kdawg954

Upgraded from Inside to Club in December on the Epic. It was 100% worth it. In fact I believe the upgrade is most noticeable on the Epic as the shower was huge, separate and opposite of the toilet. Was a fantastic upgrade for $200 total over 7 days.

I only tested because I was going to work the next day and was coming back from international travel. My cruise in December I flew to San Juan and when I got back I didn't even bother testing because I was WFH. I just sort of quarantined for a week and stayed away from people.

Also got Covid after my 9 day cruise on the Celebrity Equinox earlier this month. DW had it worse than I did, her first time catching it. This was my second, and both times it was a slight cough for 2 days (which is noticeable because I don't cough at all unless I'm sick) The reason why I'm headed back to NCL for my next cruise is because the RCCL brands love to do indoor events and pack the inside entertainment areas . . . where NCL embraces the deck parties more, which obviously is open air. That was the biggest thing I saw wrong with this last cruise I was on. Like they had servers at the buffet to pick out your food, but I wish they focused more on activities that limited crowds and were outside more. You can do an 80s party on the pool deck when its 80 degrees outside (southern caribbean) . . . why on earth would you do that inside the grand foyer? I dunno. Either way if you get on a cruise and are planning to be in high traffic areas indoors and staying at bars to talk to people, just be prepared to catch it. Just too many pre cruise obstacles that allow it to get on the ship.

To put this in more perspective, we flew to San Juan for a 12-26 cruise and we dropped our bags off and THEN got bused to a hotel that was doing the testing and THEN waited 15/20 minutes with the other cruisers for resultd and during that time we watched folks in white protective gear pull people out the room to "retest" due to positive/Inconclusive tests. All that travel to get there and you can't even rent a car and drive home because you flew to this island. Mandatory 10 day quarantine at that same hotel. We did test on a rapid at home test prior to leaving but man the peace of mind to be able to know 2 days in advance if you are gonna be able to board is just such a big relief and saves a bunch of travel if u do test positive.

Left on Celebrity out of Port Everglades earlier this month and before we walked in the building their was a person that only checked the negative test, which was a pdf i saved on my phone from the test I took at Walgreens 2 days earlier. I'll be honest, you could of easily messed with that document and changed the results and I highly doubt it would of been a noticeable thing. They looked for name and result and my phone was a smaller screened one at 5.7". Never was asked for Vaccine card as it was already in the system and fully verified. That said, you are spending all this money on a cruise, have your affairs in order and have exactly what they request on you and don't depend on other experiences or what other people have done to shortcut the process.

Ironically, Its probably much easier to accomplish when everybody in the cabin has the package but you are cruising with friends, or meet new friends on board, that are in a different cabin and don't have the package, and share with them. Literally there is no real way to trace where the drinks are going unless you are being brazen and doing it right in front of bartenders/staff and talking about it.

I'm pretty certain both of you have to upgrade to the Premium Plus for the exact reason of what you are proposing. Obviously there could be some medical exceptions to this, but in general that is the rule. That aside, Premium Plus gives you some power and notability amongst the bar tenders, so once they get to know you, bringing 2 of anything you want on Plus is just not an issue. I have done it with Starbucks, water, energy drinks, etc. The caveat being, the bartenders knew that it was me and my wife and that we both had the Premium Plus. It is possible they police it more if they recognize only one person in the cabin has the package. Remember "sharing" is not allowed, even though I'm sure people get away with it. So technically, if you are able to only get 1 person on Plus in the cabin, that one person "should" have the ability to order 2 unopened drinks and bring them back to the room.