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Jim_Iain – Silhouette Live Post April 8, 21, 30 - B3B - TransAtlantic, Portugal Spain, France and the Norwegian Fjords

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14 minutes ago, ecslady said:

Enjoy your family time.  Please post when you get back to the US with a recap so we know you made it safe and sound.

I will miss the daily update & especially the photos.

I hope your claim with  Celebrity is successful.

What a shame they stopped the B2B testing a week late for you especially as you didn’t feel ill.

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48 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

I wanted to thank all of you who have been along for this journey.   I think it is time to bring this live post to an end.

 

I've loved all the chatter and "of topic" discussions.    I've added about 15 books to be wish list.  

 

I really feel like we have made some good friends here and hope our paths cross at some.  The rest of our times is going to mostly be family time.  Our Great Nephew who is 4 had a 45 minute chat with me.  I'm blown way by his maturity and learned about every super hero that has ever existed.

 

Happy Sailing

 

Jim and Iain

 

 

A bientot Jim and Iain. Loved following along and looking forward to your next Live. Safe onward travels.

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On 4/30/2022 at 12:43 PM, JeanieC,Aston said:

Hi 

I have just returned home from this cruise,and whilst it is awful what happened to Jim.

I have to disagree with the comments that passengers are irresponsible in not social distancing….there was no where to social distance,,,there was 2600 people on this cruise,almost pre COVID levels.

Add in the fact the ship was grossly undermanned didn’t help,,,instead of people filling the MDR,from as early as 18:00 people were given bleepers and going back into the bars,,causing overcrowded.

Instead of spreading the diners about everyone was crowded in small areas.

It was taking an hour in the MDR to be served a Eggs Benedict,,,there was no in and out.

There was no floor waiters in bars meaning people crowding around the bar.

 

With respect to Jim who could relax in  RS and social distance in Luminea,,or eat breakfast in his suite dining area…..those of us in steerage had to crowd in MDR or OV.

There wasn’t the option to spend hours in our cabin jacuzzi….LoL!!

 

Either this level of passengers is excepted or Celebrity goes belly up.

 

Tell you the truth I was more concerned with dropping standards more than 30 people catching COVID.

It’s interesting to read your comments. My wife and I finished 12 nights on the Equinox May6. By the end there were 35 passengers announced as positive on the cruise, one of which was my brother who had 2 boosters. That of course wrecked the rest of the cruise for the remaining members of our party since we were tested between 6:20am and 7:15 and then we had to wait to hear the results. All 4 of us remained negative but we were relegated to ordering from room service. 
I take exception to some of your comments about social distancing…we had people coming right up to us in line for the MDR they didn’t try to distance. In the elevators we’d get in an empty one with our masks on and by the time our ride was over the car would be packed with nobody else wearing a mask.

The hot tubs are small on the Equinox so 4 people pretty much fills it up…that didn’t stop 4 or more people from crowding in constantly. Finally the casino…it was mandatory to wear a mask which was great however in the casino bar not a person ever had a mask on when we were there and nobody said wear a mask please.

Celebrity moved too quickly by reducing protocols but I personally saw few people trying to be careful. I say this as my brother is stuck in Fort Lauderdale until Thursday before he can fly home.

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Thank-you very much Jim for the live review and all the beautiful pictures you took the time to take and post. I really enjoyed following you and Lain on this journey.

 

P.s. as usual, you are almost a living cruise encyclopedia. I learn so much from all the information you share on the Boards. 
 

A huge thank-you and best wishes fir a healthy living until your next cruise and live review! 

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A huge round of applause from us for this thread. We’ve been following along from, well almost day one,  we were slightly late to the party… Have a great end to your vacation, and eventually a safe trip home.

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9 minutes ago, Stratford1950 said:

It’s interesting to read your comments. My wife and I finished 12 nights on the Equinox May6. By the end there were 35 passengers announced as positive on the cruise, one of which was my brother who had 2 boosters. That of course wrecked the rest of the cruise for the remaining members of our party since we were tested between 6:20am and 7:15 and then we had to wait to hear the results. All 4 of us remained negative but we were relegated to ordering from room service. 
I take exception to some of your comments about social distancing…we had people coming right up to us in line for the MDR they didn’t try to distance. In the elevators we’d get in an empty one with our masks on and by the time our ride was over the car would be packed with nobody else wearing a mask.

The hot tubs are small on the Equinox so 4 people pretty much fills it up…that didn’t stop 4 or more people from crowding in constantly. Finally the casino…it was mandatory to wear a mask which was great however in the casino bar not a person ever had a mask on when we were there and nobody said wear a mask please.

Celebrity moved too quickly by reducing protocols but I personally saw few people trying to be careful. I say this as my brother is stuck in Fort Lauderdale until Thursday before he can fly home.

 

9 minutes ago, Stratford1950 said:

It’s interesting to read your comments. My wife and I finished 12 nights on the Equinox May6. By the end there were 35 passengers announced as positive on the cruise, one of which was my brother who had 2 boosters. That of course wrecked the rest of the cruise for the remaining members of our party since we were tested between 6:20am and 7:15 and then we had to wait to hear the results. All 4 of us remained negative but we were relegated to ordering from room service. 
I take exception to some of your comments about social distancing…we had people coming right up to us in line for the MDR they didn’t try to distance. In the elevators we’d get in an empty one with our masks on and by the time our ride was over the car would be packed with nobody else wearing a mask.

The hot tubs are small on the Equinox so 4 people pretty much fills it up…that didn’t stop 4 or more people from crowding in constantly. Finally the casino…it was mandatory to wear a mask which was great however in the casino bar not a person ever had a mask on when we were there and nobody said wear a mask please.

Celebrity moved too quickly by reducing protocols but I personally saw few people trying to be careful. I say this as my brother is stuck in Fort Lauderdale until Thursday before he can fly home.

Take exception all you like,the fact was there were 2600 passengers not to mention crew on that ship and social distancing was very hard to do.

Did you not go to the Silent Disco,the party nights every night in the foyer,the apassport Bar and Martini Bar was packed,did you not go into the Craft Social on the nights of the football matches.

Did you not notice that due to shortage of staff only half the dining rooms was open and dinners were squashed in whilst dozens of tables were left empty.

Did you not notice everyone packed into the Martini Bar with bleepers waiting for seats in the MDR.

Most of all haven’t you noticed that the UK has done away with social distancing ,mask wearing……going on cruises from the UK and expecting them to to be like cruises last summer is not going to happen.

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9 minutes ago, JeanieC,Aston said:

 

Take exception all you like,the fact was there were 2600 passengers not to mention crew on that ship and social distancing was very hard to do.

Did you not go to the Silent Disco,the party nights every night in the foyer,the apassport Bar and Martini Bar was packed,did you not go into the Craft Social on the nights of the football matches.

Did you not notice that due to shortage of staff only half the dining rooms was open and dinners were squashed in whilst dozens of tables were left empty.

Did you not notice everyone packed into the Martini Bar with bleepers waiting for seats in the MDR.

Most of all haven’t you noticed that the UK has done away with social distancing ,mask wearing……going on cruises from the UK and expecting them to to be like cruises last summer is not going to happen.

As we like to say in Stratford we think thou dost protest too much…try accepting that many people simply do not do the right thing.

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Thank you for another outstanding review

Great photos, commentary, information,  and "allowing us in".

Safe travels as you head home.

Looking forward to what comes next!

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Thank you Jim. I enjoyed your live post a lot. Learnt a lot from you and all the people who posted.
Stay well, have a safe rest of the vacation and a safe flight back home. I hope we meet you and Iain on a future cruise.

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4 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

I wanted to thank all of you who have been along for this journey.   I think it is time to bring this live post to an end.

 

Jim & Iian, 

 

 Glad that you both are enjoying some quality time with family.  
 

I look forward to following along on your next adventure.

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There is a country song that says "you're gonna miss this, you're gonna want this back".  That's the way I feel about this thread.  Thank you for all of your time and energy spent to share so much of your travels with all of us.  Blessings for a wonderful time with family and safe travels home.

 

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9 hours ago, ecslady said:

Enjoy your family time.  Please post when you get back to the US with a recap so we know you made it safe and sound.

Just thinking the same…

 

Enjoy the remaining time with your family, safe onward journey….

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