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This is a question for anyone who has applied for a vaccine exemption with Holland America. 

I'm wondering how long it took to get your exemption after you applied?

Thank you in advance.😊

50 minutes ago, NVRae said:

We are scheduled for a back to back cruise in Nov-Dec.  One cruise is 10 days and the other is 11 days.  This appears to fall under the new guidelines for 16 days or under cruises released yesterday, but now I wonder if HAL will consider our b2b cruises as 1 cruise of 21 days, instead of the 2 individual cruises - which is how we booked them.  If so, then we will still need the negative COVID test.  So confusing and no one at HAL has an answer.

We're waiting for a definitive answer to the b2b question too.  Ours was booked as a collector cruise, but it's still a b2b.

3 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

The current policy is no test on later segments on B2B. Don't see a reason to change that.

I'm not asking about testing; I'm asking about needing to be vaccinated.

1 hour ago, JT1962 said:

Great news. Hopefully headed to no vaccine or testing requirements for anyone on any sailing by the end of the year.

From your lips to HAL's ear🙏

AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonder how this would work for b2b cruises that are less than 15 days individually, but total out to more than 15 days, that are booked as a "collector cruise"?  Anybody know?

6006 or 6008, no heavy thinking necessary!😊

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/28031-norwegian-cruise-line-drops-vaccination-requirements-and-bookings-accelerate.html

49 minutes ago, albingirl said:

Maybe forever.  

I doubt very much that would be a successful business model for any cruise line, including HAL.

17 minutes ago, vswan said:

My opinion - I think HAL should not do anything right away.

HAL has been sailing with vaccination requirement for over a year now.

How much longer would they have to wait until "doing anything"  was outside the realm of "right away"?

Yes!  NCL, RCL and Celebrity!  Just waiting for the wooden shoe to drop.

All of the rigmarole surrounding COVID is what gives me the most pause concerning whether or not to cruise.  Will they still be demanding vaccination?  testing?  how much testing?  Are they gonna make you mask up again?  Inside?  Just in the shows?  Inside and outside? Between bites or sips?   Nope, that is not a vacation.  

I get the part about needing to stay quarantined if you get sick; that makes sense; that has always made sense.  

I'm very hopeful that the cruise lines will be able to transition away from the CDC expecting them to be Nurse Ratched, and  back to the hospitality and vacation business.    

Dropping the pre-cruise testing in Europe is baby steps in the right direction.

1 minute ago, ldtr said:

Considering that over 70% in the UShas been vaccinated and the other developed countries tend to have an even higher percentage. It would not appear to be a major reason. Maybe one of the more minor ones, but biggest not really.

There were 3 reasons that Taters presented (and I quoted), not just vaccination.  I believe those are the 3 biggest reasons ships are not sailing full.  You're still free to disagree, of course.

On 6/11/2022 at 10:25 PM, Taters said:

A lot of potential passengers aren't cruising because they are required to be vaccinated against Covid. 

 

Another batch of potential passengers aren't going to cruise until mask mandates go away.

 

Traveling is hard these days with frequent airline schedule shuffling and cancellations, and some folks aren't interested in dealing with this scenario.

 

There are a lot of reasons why folks aren't cruising right now, but IMHO, these are just a few of the reasons that ships are sailing below capacity.

I'd say they're the biggest reasons that ships aren't sailing full.

5 hours ago, SumoCitrus said:

 

Correct. Cruise lines are going to have to decide whether they want to have passengers or close up shop and call it. CCL stock trading below $10 today...

Yup, but that's not a popular viewpoint on this forum, so I'm guessing it'll be deleted.

You don't run a successful hospitality industry by treating your customers like plague carriers until proven otherwise~ not for long, anyway.  Just my opinion, but there it is.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us, and I hope all goes well for you.

Let's just hope they don't  rename Casual night "Undressy".😉

On 4/23/2022 at 10:11 PM, TiogaCruiser said:

Your DH’s travel jacket sounds more appropriate than the khaki fishing vest ( with pockets all over it) that some guy wore to the MDR on our first Gala night. (It stuck out so much that DH noticed.)

The guy in the khaki fishing vest with pockets all over it was my husband; your husband was just jealous 😉 

Okay, I'm totally lying, but my husband does have a fishing vest EXACTLY like that, but he probably wouldn't wear it for gala night, unless he first had it cleaned to get the fish guts off of it.🤪

6 minutes ago, albingirl said:

Just because people ask a question, doesn't mean you need to answer.  I think mask wearing is quite easy to figure out.  I can't even imagine someone asking me why I'm wearing a mask, no matter where it is, in my house, in my car, at the market.  Nobody's business really.

I think the same is true of not wearing a mask.  Absolutely no one's business, and to each his or her own.

This is just my opinion, of course, but maybe it's time to unpin this thread from the board?  We have long been out of crisis mode, and most of us are just living our lives, with or without permission from others.  

Again, just my opinion.  But I believe my opinion matters as much as anyone else's opinion on this board.

1 hour ago, CruiserBruce said:

Did I miss it, or has the OP just disappeared?

With so many posters piling on the "shame on you" bandwagon, wouldn't you disappear?

For us, it's a non-issue, as we don't drink alcohol, and usually just drink ice water with our dinner.  

I'd be willing to make the sacrifice, and eat any and all of the bacon that my tablemates didn't want. It all looks good to me!😋