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This was a wonderful experience! We "defaulted" to this cruise because we cancelled an overseas river cruise out of covid concerns...and much to our surprise, every aspect of this trip was as well planned, pleasant and rewarding as we have experienced in Europe. The scenery was spectacular; the excursions interesting; the historian's lectures excellent. The food was good with interesting choices; I have an allergy to onion (unfortunately) and every effort was made to provide onion-free meals and seasonings. We enjoyed this experience so much that we booked a roundtrip New Orleans cruise on the Mississippi for November.

We are booked on the same cruise a week earlier (on the Harmony). We're required to be vaccinated because at some point the cruise visits Washington state...and to have a molecular test 72 hours before leaving home. We're concerned about the whole Columbia/Snake River valley areas..and the air quality because of the fires.  So much angst ahead of time--sharing MimiDo's thoughts of cancelling....

On 8/17/2021 at 4:06 PM, MimiDo said:

Thanks for your post, Suzy.

I am disappointed -- and nervous -- to see that ACL presumably did not notify the other passengers that your fully vaccinated husband developed breakthrough Covid after your cruise ended.

We are booked on a Columbia/Snake River cruise departing Sept 1 and having serious doubts about going.  We're not happy that they don't require everyone be vaccinated, that they had to cancel cruises due to unvaccinated staff, that the surge in Oregon made the governor call out 1500 National Guardsmen to help the hospitals, and that the governor's office now predicts the surge will continue to expand in the coming weeks.  We gave ACL our money but we don't have to trust them with our health or our lives, especially if this is how they operate.

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We are booked on the same cruise a week earlier. We're required to be vaccinated and to have a molecular test 72 hours before leaving home. We're concerned about Oregon...and the air quality because of the fires...may cancel.... Joan

Is anyone going on the Columbia/Snake River trip above? I've been reading less than stellar reviews and concerned that we may have just spent a first class fare on a second class  ship....