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So excited for you and looking forward to following along! We are on the 11/27 Beyond Sailing and am so excited! We are in a sky suite for this sailing- we almost exclusively sail in a sky suite but the prices have soared so may have to rethink that! Amy

OMG!! Thank you! We booked the SI ! The prices are awesome! Woohoo! See you soon-ish. Amy

they were doing it if you follow any of the covid threads. maybe they have now stopped it.

We are recovering from Covid as we speak and have a cruise the end of November 2022. Even though we don't have to test to get on the ship, we thought about contact tracing and decided we would bring copies of our recent positive tests AND letter of recovery just in case we have to be tested with the contact tracing. It sounds good in theory so hoping would work out in the event we have to test for some reason and are still testing positive from our recent bought of covid.

so sorry to hear this. One would think all the kinks have been worked out by now! If they are overrun with Covid cases, I can see how it gets out of hand in a hurry but they are sure happy taking your money for the cruise with certain promises. Feel better soon.

Eze is spectacular. When we were up top, we saw a couple get engaged. It was one of those extra special and unexpected events when sitting atop the eagles nest :). The climb up is not for the faint of heart that is for sure! Following along. Thank you for taking the time to share your trip. I tried once when we were in Alaska but was so busy vacationing the "live blog" when silent. LOL.

Thank you for sharing. We are on her in November 2022!

We've only used Rome in Limo- reliable. We've used them for 4 trip to Italy!! https://www.romeinlimo.com/

1) It is another rapid test- see CDC website. Test is ready in 20. minutes. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/hiv-testing/hiv-self-tests.html 2) The PDF protocol from a few years ago says it only screens donors for HIV so I assume they did not test her, the patient thus my comment that if its not in the protocol now, it will be. Also- I' m an advanced practice nurse and keep on top of the different testing modalities. 8 hours does not apply to rapid tests. Problem is it could take months to detect someone newly infected.

Just google it....the story is on all mainstream media outlets...CNN- SMH

If not in the protocol now, it will be!

The protocols I posted talk about rapid screening for HIV and Hepatitis as well as verifying blood types. Really interesting info about the process, consents, rationale etc. also do a google search of blood transfusions on a cruise ship and this story is the first few pages...it is real

I found this online after a google search. although a little old, interesting information. https://rdcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/09-WILLIAMS-THOR-2016-Implementation-of-Whole-Fresh-Blood-Program-in-Cruise-Industry.ppt.pdf https://rdcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2013-williams-blood-transfusion-on-cruise-ships.pdf