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I don't get the unvaccinated part for anyone over 12. NCL has on their website: Mandatory Vaccinations Against Covid-19 All guests age twelve and over, as well as all crew, must be fully vaccinated at least 2 weeks prior to departure in order to board. While we welcome unvaccinated children under the age of 12 onboard, it is the responsibility of the guest to be aware of any local protocols and/or travel restrictions in place at the visiting destinations at the time of sailing. Local regulations may have booster requirements to enter certain countries – make sure to check Travel Requirements by Country to understand country specific requirements. https://www.ncl.com/travel-requirements-by-country

Not in this case.

The staff. Unlike many pretentious cruisers who pull tips for the pleasure of doing so

Shipyards quickly filled with ships from all cruise lines. The shipyards were not immune to COVID and had enough problems of their own trying to stay open. It is impossible to defeat rust on a ship. Continual maintenance is required to just keep up with it. All cruise lines are suffering from a lack of staff.

What was the outcome? Or was it just typically puffery and gaslighting by a few sue happy individuals? I know the ship headed off on the next cruise and don't remember hearing anything after that. Surely not everyone signed the offer.

There was a thread not long ago - I believe on Carnival Magic - where crew were painting and so many people were complaining that I guess they stopped painting and even offered compensation. Carnival just can't please everyone.

Actually I can often check in a minute prior to Midnight East coast time, if you are really chomping at the bit to be numero uno.

Yes. I don't need an attendant to flush the toilet for me. I'm embarrassed on Carnival enough by staff who remember me from years gone by, and I can't place them to save my life. They aren't phony at all.

There's an app for that!

I agree. And as I have said numerous times - there will be a new normal at the end of the day. When the pandemic ends, and we aren't there yet.

On a few - very few test cruises - are trying no testing. Not cruise lines. And not in the US.

We encountered the opposite in Germany a few years ago. There was some kind of strike and they stuffed all planes full, deliberately leaving luggage behind in Frankfurt (planes would have been overweight). It took a couple of days to sort it out. One of our bags barely made it to the Carnival Vista Inaugural. That was one time travel insurance was worth it. The insurance company dealt with the airlines and airports and kept us informed as to where the bag was. These days the airlines don't seem to know anything.

Call in sick?

It seems like the only flights I have that are overbooked are outbound. They never ask for volunteers when we are returning.

The takeaway I got was not to fly on British Airways. and maybe invest in some Airtags or similar.

I AM in the US and we avoid flying. However, for us, cruising is essential. 😁 When forced to fly to a cruise, I now plan on arriving at least 2 days before a cruise. After a cruise? Who cares?

at least since I discovered cruising. 😁

As I stated, travel is essential. It is why planes were still flying during the worst of covid. Business goes on. Normal airline cancellations are more like 1%. 2019 was the busiest year, and still it was only up to around 2%. But as we know, there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Averages don't matter to all the families that were left hanging this past weekend.

Capacities on cruises are the highest they have been since cruising restarted. Testing isn't going to impact that. What is hilarious is how some think staying away from cruising, or switching brands, is going to be noticed. Nobody is irreplaceable. Only the complaint has changed, the song remains the same.

What has to end is the $25 cruise, not the testing. But if people are too cheap to pay for testing for a $25 cruise, Carnival doesn't need them. Carnival needs people with money to spend.

People were spoiled by low capacities when cruising restarted. Welcome back to semi-reality. This is summer - the busiest season for cruise lines. On stock prices? The stock market is in the toilet today, but cruise lines stocks are UP. One reason is because oil is falling. Carnival is far from the only cruise line with staffing issues. They all are including Royal. Celebrity Infinity has had up to 2 hour waits just to be seating in the main dining room and some are complaining about food service in the middle of the night?

Hertz went bankrupt. All car agencies cut their fleets, didn't replace their cars, and now they can't. Have you tried to shop cars lately? How many thousands of flights have airlines canceled this year? Relatively few cruises have been cancelled. Flying to Heathrow? It might be days before you see you luggage, if ever. Unlike vacations, transportation is essential and people have to use it.

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Logic tells us without testing, there would be more. The only reason we know there is COVID, is because of testing. Doing away with testing does not mean COVID has gone away - just we have chosen to bury our heads in the sand

Cheapest might be the tests from the government and pay for monitoring.