Feb 5-19 East-West Caribbean on the Reflection

[Ken the cruiser]

Hi all! It's time for another B2B cruise as we just received the negative results of our Antigen tests. Yay!!

 

We will drive down tomorrow as far as Orlando, spend the night at a Hyatt just off the Florida turnpike, and finish the last 3 hours of our drive to Port Everglades the following morning before we board the Reflection! On this B2B cruise, we will be in a corner aft-facing Sky Suite. Fun times are definitely ahead!! 😎

 

Here are the itineraries. Hopefully they will stay intact, especially the second leg where we are scheduled to visit both Jamaica as well as Grand Cayman. Of course, only time will tell. 

 

 

[lola2013]

Enjoy...I just got off Reflection this past Saturday.  It was fabulous...low passenger count and GREAT service by every member of the crew.

Hope you have as good a time as we did.

Susan

[Ken the cruiser]

We’re also hoping everyone having to travel from locations dealing with the winter weather currently crossing the US will be able to make it to Port Everglades safe and sound and in plenty of time to board the ship with their negative tests in hand!

[CruisnDeb]

Have fun Ken.  We board the Reflection 6 weeks after you. 

 

If possible, can you post pictures of the dailies (all the pages)?  I know I can look at the activities in the app, but I find it much easier to look at the paper copies.

[countess5]

Jumping on, the ship with you that is! 

Finally will be able to follow along and enjoy the ship at the same time. We also doing a B2B.

 

Just completed the home proctored covid test and all negative!

Flight out of Philly should be ok, upper 40's and rain.

 

See you on board.

 

Cheers! 

 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

I'll be along for the ride, if only in spirit!

 

Tom

[Ken the cruiser]

46 minutes ago, CruisnDeb said:

Have fun Ken.  We board the Reflection 6 weeks after you. 

 

If possible, can you post pictures of the dailies (all the pages)?  I know I can look at the activities in the app, but I find it much easier to look at the paper copies.

Sure! 

[garyl62]

Looking forward to following also as this is the same itinerary we're on with @CruisnDeb in March so it will be interesting to hear about port changes (although in 6 weeks things will change I'm sure) and your impressions of Puerto Plata. Thanks for taking some of your time to share some experiences with all of us, and ........ Enjoy the next two weeks!

[jalves]

We are currently on the Reflection doing a Western itinerary.  Loving the ship.

 

I'd be very surprised if you actually stop in GC and Falmouth.  That was our original itinerary, but it got changed to Nassau, Cozumel, Roatan & Belize.  

[Ken the cruiser]

4 minutes ago, jalves said:

We are currently on the Reflection doing a Western itinerary.  Loving the ship.

 

I'd be very surprised if you actually stop in GC and Falmouth.  That was our original itinerary, but it got changed to Nassau, Cozumel, Roatan & Belize.  

You're probably right. But we're still thinking positive 🤞 until we get the actual go/no-go decision. Here's a couple of recent articles that give us a little hope anyway.

 

Hopefully something positive will come out of this Grand Cayman meeting:

Gov't to seek COVID testing for disembarking cruise passengers - Cayman Compass

 

And with regards to Falmouth according to this article, it appears some ships are allowed to port there as long as their COVID cases are either low or most likely nonexistent.

Cruise denied entry because of higher COVID infection threshold (jamaicaobserver.com)

 

[hiccups]

45 minutes ago, jalves said:

We are currently on the Reflection doing a Western itinerary.  Loving the ship.

 

I'd be very surprised if you actually stop in GC and Falmouth.  That was our original itinerary, but it got changed to Nassau, Cozumel, Roatan & Belize.  

We're on the Western itinerary on Reflection's 2/26 sailing, and someone on our roll call said they thought GC would be replaced.  Good to know what we might expect.

[pooh/tigger]

4 hours ago, Ken the cruiser said:

Hi all! It's time for another B2B cruise as we just received the negative results of our Antigen tests. Yay!!

 

We will drive down tomorrow as far as Orlando, spend the night at a Hyatt just off the Florida turnpike, and finish the last 3 hours of our drive to Port Everglades the following morning before we board the Reflection! On this B2B cruise, we will be in a corner aft-facing Sky Suite. Fun times are definitely ahead!! 😎

 

Here are the itineraries. Hopefully they will stay intact, especially the second leg where we are scheduled to visit both Jamaica as well as Grand Cayman. Of course, only time will tell. 

 

 

Can’t believe we’re finally here. 
 

Got our test done this morning at Synergy Fort Lauderdale. Negative. 😎😎

 

Going to be a fun time

[Ken the cruiser]

5 minutes ago, pooh/tigger said:

Can’t believe we’re finally here. 
 

Got our test done this morning at Synergy Fort Lauderdale. Negative. 😎😎

 

Going to be a fun time

Yay!! 

[juanita1767]

We are on the same cruise, got our negative results a few hours ago as well. 

[jelayne]

At our hotel near DFW keeping 🤞 that our flight isn’t cancelled and the roads to and within the airport are passable and the hotels shuttle drivers can get here tomorrow, they couldn’t get to work today.  We too are on the 2/5 & 2/12 

[REEtired]

2 hours ago, hiccups said:

We're on the Western itinerary on Reflection's 2/26 sailing, and someone on our roll call said they thought GC would be replaced.  Good to know what we might expect.

We’re on the 2/26 sailing as well and looking and hoping for updates.  It’s a few weeks yet as we’ll see what happens.  Ken, please let us know the capacity for each leg if you don’t mind. 

[Ken the cruiser]

16 minutes ago, jelayne said:

At our hotel near DFW keeping 🤞 that our flight isn’t cancelled and the roads to and within the airport are passable and the hotels shuttle drivers can get here tomorrow, they couldn’t get to work today.  We too are on the 2/5 & 2/12 

Safe travels and hopefully tomorrow’s adventure to the airport will go smoothly and you’ll be on your way to Ft Lauderdale without encountering too much more stress.

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by Ken the cruiser

[Ken the cruiser]

4 minutes ago, REEtired said:

We’re on the 2/26 sailing as well and looking and hoping for updates.  It’s a few weeks yet as we’ll see what happens.  Ken, please let us know the capacity for each leg if you don’t mind. 

Will do. 

[Ken the cruiser]

Travel day has arrived!!  We're getting ready to load up the car. The roads are wet, but clear here in central Alabama. So, it's about that time to start really getting excited!! 😎

 

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Edited February 4, 2022 by Ken the cruiser

[Ken the cruiser]

14 hours ago, Ken the cruiser said:

You're probably right. But we're still thinking positive 🤞 until we get the actual go/no-go decision. Here's a couple of recent articles that give us a little hope anyway.

 

Hopefully something positive will come out of this Grand Cayman meeting:

Gov't to seek COVID testing for disembarking cruise passengers - Cayman Compass

 

And with regards to Falmouth according to this article, it appears some ships are allowed to port there as long as their COVID cases are either low or most likely nonexistent.

Cruise denied entry because of higher COVID infection threshold (jamaicaobserver.com)

 

Still thinking positive, but it's definitely not looking good for stopping at Grand Cayman.

 

No announcement was made at Wednesday’s event regarding when cruise lines might return to Cayman. However, according to a summary of Cabinet minutes from its 25 Jan. meeting, the government extended the temporary ban on cruise ships only until 28 Feb. 2022, though that date can be extended further, if necessary.

 

Cayman in talks to welcome back cruise passengers - Cayman Compass

 

[larry_s_taco]

Enjoy the first week. We will be hopping on with you for the second half on the 12th. Looking forward to hearing about your first week.

[Ken the cruiser]

We made it to our Orlando hotel and only had to deal with driving through some monsoon rains for a couple of hours on I-10. Will finish the remaining 3 hr drive down I-95 tomorrow morning.

 

Unfortunately, over on the Feb 5 Roll Call, some of the folks flying out of DFW, as well as some other locations, weren’t so lucky with their flights today due to a bunch of ice and snow and very cold temperatures. Hopefully, they’ll all be able to secure flights for early tomorrow morning to get them to Ft Lauderdale before the ship sails. 🤞

Edited February 5, 2022 by Ken the cruiser

[georgiaguy]

Have a good time! We will be onboard Reflection in 139 days (God-willing)!

Edited February 5, 2022 by georgiaguy

[countess5]

Good Morning, it’s sail day!

 

had a great afternoon at the hotel with some cocktails and watching the Silhouette depart. Heading over to the terminal later this morning for our first leg of the B2B.

 

 

Cheers! 

[remarcm]

Looks like maybe some scattered showers today. Have 11am boarding time, see everyone onboard.