Glenndale Posted February 20, 2022 #401 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Thanks for posting Linda. Your pictures of the Atlantic road brought back pleasant memories. Hope that your Caribbean cruise is a great success and that you have lots to do during your isolation. The supercraft team might be able to give you some projects. 🤞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 20, 2022 Author #402 Share Posted February 20, 2022 It's been very rocky out today. Inside is busy but there's always somewhere to sit in the libary on 7. Formal night pic 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 21, 2022 Author #403 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Day 32 / 67 Day 17 Norway Sea day Good morning and thanks for following. Was a very rocky night, the ship was and still is rolling from side to side. It's raining. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 21, 2022 Author #404 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Preparing for our cruise lockdown tomorrow. Our lovely room steward and I sat down and wrote a shopping list yesterday. Whilst watching Forensic Scientist Quincsi on the room TV just now there was a knock on the door and a delivery (à la mode Waitrose) arrived! Thank you Saga!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulatsea Posted February 21, 2022 #405 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Best of luck - really interested to see how you get on in lockdown - and look forward to seeing you on the other side . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 21, 2022 Author #406 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Our arrival into Southampton is now 1130 tomorrow. Planned departure 2100.... weather delay presumably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 21, 2022 Author #407 Share Posted February 21, 2022 71 people staying on B2B. Announcement was made last night in theatre (which we missed) that 20 cabins tested positive yesterday. The last whole guest test was before Alta. The B2B people have been tested since. Apologies for my previous mistake. B2B guests who are still positive will have to disembark tomorrow. They will be the last to leave and infection control will be performed in their wake. Their transport home is assured. Housekeeping is not offered to guests who have tested positive or have been in close contact. Of course fresh towels etc are provided. Embarking crew, guest speakers and entertainers boarding/staying on have similarly to isolate for 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted February 21, 2022 #408 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Sorry if this has already been answered but is that 20 positive in the whole ship or just those doing B2B ? And everyone staying on has to quarantine for 4 days ? That sounds harsh, I've not heard of other lines doing anything similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenmure Posted February 21, 2022 #409 Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 hours ago, NorbertsNiece said: 71 people staying on B2B. Announcement was made last night in theatre (which we missed) that 20 cabins tested positive yesterday. The last whole guest test was before Alta. The B2B people have been tested since. Apologies for my previous mistake. B2B guests who are still positive will have to disembark tomorrow. They will be the last to leave and infection control will be performed in their wake. Their transport home is assured. Housekeeping is not offered to guests who have tested positive or have been in close contact. Of course fresh towels etc are provided. Embarking crew, guest speakers and entertainers boarding/staying on have similarly to isolate for 4 days. This gets more confusing by the minute! So all guest speakers and entertainers who are boarding/staying on have to isolate for four days. If that is so you aren’t going to get any talks or shows for four days! How is it then that all the passengers who board on Tuesday don’t have to isolate for four days. What’s the difference? Added to that from Thursday all English isolation restrictions are lifted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 21, 2022 Author #410 Share Posted February 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Kenmure said: This gets more confusing by the minute! So all guest speakers and entertainers who are boarding/staying on have to isolate for four days. If that is so you aren’t going to get any talks or shows for four days! How is it then that all the passengers who board on Tuesday don’t have to isolate for four days. What’s the difference? Added to that from Thursday all English isolation restrictions are lifted. Hi. Same thing happened previous two cruises with regards to those professionals boarding. 4 days mandatory isolation. Any activities/shows happening in those days will already be on board. It's to do with protecting those already on board from those boarding and vice versa. Need to keep the number of potential infections below 1% in order to comply with landing regulations in the Caribbean. We have PCR tests tomorrow morning as well as LFT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 21, 2022 Author #411 Share Posted February 21, 2022 4 hours ago, Host Hattie said: Sorry if this has already been answered but is that 20 positive in the whole ship or just those doing B2B ? And everyone staying on has to quarantine for 4 days ? That sounds harsh, I've not heard of other lines doing anything similar. 20 positive whole ship yes. I've heard it called draconian but personally I feel assured of my own well being and that of those boarding. The alternative was to pack and go home. I will be video blogging live from my cabin daily around noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 21, 2022 Author #412 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Distance travelled this cruise : Sea passage : 3,512.7 nautical miles Pilotage : 392.6 nautical miles Total distance : 3,895.3 nautical miles We've received tomorrow's breakfast menu and have ordered it for 0945 as we have to do PCR for collection 0930. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted February 21, 2022 #413 Share Posted February 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, NorbertsNiece said: 20 positive whole ship yes. I've heard it called draconian but personally I feel assured of my own well being and that of those boarding. The alternative was to pack and go home. I will be video blogging live from my cabin daily around noon. Thanks, I hope it's worth it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #414 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Day 34 /67 Day 1 Caribbean Day 1 Lockdown Southampton Good morning. LFT already taken at the door 0850 PCR at 1000 I was awake at silly o'clock and grabbed a screenshot of the sister ships in the same shot. We are the bottom left blue arrow. Discovery is en route from Southampton to Tilbury for a week of planned maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #415 Share Posted February 22, 2022 We have received a pack of playing cards and a bunch of quizzes and crosswords this morning to last the 4 days. Also the craft workshops timetable. Will be making gifts to take home! Will see how I cope unaided in lockdown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #416 Share Posted February 22, 2022 The Nab Tower was a tower planned for anti-submarine protection in the Solent in WW1. It was sunk over the Nab rocks east of the Isle of Wight to replace a lightship after the war, and is a well-known landmark for sailors as it marks the deep-water eastern entry into the Solent. Horse Sand Fort is one of the larger Royal Commission sea forts in the Solent off Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The fort is one of four built as part of the Palmerston Forts constructions. It is 200 feet (61 m) across, built between 1865 and 1880, with two floors and a basement and armour-plated all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #417 Share Posted February 22, 2022 The lunch menu has arrived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #418 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Sailing past the Isle of Wight video here Cowes Edited February 22, 2022 by NorbertsNiece 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #419 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Today's live broadcast is here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulatsea Posted February 22, 2022 #420 Share Posted February 22, 2022 23 minutes ago, NorbertsNiece said: Today's live broadcast is here Good video - thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #421 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Passengers have started to disembark 1250. Luggage had already started to be unloaded. We've had lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #422 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Much activity dockside; luggage unloading, supplies being delivered, diesel (?) being pumped, passengers disembarking. Edited February 22, 2022 by NorbertsNiece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulatsea Posted February 22, 2022 #423 Share Posted February 22, 2022 23 minutes ago, NorbertsNiece said: Passengers have started to disembark 1250. Luggage had already started to be unloaded. We've had lunch. Nice that you can watch all the goings on port side - I love watching all that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 22, 2022 Author #424 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Our windows are being cleaned. We have a new captain! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosapphire Posted February 22, 2022 #425 Share Posted February 22, 2022 17 hours ago, NorbertsNiece said: 20 positive whole ship yes. I've heard it called draconian but personally I feel assured of my own well being and that of those boarding. The alternative was to pack and go home. I will be video blogging live from my cabin daily around noon. I take it that those who were staying on had already been told (either when booking, or prior to boarding) that they would have to quarantine? If it was only announced while on the way back to Southampton, that would explain why some guests were dismayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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