NYR56

Just got off the Encore yesterday, we had an amazing time! Very happy we didn't cancel - really our only fear was potentially testing positive in port after flying down to Miami. I heard the same #s - 1300 guests, 1700 staff. Missed not seeing the main musicals but plenty of other entertainment to go around. Unlike posters above we absolutely loved both comedians as well as the magician - saw nearly all of their shows, but comedy is more of a personal preference (we're in our mid 30s and go to comedy shows semi regularly). Each show was different than the others, which isn't how it usually has been on cruise ships for us in the past. No lines, extremely personalized service, and they certainly weren't annoying about the masking. Only possible negative about this ship is the large Vibe Beach Club area significantly limits the available pool deck. It wasn't an issue for a 1300 passenger cruise but I think that would have been annoying on a full ship. We would have missed the free adults only area that was on the Escape/Getaway had there been more guests/kids. Of course, if you plan to buy passes for Vibe, this is a plus. Food was amazing as always on Norwegian even though we only did two specialty dinners this time. Posters above have done a nice job giving details but I'm happy to answer any questions too.

My comment was more that NCL should be doing a better job with communicating, especially to customers like us who are willing to deal with cruising at this time. If you call, they act as if everything is completely normal and deny any changes. There is no way that between entertainment and ports, they don't know of at least one change for a sailing 2 days away, but they refuse to acknowledge it to us. Even explaining what is up in the air or what they think may happen would be appreciated. As long as the ship is going to sail, I'll be on it (and I'm sure I'll enjoy it) - that doesn't mean I shouldn't expect any communication.

We'll be on the Encore 1/9 sailing. What's most frustrating is NCL continues to claim there are no changes to our ship's itinerary, despite the ship being turned away from ports this week. I don't care that much where we end up, but it would be nice to be able to plan at least. They also claim no entertainment is canceled. I understand the difficulties the company is facing, but the lack of communication is deceitful, which is what really bothers me. It would be better if they even said they simply don't know the itinerary yet!

False positives are far more common with PCR testing, whereas the rapid antigen tests are more likely to have false negatives (~100x more likely than a false positive). The stats vary but last I saw the false positive rate for antigen tests was 0.4%. https://www.healthline.com/health/how-accurate-are-rapid-covid-tests#other-types-of-tests