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@Jim_IainI may have missed you posting about this (or maybe it hasn't happened yet), but would you comment when you receive any compensation from Celebrity? I imagine it will take a while, but would like to have an idea. My DH is waiting on it from our May 6th Equinox cruise and he doesn't usually deal with our travel arrangements so he is wondering why it's taking so long to hear back...

Your experience sounds similar to my husband’s. I had read enough CC posts to know that he would have access to the full Dining Room menu we were assigned to. And learned a few more things as the cruise went on from the social media cruise group I was part of. If my husband had been alone, he wouldn’t have known these things. We were both very surprised that X wasn’t prepared better for disembarkation. My husband also never received a copy of his CoVid test results which now he is finding out he needed. Hopefully the women he spoke with is successful getting it from the ship’s medical center. Very frustrating. Hopefully everyone gets reimbursed without having to go through too many hoops.

Sorry to hear this. Hope you recover quickly.

I think we did the Woodwind snorkeling with you two. I’m glad you both are doing well!

I hope you both are feeling ok. I'm sure you weren't the only ones to not hear the Captain's CoVid announcement. He probably should have repeated it in the morning's announcements from there on out. Or at the least, put a sign on the theater about wearing masks - maybe there was one? I heard the Equinox is about 50% full on the current sailing. I think that helps also but I know Celebrity needs to make money to stay in business.

I agree about some of the passengers acting like 2 year olds. At breakfast the first morning, we chose to wait for a 2 top table and one of our fellow guests berated the hostess for not being prepared. When they sat us in a newly opened area we didn't have the quick service we are accustomed to by the coffee server, danish server, etc and he made it known he was very unhappy. Sitting next to him was worse than slow service. I felt bad for the staff. Glad that you both are negative! I hope my post helps people prepare before their cruise.

I'm glad you received excellent treatment after your fall. My DH had great service from the medical staff (I have heard others did not. Fortunately he didn't need a lot of attention) It just surprises me after several periods of CoVid spikes that Celebrity still doesn't have their act together on what to do. Maybe it was because this cruise was fuller than the Equinox has had since pre CoVid? Our next cruise is January 2023 and we are thankful we don't have to make a go/no-go decision before that. Still a Celebrity fan!!

Hope they don't have any further symptoms. We won't ever know how many will test positive post cruise unfortunately.

Hope you are feeling better by now. DH retested today after the 5 days of isolation and is still positive but is feeling a lot better.

I could move about the ship. I stayed masked unless I was outside sitting and tried to find seats away from others. I got food from Oceanview and Spa Cafe, but was glad I could get room service from the MDR too. We were in a regular veranda - not Aqua or a Suite.

Yes! Thanks to you I packed Theraflu which DH said really helped. I also packed Advil, throat lozenges, a thermometer and CoVid tests. When he noticed symptoms (after captain made an announcement about CoVid cases and needing to wear masks in theater) we each took a test before calling medical.

I learned so much from the recent postings from those who tested positive onboard various X ships. I wanted to share a few things we learned as I wait to disembark and be reunited with my DH. Definitely talk ahead of time about what to do if one in your party tests positive and the other negative - if the negative person will isolate also or not. My DH tasted positive day 7 of a 9 day cruise and we were given the option of staying in our stateroom or he could move to a deck 6 isolation cabin. We decided he would move in hopes I would stay negative. He expressed his tendency to get seasick which is why we book midship and they gave him a room number and location before he agreed what to do. He did get a balcony room. We always share toothpaste and hairbrush. Doesn’t work well if one of you goes into isolation! Luckily I had brought a round brush for blow drying my hair and I put some toothpaste in the lid of a glass then put that in a baggie! (Bring baggies! They really come in handy!) I’m very glad I didn’t go into isolation so I could help my husband with some issues. His calls to room service kept getting disconnected after being on hold for long periods of time so I could call for him and place his order. I had to eat meals in my room since I was his traveling partner so I would order both of our meals at the same time. If anyone has any questions I’ll try to answer. Still had a great cruise!