Cruise ship passengers forced to remain on boat in Norway after positive COVID-19 test

[jonikal]

 

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/cruise-passengers-seadream-norway-coronavirus

[vandrefalk]

Well, the picture in the article certainly isn't SD!  There was a FB post from SD  that said all the crew were negative.  SD was very complimentary about the speed with which the tests were processed.  Guests on board were expected to be tested promptly as well.  Apparently Norway knows how to do this!  But so sad that the rest of the Norway cruises appear to be cancelled.  It was a great idea for them to do this and I know they do it well, having been on the first cruise back in 2011.  We will just have to wait and see what the future holds.

Vandrefalk

[Scspartan76]

And the fox news article claims 123 guests... have they expanded SeaDream I? That was one bad article

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

I wonder if Seadream allows a third person in a cabin, sleeping on the couch?  We found the couch rather uncomfortable for sitting, I wonder if it is a fold out bed, at least in some cabins?

[vandrefalk]

Yes they do - or at least did - but it’s not fold out. Years ago on a President cruise, Bob Lepisto’s daughter stayed on it, I think

[Scspartan76]

They do  but max capacity can not go over 112 regardless.

 

Capt Steinar told me when I sailled that max number of souls onboard can be 208, due to lifeboats

[ExoticDestinations]

On 8/5/2020 at 4:40 PM, jonikal said:

 

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/cruise-passengers-seadream-norway-coronavirus

 

Confirmed... canceling Norway... https://www.borsen.no/nyheter/hva-dette-koster-har-ingen-betydning/72717397

 

 Summary:

 

"SeaDream1 is anchored in the corona quarantine outside Bodø with over 160 people on board, evenly distributed among passengers and crew. 

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Saturday's six-day voyage from Oslo to Bergen with a handful of stops has been canceled because the government has introduced a two-week ban on landing ...

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Brynestad puts new trips on hold until the autumn until he knows what the government is doing after the first 14-day ban on going ashore."

[SeaDream Yacht Club]

Hello everyone,

 

We are relieved to announce that on August 5th all guests and passengers tested negative for COVID-19 onboard SeaDream I. For more details, please see our press release:

https://seadream.com/pressreleases/seadream-i-crew-and-guests-test-negative-for-covid-19/

[DWhit]

Sweet!   Glad to hear all were OK.   Looking forward to a cruise in the Caribbean over my birthday on March 1, 2021 on Seadream.   Hopefully things will settle down enough to allow the trip to take place.