An observation on this topic from an Australian perspective. We were on B2B2B Coral Princess cruises in August this year, when unfortunately 2 days after joining the first cruise my husband started to feel unwell. 2 negative RAT tests followed by a negative PCR followed by a positive PCR (over 2 day period) and we both went into quarantine. We are both sure that he caught the virus on the day we boarded from an obviously unwell hotel waitress. I then tested positive 3 days later.
From the moment we were advised by medical that we were positive to the day we left we have nothing but praise for the treatment we received.
All medical tests, medication, anti-virals and daily check ups by a nurse were provided free of charge.
Every day we received a call from guest services to see if we needed anything.
Every day we received the restaurant menus to choose our meals from. We could nominate a delivery time and it would come within approximately 20 minutes of that time. We could order from room service at any time, and priority was given to us - I discovered this fact when calling down one afternoon for a cup of tea to be advised that they were very busy and there was about an hour wait. There was a brief pause and the attended said “I am so sorry, you are in quarantine, the tea will be straight up”.
We were provided with free drinks (and because we had the drink package we received a goodwill credit to our account to compensate) and free wifi.
The night before arrival at our disembarkation port we were asked to keep our bags in the room and they were collected separately and were waiting for us (wrapped in plastic) once we disembarked.
Because we were still in quarantine Princess provided a private car to take us home.
I realise that not everyone has had the same experience but for us I have nothing but praise for the way we were treated. Quarantine in a cabin is not a lot of fun, but at least I didn’t have to cook!