MrsKC08

My understanding is that the solarium on Wonder is climate controlled. I've heard and seen videos on YouTube where people have said it can be chilly in there and some say it is quite warm. I almost wonder if it depends on who has set the thermostat for that area.

Sailing on Breakaway in 21 days. Really hoping that Coke Zero is available on the ship.

1 hour ago, dpepper64 said:

Choir of men on all ships would be the best for all cruises

Million Dollar Quartet for me! It was fantastic on Getaway.

On 12/21/2023 at 8:42 AM, HoosierShipmate said:

 Hey @KtayRN per your request 🙂. Full menu and they do have a small selection of pastries in the case.  Lines have been pretty reasonable even when I go early morning.  If you don’t have Starbucks as part of your dining/drink package you can also use Starbucks app or gift cards. That’s a hot topic on the boards and I personally witnessed it happening 🙂

 

Guy in front of me ordered a medicine ball off the ‘secret menu’ and barista didn’t flinch.  My extra espresso shots are always covered in the drink package no additional charges.

 

 

 

 

 

Wait...Starbucks was included in your drink package? I've sailed NCL several times and never was able to use Starbucks with my drink package...instead I used my app and payment I already have on there. Hmmm. Must really find out about this so I am prepared in February.

We sail on Breakaway on Super Bowl Sunday. I'm just now finding this and have a lot of catching up to do. Thank you for sharing your vacation with us.

We have sailed out of Nola twice, and will be sailing again in February (11th). We have had absolutely no issues with the embarkation there and found it super smooth. We actually park at Fulton Garage and walk over to the port without any issues.

We cruised just about all of the main cruiselines, except Disney and we absolutely love NCL food and think that it is the best on any cruise. We have NOT cruised MSC yet, but are considering doing one...makes me wonder what the food will be like for sure.

Definitely not new at all, and not specific to Carnival. We have not been charged when sailing on RCCL our of Florida, but we have been charged on NCL sailing out of NOLA each time we've sailed from there. Doesn't matter if you have the drink package or not.

On 3/15/2022 at 3:16 PM, chengkp75 said:

You will actually pay taxes only until you exit state waters, which is 3 miles, not 12 miles.

Actually it is much longer than 3 miles when sailing from Nola due to the river.

2 minutes ago, karinski said:

So when we were in Mexico, I lost my Vax cards at the airport. The Illinois Dept of Health sent me a print out of the dates we were vaccinated for each family member. I am hoping this will suffice, as we don’t have the actual cards What do you think?

The website states that if you only have a copy, that will suffice and be sufficient.

12 hours ago, WITraveler37 said:

I will be sailing on the Breakaway in 2 weeks. I can't find any information online about theme nights. Can anyone tell me anything about theme nights so I know what to pack? Thank you!

We are sailing on the March 20th sailing (celebrating my birthday). We did this exact same cruise right before the shut down in March 2020. The Glow party is on night 6 (usually) and most people wear white. They also did an 80s themed party as well. If you are in the FB group for our sailing, I shared the daily's from that 2020 cruise that will give you an idea of the events and happenings on the cruise.

On 2/13/2022 at 8:03 AM, toryandrew said:

I'm going today ill take pictures 

Would be awesome if you could come back here and post them. We sail in 5 weeks.

5 hours ago, Hutcha said:

I'm on the Bliss in 3 weeks. SIX is no longer listed in the cruise planner. Someone on my roll call put this up as new entertainment, starting 2/20. Don't know if it relates to SIX being pulled off or not.

FYI, this band is great. We saw them on the Getaway back in March 2020 before everything shut down. But they weren't a show in the theater, they played in Sid's

22 hours ago, uncjenny83 said:

Wondering if anyone has any inside info on the future of the show SIX on the Breakaway and the Bliss. I am a huge fan of this show, and I'm about to book a March cruise on the Breakaway for myself and my daughter. I follow a few of the NCL cast members on Instagram, and it seems like the Bliss cast was let go early and is no longer doing shows, and then a Breakaway cast member mentioned something about 6 more weeks.

 

I'm going to call NCL this week and hopefully they will be able to tell me whether or not SIX is supposed to be showing in late March, but I wanted to check here first. I'm not totally convinced they'd be 100% honest because I wouldn't book this particular cruise if there's definitely no chance of seeing that show (other ports/cruise lines would be more convenient for me). I know nothing is guaranteed with Covid, but if they won't even be on the ship then I want to know that before I book anything.

I'm sailing on Breakaway on March 20th and it shows SIX on my entertainment schedule.

Following, as we will be sailing the Breakaway next month from New Orleans.

3 hours ago, sanger727 said:

 

I now realize you are a troll.  There's no need to continuing with a ridiculous argument. Bye.

Haha. No, I'm not a troll. I might disagree with you, but that doesn't make me a troll. But goodbye and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

1 hour ago, hoops71 said:

Don't worry I stopped responding to her towards the beginning of this thread when she responding to my post comparing the situation to measles and mumps vaccinations in school, by stating that  "COVID-19 is a virus and mumps and measles were a disease".  I pointed out the obvious.  Mumps, measles and polio are also caused by viruses. Crickets.... Hasn't stopped her for one moment, trying to "educate" us. 

Welcome to CC, I see this is your 4th post in our community. Just because I didn't think your post to me warranted a comment, doesn't mean there are Crickets. I also never said that Mumps and Measles weren't a virus. I simply stated that comparing them with Covid is ridiculous. The one link between the 3 is that the MMR vaccine can help with Covid. You obviously missed the point I was making in that original statement, which was all of those had much higher mortality rates prior to their studies and the vaccines, which...by the way took YEARS before they were tested enough to be distributed.

On 11/21/2020 at 5:41 AM, sanger727 said:

Your information is 100% false. I do the initial contact tracing for my work place and work closely with our health department because of it.

 

1. the purpose of contact tracing is not to determine where you caught Covid. Completely agree that that can’t be done and frankly wouldn’t be beneficial since the person you caught it from is no longer contagious 

 

2. the purpose of contact tracing is to determine who YOU may have spread it to. And this is essential because there may be several people that you spread it to that are not yet sick or contagious and could quarantine to reduce the likelihood of continuing the spread

 

3. health departments absolutely will contact the people you list of you call them back and have that persons information, contact numbers, snd that person will talk to the health department. Now you may be able to tell the people much more quickly and efficiently so if you are willing to they may ask you to.  But that request will always be followed up by the health department wanting to talk to those people to keep tabs on them

 

perhaps if you called the health department back instead of spreading your false beliefs you would have a better understanding of the purpose and process.

Sorry my dear....my information is not 100% false. 😉 But if that is what makes you feel better that you know EXACTLY how the contract tracing works. I have friends who do this as well, and I have been informed, not only from them but also my doctor...who by the way insisted and still insists that the last test that showed positive was in all certainty...a false positive test! Do you not think that the majority of people who tested positive have not contacted those they feel they have been in contact with? I know everyone that we are related to, work with or are friends with have all let us know when they either came into contact with someone who might have got the virus or they themselves tested positive. As you mentioned, they can do a much better job letting those people know that the health department that already has enough issues of their own.

My brother in law, who works for a hospital in Hilton Head has been on top of this throughout this pandemic and there is a lot of interesting information that SHOULD be shared with the masses, but it is not. Main stream media has been in control of what you know about this virus. Unfortunately, not many people are smart enough or maybe they have no desire to do their own thinking and their own research. Do you realize that you are only contagious with this virus for 48 hours. I know I didn't...until I spoke with someone who works at Vanderbilt childrens hospital, and then did my own research because I couldn't believe that to be the case, since we have been told for months that we need to quarantine for 14 days or so. 

I find it absolutely amazing that there are people wanting to rush to get a vaccine (essentially a flu shot) that is only 95% effective for a virus that has a 99% survival rate! Pfizer and Moderna were both given 2 BILLION dollars by the government to develop something in record time, which shows you just how big pharma and government has jumped into bed at the expense of the American taxpayer.

18 hours ago, Travelicious said:

That your proud refusal to cooperate with requested contact tracing, and the rather common, selfish attitude which leads to such a refusal, is part of the problem that is causing this virus to spread unabated.  Contact tracing is not necessarily only to determine where you got the virus, but to notify others of possible exposure so that they can take precautions and not spread it to others.   

Hahaha. You totally missed my point. Contract tracing is a joke. The CDC has pretty much claimed that there is no real way of knowing WHERE you have picked up the virus. As for notifying others...they DO NOT do this, and this is put on the person who has tested positive. We know this first hand, as we have been around others who tested positive in the months that this has been around. 

Just now, tallnthensome said:

You’re not sharing anything factual here either ....The fact that you have friends or know people means nothing. Simple mortality rate isn’t going to be the only be all deciding factor for cruise lines, the CDC, or other government agencies in regard to vaccine requirements on board. 

I don't need to share information about MY area on a cruise board. And yes...first hand knowledge from those in the medical field mean a hell of a lot more than something that someone "found online". 🙂 

As for deciding factor...yes, the mortality rate has A LOT to do with requirements like this. It isn't like a simple mask mandate. But thanks for playing!

2 minutes ago, Trimone said:

Facts :  NOVEMBER 17, 2020, 4:00 AM

Tennessee Hospital Chief: Sick Nurses And A Shortage Of Contractors Are Limiting Capacity

By Blake Farmer

Tennessee hospitals are calling off elective procedures again, doubling up hospital rooms and converting recovery rooms into intensive care units, according to the Tennessee Hospital Association. These changes come as hospitals are seeing twice as many patients with COVID-19 as they were in early October, surpassing 1,800 current hospitalizations on Monday

I see you are not from the US, let alone Tennessee. I can assure you that it is not as bad as the information you are googling. 😉 I have a friend who works for Vanderbilt here in Nashville. I also work for a pretty prestige company and have quite a bit of connections with the Chamber... What you are sharing isn't factual. 😉

1 hour ago, tallnthensome said:

You just won’t be allowed on that’s all. They will not take the risk that is too large to let you on unvaccinated just to get a grand or two out of you .....  not worth it to them. If there is enough demand for cruising there will be enough people who will get the vaccine and will get onboard in your place . If you’re too scared to get a vaccine it’s you that should stay home instead of being selfish and putting everyone else at risk. You're the passenger they don’t want. Cruising wasn’t likely to start until about April anyhow and that would be four months for people to start getting vaccinated. The CDC may even have something to have the lines require it . Face it, you’re out without it. 

I can almost with full certainty tell you that a vaccine will not be required. The mortality rate of Covid does not warrant a requirement for a vaccine to cruise, fly, travel, etc. Maybe some people should step away from the TV, do some actual research. Talk to those in the medical field (I have two family members in the medical field), and talk to some people that actually have some logical information...FACTUAL information about this virus, past viruses, etc.

1 hour ago, tallnthensome said:

See, good answer . You have that aspect as well. Having one person like MrsKC above could keep thousands of others from cruising like you said. They won’t without a vaccine mandate. They aren’t letting MRS KC on without a vaccine because taking her thousand dollars could cost them millions. Many won’t go if this is allowed even for one person. 

I just can't with you. Your OPINION is simply that. Maybe you will decide not to cruise when you see that we won't be required to have a vaccine to sail. 😉 

3 minutes ago, Homosassa said:

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Care to explain? You quoted me but have nothing to add but an emoji? LOL

16 hours ago, tallnthensome said:

This is exactly how it will be and should be. No proof of vaccination,  no cruise for you. If you’re too much of a scared bi+ch and afraid of needles then you stay home. I highly doubt the cruise lines will want anyone on board without the vaccination. It will only take one anti vaccinator to cancel a cruise a ruin it for everyone and cost the cruise lines millions of dollars if they have to turn around. They will not want these people on the ship if the vaccine is available ......

This is really comical. You do realize that those not wanting to get this vaccine has NOTHING to do with someone being scared of needles. As a woman who did several rounds of IVF treatment and had to have an IM needle (22 gauge) stuck in my butt over and over again as well as several other shots I had to give myself or the countless times I had to give blood, I have no fear of needles what so ever. It all boils down to the fact that this vaccine has been rushed and not tested well enough to even consider putting in my body. Nor am I going to be forced to put it in my body to cruise. These cruiselines are not going to force you to have this vaccine to be able to be on their ship and spend your money with them! 

15 hours ago, Travelicious said:

And perhaps this section explains it even more thoroughly:  "We have been harassed with phone calls from the local health department trying to do contract tracing, which is a joke because there is NO WAY to know where anyone picked up anything! Needless to say, we have not answered any of their calls or messages."

Your point?

On 11/12/2020 at 8:51 AM, wdsted said:

Unfortunately, this is exactly the problem with resuming cruises.  Until a vaccine is available and required of all passengers, cruising ain’t gonna happen.

First, anyone would be crazy to take this vaccine immediately after being released. There has not been enough testing to know what the long term affects of this vaccine would be on someone. Not to mention....the RUSH to get it out. We have had the flu vaccine for decades and people still get the flu after taking the vaccine. The only time I have ever had the flu, I had gotten the vaccine. Since not taking the vaccine I have not gotten the flu...knock on wood. BUT, should I get the flu, I will be ok....like millions of others every flu season.

On 11/12/2020 at 9:13 PM, All-ready2cruise said:

Yeah, it really does spread like wildfire... unfortunate that may don't understand that.  

 

So wish that this pandemic were understood better. 

 

STay safe, wear a mask... serously!

It is a virus, so yes...it can spread. However, there are many cases where someone in a home tested positive and others living in that same home never got it. Oh...let's not forget the countless positive tests that come back as negative with a second test.

On 11/13/2020 at 3:45 PM, cmh said:

I agree.  I have a cruise the end of March, but unless there is a vaccine by then, I will cancel. it just shows that even if everyone tests negative, the virus can still be present and spread.

We moved our February cruise back to November 2021...ONLY because we refuse to sail with restrictions, like masks and excursions. BTW, there have been several that tested positive, only to have a second and third test come back negative. So....

On 11/14/2020 at 6:12 AM, dam64 said:

Why would anyone even want to cruise during a pandemic?! I will not go near a cruise ship or airplane or travel until there is a vaccine!

I was on one of the last cruises (Getaway) prior to the shut down. It was easily one of the best cruises I have been on and quite frankly, I would get on a cruise this weekend if I could!  Now...an airplane is a little different story, but...if it involved traveling on a plane to get on a cruise, then yes I would!

On 11/14/2020 at 7:12 AM, PhillyTravelBug said:

No face mask protocol? How dumb can you possibly be? It just goes to show how little we have learned. I will wait until I’m vaccinated.

Well, considering that the CDC themselves stated that 85% of those with the virus were wearing masks...I guess it makes perfect sense to not have a mask protocol. But I digress. 

On 11/14/2020 at 1:01 PM, CruiseMH said:

Why would anybody let the pandemic control their life?

 

 

EXACTLY!!!

Unfortunately we have seen throughout this "pandemic" that people take what they are fed and told by the MSM and run with it...even without truth or knowledge to back up such claims. I am a realist and logical person. I'm also a numbers person and refuse to let someone tell me how to think or feel. I do my research and have had PERSONAL experience with this virus. I will not live in fear, nor will I let someone dictate what I was feel about this virus. 

I am ready to cruise, and would cruise in a NY minute...but without a vaccine and without restrictions. I will not pay my good hard earned money on a vacation to be restricted on what excursions I can do, or required to wear a mask when outside of my cabin. If I was scared of catching this virus, I would simply not travel...ANYWHERE, since the fact of the matter is that you can catch it anywhere. 

These people could have easily brought the virus on the ship when they started the cruise. Having temperature checks and testing has been proved to not be 100% effective. 

2 hours ago, oracer said:

You should not be allowed on a cruise ship UNTIL you have been tested and UNTIL you have proof of having taken the vaccine.   Also cruise ships should not be allowed to port unless they have a private island and all workers on that island have the same standards.   I can not see going to an island (Caribbean) unless they have the same standards, even escorted excursions.

 

I think the Barbados cruise ship showed that testing alone doesn't work.

That didn't age well for you...

If you don't feel safe cruising with people who won't vaccinate for Covid, then don't cruise. It is that simple. I promise there will be far more people who won't get the vaccine, especially anytime soon than those that will get it.

41 minutes ago, hoops71 said:

I don't understand.  Why is proof of vaccination (once widely available) so shocking or outrageous?  We require this proof in schools for mumps, measles, etc.  I won't choose to live in fear either.  But why is this public health requirement so abhorrent?

Here is the thing. This is a virus, not a disease. Not to mention that many people get the flu vaccine that has been in production for years...and still get the flu. Matter of fact, the ONE time I got flu, I had received the vaccine. Putting Covid in the same category as Mumps/Measles is ludacris. 

I cannot understand why anyone would jump at taking one of these rushed vaccines. This has not been properly vetted or tested to know what any long term affects are of receiving the vaccine. The flu has been around for decades, we have a vaccine for it...and you can still get the flu because they don't know the full makeup of what it is...not to mention in mutates from season to season.

This virus is like many other viruses. It affects everyone in a different way. If you are immunocompromised, of course you are going to have it worse than someone who is healthier. I've had friends, family and coworkers have this virus. Out of over 20 people I know who had it, only one needed medical intervention. The rest have felt worse in their life than when they had it. My own husband tested negative for Covid after being sick with a fever for 3 days. After OTC meds weren't helping, we went to the doctor and was diagnosed with bronchitis and given antibiotics, steroids and cough medicine. After still not getting better, had xrays and retested for Covid (10 days after the first negative result). Was diagnosed that time with pneumonia and given antibiotics specific for phenomena. Our doctor didn't want to test again, and was 100% sure that it wasn't covid but was required to test for liability reasons. We were told that if we didn't hear anything within 2 days to assume the test was negative. ONE WEEK LATER we get a call that the test was in fact positive and to stop the antibiotics and quarantine for 3 days (10 days after the test was administered). The doctor even said she didn't believe the positive test. I NEVER HAD THE FIRST SYMPTOM! Not even a cough or slight fever. My husband continued on with his antibiotics because he was feeling 100 times better! We have been harassed with phone calls from the local health department trying to do contract tracing, which is a joke because there is NO WAY to know where anyone picked up anything! Needless to say, we have not answered any of their calls or messages.

Again...this is a virus, and although it is real, it is NOT going anywhere. It is time to get the cruise ships back out running again, and if you are worried about catching the virus, choose a different type of vacation. You can easily pick up this thing at your local grocery store, restaurant, or countless other places.