Edweena

We were on the Sapphire in April for a 32 day cruise roundtrip from Los Angeles to South Pacific. We had a GI outbreak not quite midway through. I can assure you the captain Todd Mcbain wasted no time putting safety measures into place. He was very transparent and kept us up to date daily. By acting as quickly and thoroughly as he did the outbreak was kept down to barely over 100 people out of 3,600 including crew. Crew would serve you at buffet, no salt, pepper, catsup or that kind of stuff at your table but it never felt like deprivation or uncomfortable at any point. Those that did get it were quarantined to their cabin for only usually a day or two, but they had a small table outside their door for food delivery. If you just keep washing your hands and try and avoid handrails and doorknobs you should be fine. Handwashing is the single best way to avoid the crud. The captain and crew on that ship were all around amazing in everything.

I just booked hubby and I for this same cruise. We booked it because we won’t need air travel and we’re looking for many sea days to get faaa faaa away. It was a heck of a 2023! 👎