At sea with Covid: a positive report about a positive test result

[Yehootu]

6 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

Covid levels in Pago Pago, per Tisa at Tisa’s barefoot bar, no cruise-ship till next year.

 

 

 

 

 

Bummer!! Can only hope they go down before we go in March. Wife and I met there 37yrs ago, one of those Pilot/FA deals, and she's been stuck with me since.

[cr8tiv1]

2 hours ago, Loveh2ofl said:

https://www.9news.com.au/national/carnival-cruises-reintroduces-mask-mandates-out-of-an-abundance-of-caution/63cb4890-bca2-46df-af69-99af50ea8e60

 

I read the article.  Thank you for the link.  I think the key words are "in Australia".

 

"We can confirm that mask wearing is being applied on board all Carnival Corporation brand ships operating in Australia and the region as an additional safeguard in light of the current rate of covid-19 in the general community," a Carnival Australia spokesperson said.

[caribill]

16 hours ago, sunviking90 said:

As we’ve heard time and time again, these longer cruises can be especially fertile ground for Covid.

 

Is the wearing of masks still optional for passengers and crew?

[Coral]

16 hours ago, sunviking90 said:

A couple dining next to us (we all have tables for 2 but chat a bit) said they watch the shows on their cabin tv. I looked and have not found them, only the lectures. 

I found found the production shows also. Not the comedians or singers, etc...

[Coral]

19 minutes ago, caribill said:

 

Is the wearing of masks still optional for passengers and crew?

On the Emerald Princess - still optional (16 night sailing). The vast majority of both are not masking. Speaking with the crew - the ones I spoke with have all had COVID during this contract so they feel comfortable not masking. @sunviking90 is on my sailing.

 

I will go as far to say I have been mocked by a few passengers for wearing mine.

Edited November 19, 2022 by Coral

[sunviking90]

I brought a good supply of masks but haven’t been wearing them except in the theatre. DH caught a nasty bug while we were travelling in Europe before the cruise (multiple tests and not Covid) while I stayed healthy. We also had Covid in August so I guess I have been feeling invincible, lol. We all know what that gets you! We do avoid crowded areas and especially the Piazza. My mask is going on today though as I went down to get our early morning coffees at the IC which is usually almost empty at 6 am. Today with the time change there was a huge lineup, a lady behind me was coughing up a lung, a fellow waiting in front of me turned to avoid coughing at the counter and on it goes. 

[Honolulu Blue]

1 hour ago, Coral said:

I will go as far to say I have been mocked by a few passengers for wearing mine.

That's not very nice!  I've made a deal with the world that I will wear my mask WHERE and WHEN I feel it's appropriate.  No, I don't want to discuss it.  Those who have a problem with it can kiss a certain Southern breakfast meal that I don't eat but would bring out just so they can embrace it appropriately.  Properly distanced, of course. 😆

[LidoLiz]

Well, DH has been released from purgatory and is on his way back to the sun and fun of the Lido deck.

After he tested negative this morning, the process was very quick and he was free within the hour. They have strongly recommended he wear his mask when around others for the rest of the cruise but otherwise he is back to being a normal entity.

Unexpectedly, I received a lovely bouquet of flowers and a card from the Rooms Division & Guest Services desk: “We hope you get well soon and kindly contact us at any time, we are here to assist you.”

Nice touch.

[dickinson]

@LidoLiz Hope you feel better soon.  Beautiful flowers and so nice of them to send them to you.  

[Coral]

28 minutes ago, LidoLiz said:

Well, DH has been released from purgatory and is on his way back to the sun and fun of the Lido deck.

After he tested negative this morning, the process was very quick and he was free within the hour. They have strongly recommended he wear his mask when around others for the rest of the cruise but otherwise he is back to being a normal entity.

Unexpectedly, I received a lovely bouquet of flowers and a card from the Rooms Division & Guest Services desk: “We hope you get well soon and kindly contact us at any time, we are here to assist you.”

Nice touch.

Those are beautiful. Happy for your husband! Sorry that you are probably now the longest person on Aloha wing.....

[Coral]

2 hours ago, Honolulu Blue said:

That's not very nice!  I've made a deal with the world that I will wear my mask WHERE and WHEN I feel it's appropriate.  No, I don't want to discuss it.  Those who have a problem with it can kiss a certain Southern breakfast meal that I don't eat but would bring out just so they can embrace it appropriately.  Properly distanced, of course. 😆

I agree. The sad thing is that this was by people who I had met on another cruise and was surprised to see on this cruise. Oh well.

[Loveh2ofl]

7 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said:

 

I read the article.  Thank you for the link.  I think the key words are "in Australia".

 

"We can confirm that mask wearing is being applied on board all Carnival Corporation brand ships operating in Australia and the region as an additional safeguard in light of the current rate of covid-19 in the general community," a Carnival Australia spokesperson said.

And the region - so seems to include pacific nations at least for now....

[gottagocit]

Has anyone onboard the Emerald now and now in isolation been given info on what you are to after disembarking?  Perhaps it’s a bit too early to expect that but I’m curious. 

[azbirdmom]

1 hour ago, Coral said:

I agree. The sad thing is that this was by people who I had met on another cruise and was surprised to see on this cruise. Oh well.

 

Their comments say a lot more about them than it does you.  I have encountered comments like that while wearing masks in stores etc.  I just smiled (behind my mask) and just moved on, not letting the problems that others have become mine.  You can't fix ignorance or rudeness so why try?

Edited November 19, 2022 by azbirdmom

[LidoLiz]

12 minutes ago, gottagocit said:

Has anyone onboard the Emerald now and now in isolation been given info on what you are to after disembarking?  Perhaps it’s a bit too early to expect that but I’m curious. 

We have been told that we will be escorted off the ship at 10 am, presumably after most passengers have left. Then we will head to the taxi stand (we cancelled our post-cruise excursion). 
They are offering the EZ check service for our luggage for $25 pp, so we will take advantage of that. They will apparently also deliver our airline boarding passes to us the night before we disembark.

 

[Coral]

3 hours ago, LidoLiz said:

Well, DH has been released from purgatory and is on his way back to the sun and fun of the Lido deck.

 

I am curious - do you now wish you had not gone to Aloha deck right away on how things played out?

 

How are you feeling?

 

Theresa

[NownZen]

2 hours ago, Loveh2ofl said:

And the region - so seems to include pacific nations at least for now....

Also now includes South America according to an update email from Princess yesterday. It says at least the first three days.

[Crashe]

Cruising in January, such a comforting post about a potential controversial topic.  I’m sitting here after a low grade fever for 13 days and 3 days in hospital after suffering covid induced double vision (6th cranial nerve palsy).  Visions getting better, (2 weeks since discharge), 2nd run in with covid, fully immunized w/booster.  Who knew!  Comforting to read your post, I was very curious about the latest things.  Wish you guys the best! (Covid now has my respect…)

[sunviking90]

Just now, Coral said:

I am curious - do you now wish you had not gone to Aloha deck right away on how things played out?

 

How are you feeling?

 

Theresa

I am curious about this also. DH and I were discussing this yesterday and we agreed that if in this situation we would isolate alone and the other stay put. As long as we could communicate we’d be ok with it. I know everyone has different perspectives but our experience in the summer with the ease of passing it to each other in a 2000 sq ft house, never mind a 200 sq ft stateroom decided it for us.

[PacnGoNow]

11 hours ago, Yehootu said:

Bummer!! Can only hope they go down before we go in March. Wife and I met there 37yrs ago, one of those Pilot/FA deals, and she's been stuck with me since.

PAA?

[PescadoAmarillo]

6 hours ago, Honolulu Blue said:

Those who have a problem with it can kiss a certain Southern breakfast meal that I don't eat but would bring out just so they can embrace it appropriately.  Properly distanced, of course. 😆

This took me a minute to figure out. I kept thinking biscuits?  Sausage gravy? 😆

 

Any patience I had for almost three years for dealing with those who mocked my mask wearing is long gone. I’m afraid I would suggest anyone commenting kiss something far less pleasant than southern oatmeal. It’s best I just don’t cruise I guess, or I would find myself in trouble. 

[memoak]

8 minutes ago, PacnGoNow said:

PAA?

Pilot / Flight Attendent

[PescadoAmarillo]

15 minutes ago, sunviking90 said:

I am curious about this also. DH and I were discussing this yesterday and we agreed that if in this situation we would isolate alone and the other stay put. As long as we could communicate we’d be ok with it. I know everyone has different perspectives but our experience in the summer with the ease of passing it to each other in a 2000 sq ft house, never mind a 200 sq ft stateroom decided it for us.

That was our decision and I never regretted it. It was nice to be able to send things from our cabin to DH in quarantine. But the biggest reason was that, from the time he tested positive, his only concern was for me.  In fact, he was so crazy with worry about me that I hoped that, if I tested positive, there would be a second quarantine cabin available for me. He would have kept me up all night making sure I was ok. 
 

The hardest part was talking to each other using that darned wired cabin phone. The internet wasn’t good enough to phone each other over WiFi on our cell phones, and the cabin phone required us to each be sitting at the desk/vanity. 

[PacnGoNow]

11 minutes ago, memoak said:

Pilot / Flight Attendent

Yes, I know.  My question to @Yehootu

was it PAA?

Pan American Airways?  They flew to PPG.

 

Edited November 19, 2022 by PacnGoNow

[LMADAMS91]

14 hours ago, Loveh2ofl said:

https://www.9news.com.au/national/carnival-cruises-reintroduces-mask-mandates-out-of-an-abundance-of-caution/63cb4890-bca2-46df-af69-99af50ea8e60

"Every cruise ship operating in Australia"

Thanks for the link.