Onboard Oosterdam Now

Currently have a code red . Hope it clears up.

On the plus side, Captain Albert joined us in Malaga. Yeah finally get to meet him,

CD confirmed he will do a lecture.

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Sorry to hear that your ship is in Code Red.

Hope it clears up soon.

Currently have a code red . Hope it clears up.

On the plus side, Captain Albert joined us in Malaga. Yeah finally get to meet him,

CD confirmed he will do a lecture.

 

 

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What a wonderful opportunity to meet Captain Albert and hear him speak!

Sorry for the Code Red. Wash your hands! :)

We are booked on Oosterdam for March, wondering what redo was done on the VA cabins. We have 8066, if you get a chance can you send a photo? Sure would appreciate it. Have a great cruise, Linda

Sorry to hear about the code Red. I hope it clears up soon, especially by Nov. 25 when we are scheduled to board. Hope you are well.

On the - side is the code red but on the + side is having Capt. Albert on board! Hands clean and ready to listen to the expert expound on HAL isn't all bad! ;)

On the - side is the code red but on the + side is having Capt. Albert on board! Hands clean and ready to listen to the expert expound on HAL isn't all bad! ;)

Have you seen or met Captain Jan Kan?

Hope the Code Red clears up quickly! Have a wonderful cruise!

Hope the code red doesn't affect you much. Enjoy your cruise!

OK -- I'll ask LOL: What's a code red?

OK -- I'll ask LOL: What's a code red?

Under normal circumstances, an HAL ship operates in code green, which entails daily cleaning of the ship with a regular detergent. Kuppens (HM-HAL) told me when two to three cases of the gastrointestinal (or GI) bug are reported within one day, then the ship moves up to a code yellow status. First, at the time a GI case is reported, the guest is quarantined in his or her cabin for 24 hours and the cabin is also vigorously cleaned as soon as possible. At the yellow level, passengers will not likely notice what is going on behind the scenes, but the ship will be undergoing a daily cleaning regimen with a special hydrogen peroxide-based product called Virox 5, that kills germs (the "5" indicating the number of minutes the solution takes to work). It can be used in the form of a wipe or sprayed from a spray bottle. On the day our cruise started, Kuppens told me the ship had gone into "code red," the highest of the three levels, which is typically implemented when there are five or more cases of GI illness per day over successive days. Kuppens points out that HAL's threshold for moving into either yellow or red code is stricter than what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advises.

Sorry about the Code Red. Take care of yourself and hopefully it is conquered quickly.

What a nice opportunity though to meet Captain Albert. Enjoy :)

Gross. I sail in a few days. Hope it's cleaned well.