Exactly because Seabourn cruisers have no intention of being the guinea pigs. That's not how the world works. And that's why those ships are in long-term parking.
Oh, I think a lot of people come here for facts and guidance. Sadly, some get misdirected by people who care for neither. This isn't optimism, and it surely isn't a character virtue - quite the opposite. "Hope" isn't the same as "false hope."
"There's no way anyone on this board knows what's going to happen" .... well certainly not if they insist on "optimism" as the forecast. Right now, "optimism" is just not the truth in the travel industry. Spreading the false hope, though, encourages people to build false expectations booking cruises that aren't going to happen.
A lot of people do come for facts and guidance. But you're also "helping" the people that just want to talk about their cruise. I don't think anyone, including researchers, including the media, including you, knows enough to say whether it's hope or false hope right now. We're working off of 6 months max of research on this disease, when most medical research takes at least 2 to 3 times longer to properly execute. If it's false hope, no one will be sailing on August 1st, but the only thing the people are out is a cancellation. Optimism isn't the truth in the travel industry--I agree with you there--but we're not travel industry professionals. All a lot of us want to do is dream about what we're going to do when we can travel again.
But, everyone's got their perspective, so thanks for letting me share mine and thank you for the insight into yours. It does help me understand where you're coming from. I think we can all agree that we look forward to getting back to cruising safely, whenever that may be.
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A lot of people do come for facts and guidance. But you're also "helping" the people that just want to talk about their cruise. I don't think anyone, including researchers, including the media, including you, knows enough to say whether it's hope or false hope right now. We're working off of 6 months max of research on this disease, when most medical research takes at least 2 to 3 times longer to properly execute. If it's false hope, no one will be sailing on August 1st, but the only thing the people are out is a cancellation. Optimism isn't the truth in the travel industry--I agree with you there--but we're not travel industry professionals. All a lot of us want to do is dream about what we're going to do when we can travel again.
But, everyone's got their perspective, so thanks for letting me share mine and thank you for the insight into yours. It does help me understand where you're coming from. I think we can all agree that we look forward to getting back to cruising safely, whenever that may be.