coevan

what about all the other B2B pax?

1 hour ago, TNcruising02 said:

It seems like it would be more practical to require waivers

you mean like for rallies? 

1 minute ago, sternfanla said:

A few years ago on my B2B out of San Juan Puerto Rico. We were escorted off the ship and said we had to wait to get back on with the other passengers. we were not escorted back on. but what I have read, Most get escorted back on the ship.

I have done several B2B and never heard anyone ever talk about boarding with the new passengers. 

also remember your first cruise account closes. Nothing carries over to the next cruise and you have a new folio number

15 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

Describe expensive

 quoting Webster "costing lots of money"

nobody has a clue on how Carnival will handle this. Carnival at this point probably has no spa plans whatsoever. You will get a bunch of opinions or speculation, but nobody knows

Thank you, was getting tired of parenting 101

We have had a coupe of uncomfortable situations dining with others. The biggest problem was at the brunch and we were seated with people bashing Obama and praising the current situation.  We had to excuse ourselves and asked for a new table. they thought it was hysterical. The other experience was in late dining and we were seated with a guy wearing a tank top. We did not even sit and asked to be seated elsewhere. Two days later we ran into him on the lido deck and asked why we left. We told him the truth, we did not feel he was dressed appropriately.  He shrugged in his wife beater.

7 minutes ago, NightOne said:

 

Those are the numbers. Not the ones the news is blowing up about the number of cases rising and all that hype but the actual % of people worldwide who have died from this thing.

 

That IS reality ... if you want to live in some artificially created "news" spin that is your choice but that doesn't change the numbers.

 

Bottom line is this is only fatal to a teeny tiny percent of the population and not the masses.

 

 

Thanks Don

you're right the virus will last until people decide they want to pay attention, our cavalier attitude will get us back to stay at home orders soon

20 minutes ago, Cafedumonde said:

We looked at an all inclusive to replace a carnival cruise just out of curiosity since we are worried about carnival canceling.  The carnival cruise is about $4500.  The all inclusives we were finding were in the $12000 range!  No way. 

here you go and the lesser priced rooms are sold out, too lazy to look at other dates. These are club level pool walk out, really nice rooms

https://obe.sandals.com/room-details/?subSessionId=3B709030DF2278A9D13704E1A10A5577111050674D49243D7629D327DC4AF6EB

11 minutes ago, Cafedumonde said:

We looked at an all inclusive to replace a carnival cruise just out of curiosity since we are worried about carnival canceling.  The carnival cruise is about $4500.  The all inclusives we were finding were in the $12000 range!  No way. 

No way is correct, never paid more than 5K a week even at Sandals. !2K will get you an over the water bungalow with a butler. I think your stretching. We have been to at least 10 A.I resorts. D.R. and Mexico are close to cruises cruise pricing., Caribbean a little more and a little nicer

Sandals food is fabulous. 7 full service restaurants, all miles above the MDR. Don't get me wrong, we love cruising, just a completely different vacation. With Covid, we feel more comfortable with 100's of acres and 400 guests, plenty of room to spread out and social distance, impossible on a cruise ship. Their pools are 1/3 of size of the ship

private excursions are better anyway

They are all over the Caribbean, name an island and you will find all inclusives. we are going to Jamaica in December. We have stayed in St.Lucia, Antigua, Granada, Barbados and the Turks and Caicos. 

uh? not a solution, just an alternative. When I bring up A.I. the first thing people say is how expensive they are, crunching the numbers if you cruise and buy all the goodies, i.e internet, drink packages and such, the prices are much closer than you might think

16 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

Not necessarily. I buy cheers and internet every cruise. I eat in specialty restaurants. I book excursions through carnival. I bet I spend more than a lot of couples.

 

I only ask for 1 room cleaning a day and I tip extra to make up for the lack of another set of gratuities.

 

 

Why are you ignoring A.I. properties? Liquor free, internet free, satellite TV (with real channels) activities all day, free snorkeling, diving, water skiing, wake boards, have you ever been?

P.S tipping is not allowed, saving more money

9 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

I guess I’m not a special member because I’ve stayed at hundreds of hotels and none of them have covered all of my meals and entertainment unless they were a casino expecting to get it back at the tables. And none of them charge extra for a third person.

You do not have to be special to go to an A.I. Meals, liquor and entertainment is included. We love them, always our go to, until cruising resumes where I am in  not fear of getting extremely ill.

I thought I typed 2021, probably had number lock on. Aida, is a tiny piece of Carnival's puzzle. Europe paid attention and flattened the curve, U.S. not so much

13 minutes ago, Computer Nerd said:

Have no idea what position you are trying to convey.

I have no idea what this means? Like Lotus position? 

bookings that might not sail for a year, good financials? interesting, experts are saying October at the earliest,  is more likely. 

1 hour ago, Computer Nerd said:

Aida is a German cruise line that happens to be owned by Carnival Corp. I believe each cruise line is making the decision as to whether to sail or not, not the corporation.

  Corporations make the decisions on their cruise lines, not the individual ships

and oddly enough CCL stock is up today

7 minutes ago, aquasea said:

Can't see article. Can you copy and paste it, anyone?

turn off ad blockers

4 hours ago, travelhound said:

It's just a matter of time before they announce a vaccine and that announcement could come as early as the end of the year 🙂

 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/biontech-pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-2020

  unfortunately not how it works, once the announcement of a vaccine, you have another year of testing and approval.