Question for families with unvaxed children

[wesnliz]

If you booked a tour so you can get off the ship, when the tour is done, can you wander around the port? Can you only get off the ship right before the tour?

[Homosassa]

You are in a "bubble" to protect others.

 

No wandering around on your own to infect others.

[wesnliz]

Yes I’ll be sure to not infect everyone with my double tested 2 year old - noted - but that’s not what I asked. The excursions are mixed with vaxed and not vaxed it appears so that’s where my question came in.

[wesnliz]

And they are on the ship anyway, so no need to be petty and make comments that would imply disregard or infection.

[MeHeartCruising]

1 hour ago, wesnliz said:

If you booked a tour so you can get off the ship, when the tour is done, can you wander around the port? Can you only get off the ship right before the tour?

Seems to me that this would totally defeat the purpose of the bubble tour.  The point is to control your interaction with others who are not on the ship. 

Edited December 13, 2021 by MeHeartCruising

[coldflame]

1 hour ago, wesnliz said:

If you booked a tour so you can get off the ship, when the tour is done, can you wander around the port? Can you only get off the ship right before the tour?

 

I asked this question a few weeks back and I was told by someone who sailed with children that no, your party will be escorted to and from the ship, but you can then leave the kid in the kid's club and come ashore if you want to shop.

 

[Itchy&Scratchy]

1 hour ago, wesnliz said:

If you booked a tour so you can get off the ship, when the tour is done, can you wander around the port? Can you only get off the ship right before the tour?

depends on the location. We were on a "bubble" tour, aka sardines on a bus*, in St Kitts and St Thomas because of our unvaxxed kid. On the way to the excursion, the group kind of got stretched and we even got lost on the way to the meeting spot. We had to find it on our own. On the way back we were dropped off at the ports, and were free to shop around at the port. Nobody asked, nobody questioned, nobody detained...

We didn't need anything so we didn't go into stores (we never do anyway), but we walked around the ports taking photos and then boarded the ship.

It may be different in Europe or other ports, though.

 

15 minutes ago, MeHeartCruising said:

 The point is to control your interaction with others who are not on the ship. 

we were in contact with many locals, because both of our "bubble" tours took us to the local public beaches.

I hear it was different for Nassau's Blue Lagoon beach excursion because they weren't even allowed to wander around on their own.

 

* It's funny because social distancing was half-way enforced on the ship, but we were stuffed on the buses in very close proximity to total strangers. I mean - seated 6" away from a guy I've never seen before.

Edited December 13, 2021 by Itchy&Scratchy

[topnole]

23 minutes ago, Itchy&Scratchy said:

depends on the location. We were on a "bubble" tour, aka sardines on a bus*, in St Kitts and St Thomas because of our unvaxxed kid. On the way to the excursion, the group kind of got stretched and we even got lost on the way to the meeting spot. We had to find it on our own. On the way back we were dropped off at the ports, and were free to shop around at the port. Nobody asked, nobody questioned, nobody detained...

We didn't need anything so we didn't go into stores (we never do anyway), but we walked around the ports taking photos and then boarded the ship.

It may be different in Europe or other ports, though.

 

we were in contact with many locals, because both of our "bubble" tours took us to the local public beaches.

I hear it was different for Nassau's Blue Lagoon beach excursion because they weren't even allowed to wander around on their own.

 

* It's funny because social distancing was half-way enforced on the ship, but we were stuffed on the buses in very close proximity to total strangers. I mean - seated 6" away from a guy I've never seen before.

Yeah.  The bubble tour concept seems about as effective as a knitted mask.  
 

Packed in like sardines on a bus and then interacting with locals anyhow.  What exactly is the safety benefit.  Just really odd.  I guess these are all local regulations. So seemingly every country, big or small, has crazy policies that seem to do nothing but provide a false sense of security.  

[wesnliz]

Sounds as I imagined. It depends on the country and the tour operator of that specific tour

Edited December 13, 2021 by wesnliz

[Itchy&Scratchy]

20 minutes ago, topnole said:

Packed in like sardines on a bus and then interacting with locals anyhow.

didn't have any choice about the bus situation, but we did stay 6 feet away from the locals when possible while interacting with them (we do that at home as well), wore masks indoors (like the bathroom or the bar), and did what we usually do at home to stay safe.

I mean - at least we knew that everyone over 12 from our cruise was vaxxed, and everyone over 2 was tested prior to the cruise, which I can't say about my kid's school (masking is not mandatory) or the plane on the way to and from the cruise.

[topnole]

19 minutes ago, Itchy&Scratchy said:

didn't have any choice about the bus situation, but we did stay 6 feet away from the locals when possible while interacting with them (we do that at home as well), wore masks indoors (like the bathroom or the bar), and did what we usually do at home to stay safe.

I mean - at least we knew that everyone over 12 from our cruise was vaxxed, and everyone over 2 was tested prior to the cruise, which I can't say about my kid's school (masking is not mandatory) or the plane on the way to and from the cruise.

Yeah. To me everyday life creates much riskier scenarios than a group of people who all just tested negative for the virus (even if unvaccinated).  That’s my point. From the sound of it, the bubble concept is pretty pointless.  I doubt unvaccinated young kids will spread virus any more than vaccinated adults at a beach bar not wearing a mask.  

[1025cruise]

On the bubble tour, you must go and return to the ship. However, you can leave the ship again without the unvaxxed to go shopping.