Proctored Covid test for Transatlantic cruises

[sunlover12]

8 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

The odds of you getting covid from 1-2 minutes in an elevator are near zero.

Crowded elevator 5-6 times a day for 7 days. I'm not saying it was specifically from the elevator but Covid was on the ship.  Crowded bars, restaurants, theater, it could have been anywhere. No thanks.

[Tatka]

58 minutes ago, sunlover12 said:

Not sure if we should go back to required testing but passengers have to assume the risks of being on a very large cruise ship. We got off Wonder on 1/29 and both DH and I got Covid. First time either of us have had it. The past 10 days have been rough. 

 

This was our 4th cruise post-Covid, the first on RCI.  The other 3 were smaller ships with maximum 650 passengers.  On Wonder we were in crowded elevators, no one wearing masks, 6000+ passengers. We knew the risks going in but it's going to be a very long time before we go back to the mega ships, if ever. 

 

 

This will not change a thing.

We as a family of two got Covid 3 times on cruises last and this year.

 

First time both of us in Jan 2022 - Tests + masks everywhere

Me in September 2022  - Test

My husband in Jan 2023 - Nothing

 

We cruised 10 times since restart and after tests became available for home use after every cruise people in cruise groups were posting multiple Covid cases.

 

We need to start treating Covid as a cold/flu. I noticed that our Covid infections repeat flu infection pattern. We were getting flu/cold on winter cruises often, and sometimes in September.

Edited February 7, 2023 by Tatka