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Also eyeing one at the end of May.  My hope is that the extension to May 12 is the last one, but who knows. Its rolling the dice either way. 

If you were a betting man, do you think this is the final extension?  

2016 Sensation.  Husband and I were at a turning point in our lives. Kids gone and out of the house. Had been caring for grandparents that passed.  We had no idea what to do with each other and were so depressed. An elder at church advised us it was time to date each other again. Drove from Atlanta to Miami overnight (horrible idea) and boarded our first cruise to Key West and Cozumel. Booked the next one driving home! We want to try other lines, but right now Carnival checks all our boxes. 

Anyone else notice that Carnival removed April and May cruises from the booking site today?

All that dancing must have worked up an appetite!  Were there any congealed salads on the Midnight Buffett?! 

Do they play records by the pool? 

Speaking of short shorts, I would LOVE to see what you and the Mrs. have chosen to wear on your journey!

You have a telephone in your suite?!? My, the rich do travel well...

New deals are being posted. End of May is calling my name, but unsure of whether to roll the dice.  I know that as soon as this ban is lifted, my butt is on a boat. I'm only on day 3 of work from home and the walls are closing in.  But I have toilet paper!

Mine updated today and are MUCH better. Might want to recheck!

Looking at Southern itineraries almost solely. Hubby wants Aruba.  I'm happy to go anywhere but Nassau. 

Maybe Host Bob can come out of retirement and pin this to the top. I'm sure this will go down in CC history 😂🤣

What is your itinerary for this sailing?

Mine are worse.  Fingers crossed for some new offers soon!

I would say there are a handful of other Royal Rockstars on this board too! LOL 

Anyone feel like doing the math on how many people are estimated to be affected by this?  Carnival? Across the cruise lines? Staff?

Just now, jerrya72 said:

I'm supposed to sail on the Horizon in two weeks.  If we start packing now they'll cancel if we wait until last minute they won't. To pack or not to pack.

Same! I hate the consequences if they don't cancel though.  I work in higher ed and we will have to self quarantine. That will burn all of my sick time.  

Shut it down. Offer 100% refund plus FCC to get folks back on board when the all clear is sounded. 

If our cruise is cancelled, we have decided to continue with our vacation and travel to The Keys in our RV instead.  Bright Side!

59 minutes ago, lovetocruise79 said:

I am getting a lot of comments from friends and co workers starting they are surprised I'm still going. Some even give me a funny, if not rude looks. 

 

Anyone else getting off responses?

Understatement.  I have stopped discussing my travel plans.  Also, political views, religious views, social media views.  Tired of defending EVERY. SINGLE. THING.

Soapbox done.  

I got through to my PVP to leave a message, but she's only responding to email.  I can't imagine what these PVPs are going thorough right now.  I'm sure they are beyond exhausted.  

Photo on horizon is digital with facial recognition. They only print what you want to purchase. 

$210 PP for Havana Aft Wrap.  Plus tax and prepaid gratuities equal $855.  Sailing 3/29 on Horizon.  Carnival will have to cancel, not me.  

Still planning on cruising.  I am not concerned with the virus (anyone remember some other viruses like influenza, HIV, RSV, Noro, Roto, Hepatitis, Ebola, etc. ???)  but understand that others are and I do not disagree nor would ever speak poorly of personal decisions to cancel.  I will be sad if we end up on a "cruise to nowhere" but I just don't see that happening with tourism being practically the entire base of the economy of so much of the Caribbean.  

I do recognize that we could be carriers of the virus, but it's just me and the hubs, kids are grown and gone, no elderly around.  We drive to and from the port and know how to keep proper social distances.  We wash our hands.  We have enough sick time accrued if a faced with a quarantine and have a stocked home for "self-quarantine".  If quarantined on the ship, we have aft wrap.

The ove $3K discount i am getting on the cruise is worth the risk for me.  

I am cruising at the end of the month and booked just this past week.  For entertainment value (and to occupy a stale work afternoon) I went through mock bookings on my sailing.  At a minimum (since only 10 rooms are shown as available online) there are 178 open cabins on my cruise.  But with over 1900 cabins that's only ~10% that have cancelled.  I will be interested to see actual figures on current sailings.