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1 hour ago, deb1eric said:

We want to book 2 cabins, my husband and I both have the RU1 offer and want to take my sister and her boyfriend and have them get free drinks too (first time cruisers).  Does carnival care who's really in the cabins, our reservation will be tried together as I'm booking both cabins together? 

Yes, at this point you can still cheat the system.

Port workers were offered an opportunity to be vaccinated along with the ship workers. 

To the port workers, it was only an offer. It was not suggested that it was a requirement or mandatory in any way. I dont know if it is a requirement for the ship workers nor do I know nor am I speculating if it will be mandatory in the future for either group, the shoreside or ship personnel. 

Some ports have reached out to people that do embark and debark to ask them if they would be returning to work.

No dates given, but they are planning their staffing needs at least. Another positive sign, let's keep moving forward.

Pretty much the same email they have been sending for 8 day and longer cruises 

None of these requirements or changes would keep me from cruising. 

3 hours ago, kdr69 said:

How did my amenities thread go from Included Amenities or not to Vaccination discussion?  I was trying to make a thread to talk about something else instead of that lol. oh well back to the drawing board.....

A game I like to play on here is go to the last line of a thread and read the last few posts and then guess what the original topic was. 

I'm hearing all kinds of ways for them to save us money, but this company has no need to change anything.  Demand for sailing is high. All they need to do is start sailing and we all will bring our money and give it to them. 

Some in the casino, some at the bar, some at the spa,  steakhouse, etc.they dont HAVE to change anything, we will be back when they are back.

"One of the main operational reasons for the visits is to vaccinate the crew onboard each ship"

Next Sunday, huh?

I gave up too. I had several cancelled without rebooking. I'm just asking for refunds as more are cancelled. If om counting on those 600  $$ to cruise then I probably shouldn't be  cruising in the first place.  I've been on 100s of cruises and it's funny that I am missing it less and less. 

Sometimes they will forget to print it on the white milestone card. 

I've been onboard a few times at Easter. The easter bunny will appear for pics here and there, there will be a non denominational service, and I dont recall a menu but I kind of remember easter being mentioned during the buffet. 

So if everyone that travels is fully vaccinated it's ok to cruise?

https://apnews.com/article/cdc-fully-vaccinated-can-gather-without-masks-b9775dcde0254037e012ea9447e49917

It would be a guess at this point. If its mandated for guests, I would guess it would be a mandate for ship staff. Just a guess based on common sense, or not.

So this cruise I'm speaking of is the one before the start date of the ship

 I guess it is done for.

7 minutes ago, cruises42 said:

That's interesting. We have a 17 day Freedom cruise in Sept. and it has not been cancelled (yet).

Maybe it's just the way expedia does it when the length of the cruise changes. They didnt do that though when it changed to Miami.

I'll give it a day or two then give them a call.

2 minutes ago, groundloop said:

Oh crap..... I'm a little surprised they're cancelling that far out. 

 

I'm booked for an 8 day in December so we're getting anxious about actually getting to go.  

I guess we will see, nothing would surprise me. Good luck to you!

15 minutes ago, ZoeyVictoria said:

Was an explanation provided?

Not really. It came from expedia and says in part..

"With rapidly changing information about coronavirus (COVID-19), we know that you are anxious about your upcoming cruise. Our call centers have been working around the clock to keep up with customer requests, and we are truly sorry if you have experienced the frustration of long wait times.

The cruise line has informed us that your cruise has been cancelled. This will be reflected in your 'My Trips' section of our site and on the mobile app.

We have worked closely with our cruise line partners to simplify the process for you to select to receive a full refund or a future cruise credit. Please follow the simple steps below as soon as possible."

Just got the email that my cruise in October 2021 on the Freedom for 8 days has been cancelled. 

Those first cruises will be real booze cruises

On 1/13/2021 at 10:32 AM, kwokpot said:

Really? I find that hard to believe. If so, that would break all kinds of sanitary rules. 

Agreed.  Like taking veggies to the pizza place, bleh.  Dont handle someone's handles veggies then touch the pizza. Have you seen the hygiene habits of some cruisers?

Lol

Me me me

We didn't get an offer, we have hundreds of days on carnival. I was thinking they sent that offer to those less committed to cruising. Itd be nice though. 

As far as booking, we've stopped rescheduling cruises as there is still so much ship movement that could come. We had a october of 2021 trip cancel due to charter, 4 canceled due to the radiance moving, and 6-8 cancelled this year due to covid. I'm not moving or booking anything else until the ships start sailing. Unless of course they release some great itineraries for 2023-2024...

Flip a coin. That's what any of our advice is worth.