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Good point, another reason besides exercise to hit the stairs and avoid the elevators as much as possible!

That's a great point I hadn't considered. Will definitely give the luxury lines a more in-depth look now. Thanks Hank!

That's not bad at all! Thanks for the reply.

Ugh, hope it wasn't too bad a case! Did you get quarantined for a long stretch onboard or did it show up after you got home?

That's great to hear. Glad you've avoided everything over a ton of cruises. Gives me some hope!

That IS annoying. Not fun being excluded from activities, but people really shouldn't be knowingly exposing others like that.

First, I didn't ask the odds that "I" would get sick - I asked what people thought the general chances of catching something might be. Second, why is asking people who cruise a lot about their experience of getting sick silly? Isn't the whole point of this forum to help each other out with firsthand knowledge? If you read through the answers you can see that some people have had very few to near zero times of catching something - others have had upwards of 50% to nearly 100% illness experience. As a cruise novice I'm just trying to gauge risks, but I guess I can keep future silly questions to myself.

For those of you who have cruised a fair bit, what do you think the actual odds of getting sick on board would be? That is assuming reasonable precautions are met -- ie washing hands frequently, distancing where possible, refraining from lip kissing strangers, etc. I've only done two cruises ever (7 nights each) and the last one was about 10 years ago and I got what was likely norovirus or food poisoning. So I'm running at a 50% sick rate on my cruises. Is it actually quite rare as the cruise lines or government agencies would say, or have you seen / experienced much more incidents of illness? Really want to give cruising another go soon but the sick-on-vacation experience was extremely miserable. Thanks in advance!

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That's perfect, thank you! Gives me a great idea now what a Holland day would look like after viewing those programs.

Thanks Essiesmom, will take a look at those.

Ok, will try that. Is the activities on offer something that you all use as a consideration for which cruise line to book? Only ever done 2 cruises and both were on Royal. They had a good mix, but worried that if I booked Carnival it would be all belly-flop contests and line dancing, or Cunard might be all wine-tasting and book reviews. So just trying to figure out how to find the right cruise for us.

Does anyone know if there is a way to preview the schedules of daily activities on some of the various ships on different cruise lines? I've seen some video reviewers mention how much they prefer the daily activities (like lecturers or classes offered) on some cruise lines way more than other lines. But all I can see when visiting the cruise line websites is a list of ship features like how many pools or rides or nightclubs, etc. I know once ON the ship you can get access to the daily schedules, but would really like to preview and compare before booking so I can have at least a rough idea of what will be offered once we sail. Thanks!