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7 hours ago, kkmiausa said:
You can't take this population to make your percentages - remember quarantines started pretty early on.
How does that change the death / patient ratio?
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I can’t remember where I read it and don’t have a source (sorry) but I did read that a lot of ships would be moved from the med to Alaska for the summer. Maybe that was a preemptive statement (it was a few days ago, before the new cases/death in WA and CA). But if more ships in Alaska, prices for the season may start cratering.
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2 minutes ago, smplybcause said:
I'm puzzled at how using the spas shower is a space saver?
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34 minutes ago, seemoreroyals said:
Will they let you bring a beer or a glass of wine into the thermal suite?
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I prefer the thermal suite (and you can buy the pass online without having to rush).
Sundecks are too hot for me, and I don’t drink.
Downsides or thermal suite: no bar, and if you’re sensitive to smells the chlorine (or similar chemical) smell in the spa can be strong at times.
Thermal suite does have water, tea, fruit, etc. IIRC, the GA does have one of the nicer locker rooms with showers and changing rooms, but you need to bring your own washcloth or loofah.
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We’re not allowed to recommend sites.
You can just go to your favorite cruise line’s site and start plugging in dates. I know NCL is already dropping a lot of fares for March.
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7 minutes ago, Azulann said:
Presser by Trump this afternoon said that there are travel advisory to italy. And all those coming from italy will need a to be checked before coming into US.
UConn ,my local private college are cancelling the student programs in Rome. In the local case they are shutting down the school they own in rome for the rest of the school year. The students are coming home.
Reuter just reported that Italy now has 1,000 case of virus. Nien days ago they had handfull confirmed.
Italy is also *testing* far more people than many other countries, including the US. Same with S. Korea.-
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1 hour ago, ksordi said:
We are leaving on a cruise on the Norwegian Joy in about 30 days. We have younger cruisers with us and are wondering what the hook ups on the TV are. Wondering if we can bring a portable DVD player or gaming system and it would work on this cruise ships TV in the stateroom. Anyone know? Or anyone going on the Joy soon that could check it out. From what I have seen on the boards is that on different ships the input ports on the TV are deactivated. Wondering if it’s the same for the Joy.
On every NCL ship I’ve been on, it’s been possible to unplug the ship services HDMI line and use that, or switch to another port using buttons on the TV or a universal remote (I bring a small one). Sometimes it’s been a little fiddly but it has been possible for me on GA, BA, Escape and Bliss. (IIRC Bliss has Samsung screens, at least in studios, so the universal remote trick works.) -
They’re now charging as much as Princess and Celebrity, and more than RC, all of which had much better service in my experiences with them.
Did NCL do away with twice daily room servicing as well?
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It says he’s going home to Utah (well, is already there) for observation.
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1 hour ago, npcl said:
you are now starting to see local transmission talking place in Spain, France, Germany and Switzerland. Not nearly as bad as Italy but could also be problem areas in a couple of weeks.
I think Italy just “looks” bad because they’re actually testing people, unlike the US?
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/-
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Haven Breakaway last year, one of those giant aft suites. Never saw a butler. Maybe they didn’t want to hoof it all the way back to us.
The ship had also recently failed a CDC inspection and was generally grubby.
Between all that and realizing that a lot of the food in the hallowed Haven restaurant was stuff you could get elsewhere on the ship, just plated or constructed differently, I pretty much realized the emperor had no clothes.
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13 minutes ago, Iamcruzin said:
Thanks. My wife works at a NYC hospital. She forgot to tell me. The Dr she works for wanted to cancel his business trip to California due to the incident but decided to go.
Very respectfully, COVID19 has been present in the US and Canada for weeks. Many cases have already resolved and gone home. On the flip side, we’ve also tested a pathetically small number of people (compared to countries like, for example, South Korea), because our government is a bit of a dumpster fire right now.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/-
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Not canceling, just watching for price drops/upgrades, OR will take a cruise credit if the sailing is canceled.
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Does "Activate the band" / confirm your delivery details work for anyone?
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10 minutes ago, nerea22x said:
I just called and they said that they could push it out well over a year. I'm assuming they made some changes though due to the situation. Before they told me that I was unable to push out within the 45 day window but I called today and I was able to push it out until over a year. Still haven't pushed it out though.
Oh, okay. I thought they were proactively offering/recommending it to you, or maybe you were coming from an affected area.
I'm in 'wait and see' mode for next month. I don't see a real reason to cancel on my own and take the financial hit, and don't feel like listening to that one single song VV plays on hold. 🙂 If things become dire, my flights and the cruise will be canceled anyway.
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2 minutes ago, ontheweb said:
Hard to believe that they are closing down schools, but will have the mass gathering that the Olympics would be.
I just cannot see swimmers wearing the protective masks; I mean how would they breathe?
The Olympics are literally FIVE MONTHS away.
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1 hour ago, nerea22x said:
it seems Virgin is allowing me to push out the cruise until over a year,
Can you give more details on this? Why/how are they offering this to you?
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5 minutes ago, Geoffa30 said:
Perhaps read my subsequent post which says I’ve never been in a cruise ship pool.
Unfortunately the world today is overrun with vloggers, bloggers, influencers et al. Some of who will sell their soul to ensure they keep in with companies for freebies, so forgive me if I’m suspicious.
Virgin Voyages is doing their marketing on Instagram, and are completely open about it.
Sometimes people do just have different opinions. It's okay. I have suspicions about why certain segments of the cruising customer base are so vocally angry about the existence of Virgin when there are twenty other cruise lines to pick from, but I don't go around accusing individual people of having less than stellar motives.-
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12 hours ago, Smiesgiy said:
Downloaded it. A little buggy still. Could input all the travel info, but had trouble with inputting inbound and outbound flights. No real functionality yet.
It only seems to admit that MIA exists. Since I'm flying into PBI and out of FLL, it's not interested yet.
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25 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:
I downloaded the app today, and in the check in process, the earliest available time was 2:00 pm... This leads me to believe that the debarkation process will be more "relaxed" than other cruise lines, who want you off the ship asap...
Yeah ... it’s going to be a long day for me on check in day. I hope we can at least get into our rooms and drop off luggage. -
It doesn't seem like you can book onboard experiences yet, although I haven't completed my checkin.
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2 hours ago, tx121 said:
They will be allowed to port in Cozumel.
Way to bury the lede. 🙂
They are docked in Cozumel right now according to marinetraffic.
CoronaVirus Impact on the Cruise Industry
in Ask a Cruise Question
Posted · Edited by AlyssaJames
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/20200224-outbreaks-on-ships.pdf?sfvrsn=d4e950f5_1&download=true