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19 minutes ago, Princessfan20 said:

 

Our experience is that Covid is really only problematic on cruises longer than 10 days.  Those are the cruises where when Covid breaks out people are put into quarantine rooms.  Cruises less than 10 days passengers have reported developing the symptoms of Covid after disembarkation and arriving home.

 

Non the less it will be interesting to see how the winter cruises go for Princess with projections of a Covid and flu surge in the US.  I am sure there will be lots of crew missing from service because they live in such close quarters and will infect each other.  It seems chair hogs may be the big concern of some passengers and not a life threatening virus now.  Dress code arguments soon to follow.

I understand what you are saying about longer cruises and quarantine.  But the other part of my concern is getting covid on a shorter cruise and coming home with it.

I do hope that the crew and all on board stay healthy.

6 hours ago, caribill said:

 

The links Princess provided are not yet updated for the October 21 changes.

 

To some extent, I am not happy about these changes.

 

We have not cruised since cruise lines resumed voyages last year. Even with all the testing and protocols in place, Covid was still spreading on many voyages and not just on Princess sailings.

 

But a few months ago we booked a cruise on Princess for late December, confident that the requirements in place at the time we made the booking would be the best practices for limiting opportunities for contracting the virus on our cruise.

 

Covid has not disappeared and the best medical predictions show a concern for a resurgence later this year for a variety of reasons (new varieties, lack of mask wearing when appropriate, people spending more time indoors in the northern hemisphere, schools resuming in-person classes, many people not fully vaccinated and/or without booster shots, etc.).

 

So the cruise we signed up for with the assurance that at least 90% of passengers would be fully vaccinated (completed initial series of injections), interacting crew would be masked, all passengers would be tested within three days of the start of the cruise,etc. is now a cruise with an unlimited number of unvaccinated and untested people and no masking requirements at all for passengers or the crew they encounter.

Are you still going to take the cruise?  Can you get your money back?  Is it worth the risk to go?  We have not started cruising again because of covid.  I just don't feel like taking the chance of getting sick on a ship.  While I don't know the positivity rate on board a cruise ship I know what is in my country (my county 7.5%). Right now cruising is too risky for me.

The scary thing about pre-existing conditions is that a lot of time people don't know that they have one until something happens to then.  I found that out!

44 minutes ago, PescadoAmarillo said:

Thank you @tls1007.  When I posted this, the ship’s webcam and my Find My Husband app (he’s on board) both showed the ship was in Honolulu. The webcam still shows alongside in a Honolulu, but my husband has moved on. 😆. I was concerned there was an issue, and it’s too early to contact him. 

Please let us know how he is doing.

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That is a very nice pattern  I like the side panel.  I did not know about the pattern company Jalie.  I was able to Google it. Nice patterns

On 10/3/2022 at 4:32 PM, redlady62 said:

Well, I entered the shirt in the local fair last week, and did very well with it.  Hubby will be allowed to wear it again 🤣. I better start sewing for the Galapagos cruise that is coming up!

Happy to hear that you won.  It is a great shirt.  What type of clothing are you going to make for the Galapagos cruise?

I love the surprise.  But I would make sure that she has the clothing that she would want to wear on this special day.

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Thank you.  I really enjoyed all the pictures.

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2 minutes ago, sjb317 said:

Petrillos closed before the pandemic and the building is still empty.  We have not tried Napoli.

 

Sherri🙂

I did not know that about Petrillos.  We left there  a few years back.

With Napoli, their food looks just like the pictures.  It is family owned and they are from Italy.  Eating there I felt like I was in NYC again.  I hope that it is still good.  That is the one place that we miss from Florida.

3 minutes ago, sjb317 said:

I don’t think there was much, mostly limbs and trees down in the neighborhoods.  Some flooding on the river side.  Will find out more when we get home tomorrow night!

 

Sherri🙂

Thanks,   I hope that you enjoy your cruise.

If you have not tried Napoli restaurant in the Walmart plaza, it was great when we lived there.  Better than Petrillo's on A1A

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On 9/30/2022 at 3:30 PM, sjb317 said:

The fundraiser sounds like a lot of fun!  We went to an annual fundraiser for the Damien Center in Indianapolis, The Grand Masquerade, which sounds very similar to your upcoming one.  Lots of glitter and drag queens!😂 I miss it!

 

 

 

Sherri🙂

How is Indian Harbour Beach?  any damage?

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15 minutes ago, rkacruiser said:

A friend e-mailed that he has learned that the bridge to Sanibel Island has partially collapsed.  Gone!  He has a vacation booked on the Island for early November.  I think his plans will need to change.  

I also heard that another bridge did too.  

Center now over the Cape/port

40 minutes ago, Diver2014 said:

We're on Hilton Head Island just off the coast of South Carolina now.  Looks like Friday and Saturday will be 'inside' days.  No beach walking I guess.

Stay safe.

I just keep thinking of the people in Ian's path.  This is so sad.  Lives will be changed.

Wind is 155MPH  now

50 minutes ago, PelicanBill said:

Where?

They  were by fort Laudable, a little west of there 

There are tornados  now.

4 minutes ago, Honolulu Blue said:

They do now.  TS watch was added with the 11 AM update.  

How quick conditions can change.

It is a Cat 3 now.  Wait for PelicanBill's update.

 Port Canaveral Current Port Conditions: X-RAY.  Expect to progress to Port Condition YANKEE by tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 27th) evening.

https://www.portcanaveral.com/About/Severe-Weather-Awareness

If and when Port Condition Yankee is set, meaning sustained Tropical Storm Force winds are expected within 24 hours, vessel movement shall be restricted, and all movement must be approved by the caption of the port.

The Coast Guard is warning the public of these important safety messages:

Stay off the water.