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Thanks! Your post gave me the excuse to re-read the whole thread. Was like being back on the trip. Interesting how much has changed now in our every day lives that we can't do but that we could do then, just months ago. Hoping to have that kind of access, freedom,and travel-ability again soon. - Joel

Good point - Joel

Strongly agree. We will figure out how to move on, as we have these past weeks / months with the challenges of these weeks / months. One day at a time, handling each day, we make the best decisions we can, and advance. String enough days together and its next month. Next season. Next year. We have so many possibilities. There are so many variables we can tweak and adjust. We humans are a resilient species. We have loved cruising because there is a lot to love about it. Even if it is cruising 2.0, when the day comes, it will still have a lot to love. And, we will love it. Until that day, - Joel

Wow. This will devastate Ketchikan, Sitka, etc. Will there be anything left of these towns in 2021? - Joel

I'll sit on the bar on the aft of the ship, pull up a chair facing the wake, and chill watching the water trail behind me. I'll read or sit or sip and just chill. - Joel

I kinda agree with this. You have to make the best call you can with the information you have at that moment. We need not to be beating ourselves up over what we each have done about all this up till now. We are here, and this is now. So, how do we manage today, and how do we move forward as best we can, with what we have to work with, to plan for tomorrow. - Joel

Yes - Joel

A few years ago, the formula was changed to the current one. The change took effect at a specific date and time. The night before I went to bed svelte, then woke up the next morning obese. Very depressing day. - Joel

It is. Hang on everyone ... - Joel

Really really no - Joel

What's the difference between dishonest, and not correct or consistent? - Joel

That's the ... "sprit" ! - Joel

I'd be surprised if this did not happen on Celebrity too now. - Joel

How about another idea -- if there is a reason why a ship cannot be used, or cannot be used as much as wanted, perhaps it makes more sense to go ahead and renovate at that time since the ship cannot otherwise generate expected revenue: (1) No ships are sailing now and not clear how much longer that will truly last, (2) in the next months - 1-2 years, it may turn out that not as many people return to cruising as wanted / hoped / predicted, and (3) in the next months - 1-2 years, port / country access may not permit as many sailings (right away) as pre-COVID times had permitted. - Joel

Kinda like the rest of life ... - Joel