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Yes we all tested positive.  And I agree they didnt want the numbers associated with the ship.  No, there is no requirement to test upon disembarkation. (Maybe for international?)

Hi.  I do not have numbers.  I am unsure if they will post them.  We were told ‘I cant give you numbers but you will see it in the news.’  We are fine.  1 has had flu since the last day.  And 3 of us have bad head colds.  The other party we know about lost smell and had flu symptoms.  We were staying in Aqua Class and the folks we interacted with were in the Retreat.  I find it most disturbing that Celebrity never asked us who we were in contact with over the previous 24 hours to potentially warn others nor shared with us the person they knew that was positive (and this person shared with Celebrity that he was in contact with us the day before!).  They also suggested we might be best served by getting a Covid test when we get home versus on the ship. We pushed to test as all signs pointed towards 2 in our party being positive.  If we waited, we would have then flown home and brought it on the plane with us.   (Instead we embarked on a 22 hour drive with a rental car at $389/day.   I feel Celebrity will do the right thing and pick this up).  The medical staff was very nice and I think were just overwhelmed as they were trying figure things out.  I do want to reiterate that the ship was fantastic and so was the service.  So I dont want this event to cloud that.  It just ended on a disappointing note.  

Blu was great.  The food was excellent and so was the staff.   We also ate at several of the “pay” restaurants as we just like to move around.  We also ate at the Main dining “part of the package” restaurants, which were fabulous.   Raw on 5 was great for lunch.  A la carte pricing and very reasonable and allowed for a light lunch.  Eden food was spectacular.  Le Petit Chef is just fun.  Totally worth doing once in a lifetime.  I don’t know if we had one dinner that steak was not offered.  And they were all very good.  So I didn’t feel the need to do the steakhouse.  Eden Cafe is secret spot for breakfast that is not well advertised and is part of the package.  As for timing, because the ship was only 1/3 full, we ate whenever we wanted.

I’ll agree with about everything Want2Cruise stated.  The ship was great and the service was outstanding.  With it being only 1/3 full made it completely stress free.  The only spoiler was Covid.  There were a lot more than 7 people on that ship with Covid (we know of 4 ourselves amongst a small sample size of people we met).  And the staff indicated there were a lot.  I certainly don’t blame the ship for that as it is a known risk especially given how contagious omicron seems to be.  However, the communication once it was spreading was non existent as we were in close contact with some of those impacted.  We were not warned even though the impacted party communicated they were with us.  Unfortunately we did not find out until we had symptoms at the very end of the trip.  I would suspect there will be others like DH that will experience symptoms after disembarking (and unfortunately likely jumping on airplanes).   Again, I really enjoyed the ship, staff, food, entertainment and overall experience.  I just think everyone needs to understand the risks of testing positive and what that brings with it  (potential illness, passing on to others, Quarantines, no flights home, the impossibility of finding a rental car when you can’t fly, confined to your stateroom, etc.).