Fredric22

11 minutes ago, roger001 said:

Will just have to wait and see how this mask thing goes.  I’m scheduled next week.  I absolutely cannot do a cruise with masks.  They bother me just to much.  Each have their tolerance I guess.  Guess I’m out the bucks then if this comes to pass. Have insurance but it won’t cover this I assume.  What a mess.  

So I completely agree with you and I used to feel the exact same way. The week before we were supposed to go on the Carnival Mardi Gras they changed the rules and made masks required in certain areas.  Was so close to canceling but we had family going and kind of had to go.  Long story short, we had an amazing time and the amount of time that we were actually wearing masks was so tiny. We were always eating/drinking/outside and while the masks were a nuisance it didn't detract from our fun. Currently on MSC Meraviglia right now and masks are required indoors but in reality only when you're walking between 1 location and the next. Once you are seated in the lounge you can remove the mask.  So from someone who felt the same way as you I'd definitely recommend you take a second look at your decision. 

1 minute ago, wolft927 said:

Don’t forget masks required indoors and crowded outdoor areas

and also while sleeping...I heard. 

2 minutes ago, ShowMeCruise said:

I'll let you know as soon as we board as we're curious as well.

Can you tell us what they said with regards to omicron being detected?

If some or all of these 10 cases are omicron, I guarantee that if we tested every positive test done in the US today we would have thousands and thousands of omicron cases.

I wonder if they are saying that because of the "potential" for omicron they are making changes?  Very odd... all 10 are asymptomatic so perhaps that's how they knew it was omicron! 🤣🤦‍♂️

1 minute ago, Juncti said:

They just announced the ship has omicron. Looks like we're still sailing but now we need to sign a form(waiver I assume).

 

And now there's new restrictions, but no idea what they are. 

 

They just announced you can go get a refund and leave if you want

The ship has omicron? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Ridiculous. 

2 minutes ago, ShowMeCruise said:

Luggage is loading.....woohoo.....we're sailing!

Woohoo! Have an amazing cruise!!

6 minutes ago, rtkenmore said:

You're not being entirely honest either.  The reason it was red was because of ONE crew member testing positive BEFORE any passengers were ever on board the ship.  If it was red for the first revenue sailing, it was only a carry over precaution from the prior crew member testing positive prior to embarkation with paying passengers.

Huh? Did I specify why it was red?  Whatever the reason for it was, the status was RED. Please just stop now... it's getting embarrassing.

Just now, NavArch64 said:

The point is that Celebrity Edge never sailed as a CDC CSO code RED ship. 

Oops!  Facts are tough.... why do people think they can just say whatever they want? The internet is forever...

https://www.cruisehabit.com/celebrity-edge-set-sail-weekend-first-us-crew-member-tested-positive-covid-status-red

7 minutes ago, NavArch64 said:

The data from CDC for July 23, 2021 showing Celebrity Edge as GREEN and proving that you are a .....

https://www.cruisehabit.com/celebrity-edge-set-sail-weekend-first-us-crew-member-tested-positive-covid-status-red

2 minutes ago, NavArch64 said:

The data from CDC for July 23, 2021 showing Celebrity Edge as GREEN and proving that you are a .....

Well you seem nice!  Not sure what showing me July 23 status would have to do with my cruise that took place in July 2 weeks before that. 🤣🤔

26 minutes ago, seaman11 said:

How would they test everyone on board right away yesterday , it was said only those that were in close contact with the others infected . 

They did it deck by deck yesterday in the dining room. That's what happened so I'm not sure what else to tell you. 🤷‍♂️

7 minutes ago, NavArch64 said:

To Fredric22 .... see below

 

On Friday, July 23, 2021, 4:37 PM, NavArch64 wrote:

FYI ....

 

What exactly are you showing me? 

Just now, NavArch64 said:

I believe that are incorrect ... under the CDC CSO, to my knowledge, no ships have been coded RED to date. Perhaps you can provide specific cases to support your assertion.

Yup! Was on Celebrity Edge after it was coded red. July 2021. 

1 minute ago, seaman11 said:

no not true m it was just a few hours ago completed as far as all pax disembarking  

It is well documented testing of all guests took place yesterday.

4 minutes ago, NavArch64 said:

Under the terms of the CDC CSO, as I understand it, if the ship is coded YELLOW, and the situation deteriorates from there, the company (NCL) and the CDC meet to determine if the ship should be coded RED and voyages are then halted. This could be the meeting coming up.

Ships have sailed red before, so just because a ship is coded red it doesn't mean sailings are halted.

Just now, missnd said:

We don't know yet how many additional positives they found when they tested everyone, do we?

That number would have been known yesterday (all tests were completed then) . So let's just say they found a ton of cases, NCL would have known then they would have be having a potential CDC threshold issue. 

6 minutes ago, Juncti said:

Well they finally updated the story. CDC issue, and there supposed to have a meeting in 15 minutes discussing the situation.

 

Why didn't they do this meeting hours ago. I don't see us getting on anytime soon

 

We may not be going anywhere

 

 

 

 

 

This makes little sense. 10 cases is not enough to trigger any kind of CDC issue. The thresholds are much higher than that.  There must be more to the story...

Just now, The Traveling Man said:

Because it crossed that magic threshold of 10 cases.  That's what triggered the extra attention.

There is no such threshold unless something has changed. The CDC threshold is 1.5% which would be a lot more than 10.

2 minutes ago, jeremybe said:

So a .33% positivity rate - Thats a hell of alot better than NH where we are currently seeing 13.4% - This basically tells me that cruising is a lot safer than staying here...

100% true!  The fact this even made the news is beyond ridiculous. 

1 minute ago, milolii said:

It seems crazy, NCL would take that position. News is already out. Keep us posted on how you are doing 

Seems like the requirement to test everyone on the ship came from NOLA. There have been plenty of cases on ships over the past many months with no disembarking testing requirements. In any case, seems like they already completed the testing and the next cruise is going on as normal. Seems ridiculous that this even made the news. 

This is just part of modern day cruising now.  There will be cases and it shouldn't really be making news anymore. 

1 minute ago, roger001 said:

Well.....hell!     I can't see the ship getting turned around and underway for the next sailing any where near on schedule.  Hope NCL Covid procedures prove me wrong.  

You realize ships have covid cases all the time, right? 

31 minutes ago, MsTabbyKats said:

I understand the headlline.  But why were these people tested?  Were they feeling ill and showing symptons?  If they were, there must be a lot more asymptomatic people onboard.

This is exactly why we need to stop testing vaccinated people with no symptoms.  

8 minutes ago, shof515 said:

most likely because of the new variant and the media needs any kind of covid story

It seems like it was originally publicized by the Louisiana dept. of health. So yea of course the media is eating it up because they love to talk about the cruise industry.  63 people tested positive on a KLM flight the other day... does anyone remember that being covered extensively?