miaminative0853 Posted January 14, 2022 #1 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I did not hear it directly but friends heard the Edge Captian's announcement yesterday when we were in port that COVID positive crew from RCL ships that were in port (including Celebrity) were being transferred to another RCL ship that was anchored nearby. I believe it was Jewel of the Seas. The Captain said the purpose was to get the positive case numbers down to enable the other ships including Edge to meet threshold requirements to be allowed to port in Nassau. Has anyone else heard of this? Thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted January 14, 2022 #2 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Do what needs to be done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted January 14, 2022 #3 Share Posted January 14, 2022 There was a thread about this on the RCI board earlier this week. Pictures of crew being debarked and in line to board the other ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted January 14, 2022 #4 Share Posted January 14, 2022 So many crew that are COVID+ that they need another "hospital" ship to isolate/quarantine. Not a good sign for cruising right now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verizon Posted January 14, 2022 #5 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Thats risky to passengers on either lines They just let the virus move freely. I my need to cancel my February cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted January 14, 2022 #6 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, verizon said: Thats risky to passengers on either lines They just let the virus move freely. I my need to cancel my February cruise. How is it risky to passengers for them to remove infected crew off the ships that are carrying passengers? RCCL confirmed a while back (maybe a week or two ago?) that these crew members are being transferred to ships that aren't currently in service. This seems like the safest option for everyone. It gives infected crew the opportunity to quarantine and recover away from uninfected crew and passengers.... Here's the article where RCCL confirms this is what they are doing: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2022/01/06/royal-caribbean-moving-covid-positive-crew-vision-rhapsody-ships/9115818002/ Edited January 14, 2022 by JamieLogical 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandhop9 Posted January 14, 2022 #7 Share Posted January 14, 2022 1 minute ago, verizon said: Thats risky to passengers on either lines They just let the virus move freely. Huh? They're moving I'll crew off to crew only ships. (many may be asymptomatic) I'd much rather have ill crew taken to their own ship versus being stuck in tight spaces among the bowels of a passenger filled ship. I'm sure the crew have more space and better living conditions for their isolation as well. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cangelmd Posted January 14, 2022 #8 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Makes a lot of sense to me. Even with isolation protocols, reducing the known positives in an enclosed space like a ship, should reduce opportunities for transmission - if everyone is positive, they won’t give it to each other - not that they aren’t still isolated, people should be. It also allows more flexibility and space for isolating passengers who can’t be shifted to another ship, and maybe everyone who is ill gets a balcony and a bigger bed and bath. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted January 14, 2022 #9 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Just one thing after another that screams out to me not to even consider cruising until Omicron subsides. But hopefully that will be soon by all current predictions. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucknmarilyn Posted January 14, 2022 #10 Share Posted January 14, 2022 11 minutes ago, verizon said: Thats risky to passengers on either lines They just let the virus move freely. I my need to cancel my February cruise. I don't understand your reasoning at all. However, if you feel that you should cancel then you should. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted January 14, 2022 #11 Share Posted January 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, TeeRick said: Just one thing after another that screams out to me not to even consider cruising until Omicron subsides. But hopefully that will be soon by all current predictions. Three of my seven office-mates are out with COVID right now. Omicron is everywhere, including cruise ships. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted January 14, 2022 #12 Share Posted January 14, 2022 1 minute ago, JamieLogical said: Three of my seven office-mates are out with COVID right now. Omicron is everywhere, including cruise ships. Yes it sure is. At least your office mates can isolate at home. Not in a cell on a cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lv2cruisgrl Posted January 14, 2022 #13 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I thought moving the crew to a Covid Cruise ship was a great idea. One way to get them away from others. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lady Arwen Posted January 14, 2022 #14 Share Posted January 14, 2022 31 minutes ago, verizon said: Thats risky to passengers on either lines They just let the virus move freely. I my need to cancel my February cruise. Sorry, but I think you may have misunderstood. No passengers will be on the ship, only infected crew members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted January 14, 2022 #15 Share Posted January 14, 2022 The ones who are not transferred to that ship are taken to a hotel on the turnaround day in Florida. The ships are not allowed to start new cruises with any positive cases aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
followyourheart Posted January 14, 2022 #16 Share Posted January 14, 2022 My concern is that there are so many positive crew that they need to be transferred in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted January 14, 2022 #17 Share Posted January 14, 2022 This has been occurring for a while. Apparently Edge and Apex are both struggling to keep crew up to sustainable levels. Lots of shuffling going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminSea53 Posted January 14, 2022 #18 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, TeeRick said: So many crew that are COVID+ that they need another "hospital" ship to isolate/quarantine. Not a good sign for cruising right now. The reports I heard is that there are currently 7 ships being used to house COVID positive crew. It was 3 ships, in the last week they added 4 more ships. ALL are asymptomatic or mild symptoms. No medical services required. Edited January 14, 2022 by VitaminSea53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verizon Posted January 14, 2022 #19 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Sorry my misunderstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oville Posted January 14, 2022 #20 Share Posted January 14, 2022 40 minutes ago, lovrccl said: I thought moving the crew to a Covid Cruise ship was a great idea. One way to get them away from others. And who do you replace them with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichYak Posted January 14, 2022 #21 Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Oville said: And who do you replace them with? The recovered crew from the same ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted January 14, 2022 #22 Share Posted January 14, 2022 And, yet when the CDC suggested setting up hospitalization and quarantine ships to the cruise lines back in early 2020, this was seen as unjustified, and fiscally impossible. As for who you replace them with, yes, either recovered crew or crew brought from their home country, vaccinated, and quarantined before starting work. For hotel crew, there is a vast pool of people who have held these positions, and can be called at short notice. What is more difficult is when the statutory marine crew (deck and engine) start having to be quarantined, the pool is smaller, and not all of them are "interchangeable" like hotel crew. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichYak Posted January 14, 2022 #23 Share Posted January 14, 2022 39 minutes ago, followyourheart said: My concern is that there are so many positive crew that they need to be transferred in the first place. Keeping a ship's total positive count under 1% is not that big a number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted January 14, 2022 #24 Share Posted January 14, 2022 1 minute ago, RichYak said: Keeping a ship's total positive count under 1% is not that big a number. And, under the color coding scheme, just one crew case gets the ship into yellow category. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D C Posted January 14, 2022 #25 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Makes perfect sense. May they all rotate to and from the convalescence ship safely! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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