maryann2

Interesting comments from The Norwegian Dawn TA. Ends in Southampton. Some ports would not allow ship to dock. Edited to add. 970 passengers. 100- 200 tested positive in Netherlands Le Havre and Zeebrugge cancelled.

Thank you Claire. Yes I try very hard to avoid picking up seasonal viruses from other places when I travel. I take EmergenC routinely which I find does help.

Tested positive today. Glad I am home. Neg Saturday morning and Negative yesterday. Runny nose and sneezing. Like a cold. No fever. I'm sure I picked it up on the flight from BCN to London or at Heathrow where everyone was coughing and sneezing without masks.

Yes she reserved a spot a week earlier and paid 30 euros I think. My other friend used the Carnival offer for $100 at the pier after disembarking. She didn't get the results in time for her flight so had to get another one at BCN and paid as a walkup 50 euros I think. Otherwise she would not have been able to board.

I'm sorry I wasn't clear . Verifly worked but after all that wasn't accepted for British Airways. The ship's internet was spotty at best, was down for several days. My friend didn't rely on it to do her proctored test and booked a test at Barcelona airport.

People crowded into elevators unmasked. I waited until the crowds had gone, preferred being 5 minutes late for dinner etc. Yes they gave $25 cash.

Yes I was on the TA. Did Trivia but wore masks and kept my distance, won my SOAS which is always my goal. Wore mask in the casino which was always buzzing. Wore mask in the theatre etc. We all by now know what to do to protect ourselves and know that covid is not over yet.

I agree easy disembarkation. Diamond self assist left from Red Frog Pub about 6.30. I had number 1 tags and left with the self assists and picked up my luggage in the terminal. On the bus to the airport at 7am as I had a flight at 10.15 ,booked with Fly2Fun.

We didn't see much of the terminal except the luggage pick up area. Four ships in a row. Carnival Pride the baby, Norwegian Eclipse, Norwegian Epic (I think) and the giant Royal Wonder OTS.

No mention of cases and no B2B testing.

You will have a great time Claire. The staff were all lovely and couldn't do enough for us.

No mention of covid cases on board. I did bring my own tests and tested every few days. Remained negative. I did wear n95 masks whenever near people . I was okay doing this as I was so happy to get back to sea. They did give me 45 minutes of free upgraded internet to access email to use verifly which I needed to check in to my British Airways flight via Heathrow to Vancouver. Which didn't work anyway. Also they printed out my ArriveCan receipt when the website was down as I needed a paper copy. Guest services were very accommodating.

I spoke to a couple doing a B2B and they were not testing for people doing B2Bs which I found surprising. 25% of the ship were doing B2Bs They were not testing on board for passengers returning to the USA. Norwegian were testing on board, spoke to people at the airport. Also Princess I believe were testing. People were told to book tests at Barcelona airport so we have no way of knowing who had to quarantine in Barcelona. Very few people wearing masks although the crew were all wearing N95s and it was recommended that guests wear them except in their cabins and while eating and drinking.