Covid on all cruise ships

[mdunne48]

The CDC's Conditional Sail Order expires this Friday, January 15th. According to the CDC it will not be extended.  Cruise ship operators will be free to set their own standards for health & safety for their ships. When this occurs, maybe cruise lines will be brought into alignment with international air travel requiring a negative COVID-19 test prior to disembarkation if the ship has been to international destinations. 

 

"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reaffirmed to Cruise Critic on Wednesday that its long-standing Conditional Sail Order will transition to a voluntary program January 15."

 

[cruiseluv]

6 minutes ago, mdunne48 said:

The CDC's Conditional Sail Order expires this Friday, January 15th. According to the CDC it will not be extended.  Cruise ship operators will be free to set their own standards for health & safety for their ships. When this occurs, maybe cruise lines will be brought into alignment with international air travel requiring a negative COVID-19 test prior to disembarkation if the ship has been to international destinations. 

 

"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reaffirmed to Cruise Critic on Wednesday that its long-standing Conditional Sail Order will transition to a voluntary program January 15."

 

The international air travel requirement of a negative  Covid test is a USA Government requirement, not an airline requirement 

[mdunne48]

I did not say that the negative COVID test affirmation was an airline requirement only that is presently a requirement for international travel. 

[sfvoyage]

2 hours ago, mdunne48 said:

The CDC's Conditional Sail Order expires this Friday, January 15th. According to the CDC it will not be extended.  Cruise ship operators will be free to set their own standards for health & safety for their ships. When this occurs, maybe cruise lines will be brought into alignment with international air travel requiring a negative COVID-19 test prior to disembarkation if the ship has been to international destinations. 

Presumably cruise lines will still have to abide by the local port regulations in regards to testing and/or vaccination status prior to allowing guests to disembark for any purpose. 

 

More importantly, does that mean that cruise lines will be free to set their own rules and protocols for guests testing positive on board, e.g. whether to quarantine "positive" guests on board and length of quarantine period, etc.?

[labonnevie]

38 minutes ago, sfvoyage said:

 

 

More importantly, does that mean that cruise lines will be free to set their own rules and protocols for guests testing positive on board, e.g. whether to quarantine "positive" guests on board and length of quarantine period, etc.?

Bingo! That is the most important question for us (leaving 1/19 on Explorer). 
Not worried about getting really sick (triple vaxed ) but anxious beyond words about being quarantined for 10 days. 

Edited January 11, 2022 by labonnevie

[Gcto]

43 minutes ago, labonnevie said:

Bingo! That is the most important question for us (leaving 1/19 on Explorer). 
Not worried about getting really sick (triple vaxed ) but anxious beyond words about being quarantined for 10 days. 

and even that would be ok, considering nice cabin, decent room service, bar stocked and nice scenery outside the balcony. What I fret would be the quarantining at the end of the cruise in Miami or Timbuktu or wherever it ends. 

 

[cruiseluv]

1 hour ago, mdunne48 said:

I did not say that the negative COVID test affirmation was an airline requirement only that is presently a requirement for international travel. 

So who do you think will bring them into “alignment “ with airline travel requirements? The government? The cruise lines themselves? Doubtful it would be the latter, there’s nothing in it for them

[rallydave]

2 hours ago, mdunne48 said:

I did not say that the negative COVID test affirmation was an airline requirement only that is presently a requirement for international travel. 

The all requirements come from the country the plane is going to so not a blanket requirement for international travel.

[rallydave]

4 hours ago, cruiseluv said:

The international air travel requirement of a negative  Covid test is a USA Government requirement, not an airline requirement 

And only for flights from outside the US to the US.  It is a US Government requirement and not airline as you accurately stated.

[SireDoime]

On 1/6/2022 at 9:28 AM, ToxM said:

I think the cruise lines as a whole are doing a sterling job of trying to make cruising as safe as it can be, the chink in the armour is of course the passengers and their actions.

👌🏿☝🏿️ Exactly.

[Gpilon]

2 hours ago, Gcto said:

and even that would be ok, considering nice cabin, decent room service, bar stocked and nice scenery outside the balcony. What I fret would be the quarantining at the end of the cruise in Miami or Timbuktu or wherever it ends. 

 

There are dedicated quarantine suites on Deck 6. If on our Splendor cruise mid March, should one of us test positive, we would be shifted to one from our Grand Suite. Would not be too happy about that. 

[Gcto]

24 minutes ago, Gpilon said:

There are dedicated quarantine suites on Deck 6. If on our Splendor cruise mid March, should one of us test positive, we would be shifted to one from our Grand Suite. Would not be too happy about that. 

I would argue that you need to do social distancing and what better way to do this than in the GS. 

🙂

 

[Pcardad]

51 minutes ago, Gpilon said:

There are dedicated quarantine suites on Deck 6. If on our Splendor cruise mid March, should one of us test positive, we would be shifted to one from our Grand Suite. Would not be too happy about that. 

They won't move you if the quarantine suites are full.....

[Gpilon]

13 hours ago, Pcardad said:

They won't move you if the quarantine suites are full.....

The word "if" scares me.......

 

 

 

[Cajuntennisgal]

12 hours ago, Gpilon said:

The word "if" scares me.......

 

 

 

That's the exact reason we cancelled our Splendor cruise leaving tomorrow.  Reality can bite, but future cruises are on the horizon!!