this cruise. But we wanted to go, and we stuck with it. As we speak, we are booked for the cruise, we again have airline tickets, and a stay at a motel in Ft. Lauderdale the night before the cruise. I hope for no more surprises. sammy79 and KristiZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coachkev24 Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Booked for Anthem March 20th, fingers are crossed the next few months go smooth!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvoletsky Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Things seem to be settling down, at least in the NE and haven’t heard of any major issues within the industry since the cancellations. Feeling confident about my 3/16 symphony sailing! First time on the boat! Coachkev24 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Oh from your mouth to God’s ear!!! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieNI Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Booked on Oasis of the Seas for 6th March and have fingers crossed! I'm remaining optimistic lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser4 Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Booked b2b on Wonder of the seas for Western Caribbean on the 15th of April and 20th Transatlantic. We are flying to Miami from Europe so hopefully everything goes well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 1/11/2022 at 3:10 PM, Va4fam said: @Linda R....fingers crossed things will calm down by then. Technically I think our sailing is 2/27. Oasis is such a great ship and we already have a lot of fun planned during the sailing. Yes, I love the Oasis ship. We also leave on Feb. 27th and also doing the next cruise (B2B) I think on March 6th. Have fun Va4fam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Looks like we are toast for our March cruise. We were planning on driving, but our government has now added a clause that we are subject to $5000 fines if we cross back to Canada and are positive....even though would still quarantine at home. This is one of the times that it sucks to be Canadian. Hope they remove this in the next few months but pretty sure they'll keep it over our March break. WAAAYTOOO, Jax, VACruiser and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 5 hours ago, WannaCruise said: $5000 fines if we cross back to Canada and are positive Yikes ! WannaCruise and cruisellama 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 6:10 AM, WannaCruise said: subject to $5000 fines if we cross back to Canada and are positive I just heard about this today! This is beyond frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 @Jax, yep that's the new clause. I'm with you. So upset as who knows how long this will stay and we have to keep cancelling cruises or trips to the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowBrickRoad Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 We have a Mar 13th cruise as well and was planning on driving. Time will tell what we end up doing with this new clause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, YellowBrickRoad said: We have a Mar 13th cruise as well and was planning on driving. Time will tell what we end up doing with this new clause. Same on both of those - the date and way of getting there (from Ontario). Before this clause, we probably would have paid it off and then watched closer to the sail date to see if things had calmed down. But with this new clause, we will cancel before final payment. Such a shame as we keep trying to get on this very cruise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 8 weeks is still ages in pandemic time. I am back in the wait and see and pray mode. I will still make final payment. No way will I cancel right now, too much can change still. sammy79 and Vancity Cruiser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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