Later Embarkations; no boarding day lunch, cabins ready, Seapass activated at muster station + other ideas

[JasonMason]

1 hour ago, LMaxwell said:

Why wouldn't they be? And if they're not "onboard with it", it doesn't matter anyways.

 

Clearly some other process will have to be put in place regarding terminal capacity and boarding process. Whatever changes happen are going to impact all. It is what it is. Royal will figure out how to get you onboard an hour early for another $199 I guess 🤷

...Unless you hold out for a Black Friday Cruise Planner sale!!!! 😉

Edited April 25, 2020 by JasonMason

[VK3DQ]

Hi Folks

 

Lets have all cruises having 24 hour turn arounds that would make cruising  much more civilized  and give the crew a chance to catch their breath between trips.

And if we have ships home ported with crews recruited from that home port this would also be of great value

 

Cruising has to change it cannot come back unchanged so we might as well bite the bullet sooner than later and embrace change

 

Regards

John

[cruisegirl1]

With all the talk about deep cleaning prior to letting passengers on, I wonder what will happen with the back to back passengers?   Will they need to disembark with all the other passengers, spend several  hours off the ship, then come back on as boarding begins?    

 

We can speculate for months. None of us really knows what will happen when and if sailing resumes.

 

m

[grandgeezer]

3 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

The one and only time I cruised MSC they enforced bordering time.


We’ve been on MSC twice, the last time being this past October, and the boarding times weren’t enforced either time.

[adidas5676]

Leaving rooms propped open and leaving Seapass cards in open rooms is a horrendous idea.  Seapass cards are tied to a credit card.  Can you imagine the theft??  Seapass cards should be issued at check-in before boarding the ship.

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, adidas5676 said:

Can you imagine the theft??

Don't think that has been much of an issue and a large part of the fleet already does this (for the past 5+ years).

[VK3DQ]

2 minutes ago, adidas5676 said:

Leaving rooms propped open and leaving Seapass cards in open rooms is a horrendous idea.  Seapass cards are tied to a credit card.  Can you imagine the theft??  Seapass cards should be issued at check-in before boarding the ship.

Slow the whole process down ... have each guest escorted to their cabin by a steward just like it was done in the old days .. I'd pay for a slower more civilized process

 

regards

John

[VK3DQ]

And no food or drink served until AFTER the ship sails ... thats how things used to be done before Jeans and Trainers were invented

 

 

Regards

John

[zekekelso]

1 hour ago, VK3DQ said:

Slow the whole process down ... have each guest escorted to their cabin by a steward just like it was done in the old days .. I'd pay for a slower more civilized process

regards

John

 

They didn't have 5,000 passenger ships in ye old days however. 

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, ZoeyVictoria said:

I have read (somewhere on CC) that the first cruises would likely be out of a Florida port (probably Port Canaveral), be short cruises to only private islands, with a reduced number of passengers, and restricted to “local Floridians”.  So this would work during the early cruises and could/would be fine-tuned when they see what works and begin adding passengers from other areas.

 

I've read some of that, but not the restricted to Floridians part

[ZoeyVictoria]

29 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I've read some of that, but not the restricted to Floridians part

Not just “Floridians”,  but “local Floridians”.  It was in a linked article, but I have no idea where it is. I seem to be spending way too much time on CC and some of it runs together at times.

[VK3DQ]

52 minutes ago, zekekelso said:

 

They didn't have 5,000 passenger ships in ye old days however. 

 

It might be that 5000 passenger ship is suddenly a 3000 passenger ship with social distancing

 

Regards

John

[katiel53]

5 hours ago, cb at sea said:

Enforcing a set boarding time isn't really feasible....especially, if you are arriving in your port on the DAY OF the cruise.    Or, you arrived the day prior, have no car, and have to be OUT of your hotel by 11am.  Waiting until your "assigned" time of 3-4pm would be a horror.

 

 

Carnival has found a way to do this for several of their ports.  If they can do it, so can other cruise lines.

[shepherdqueen]

2 hours ago, adidas5676 said:

Leaving rooms propped open and leaving Seapass cards in open rooms is a horrendous idea.  Seapass cards are tied to a credit card.  Can you imagine the theft??  Seapass cards should be issued at check-in before boarding the ship.

You photo is also attached to that card.  

[taglovestocruise]

Check out Youtube for Orange County California beaches today April 25. Stay at home order still in effect, wearing a mask still mandated. social distancing nearly a law. What happened today.. beaches packed, nearly 75000 on the beaches in Orange County, no masks and no social distance.  People are fed up and already doing everything they used to.  Three of the city parks in SO Cal have been filled with sand to keep people out.. What Happened.. the bikers moved in and rearranged the sand into obstacle courses.  Cruising will be just the same, Covid 19 will be no more than getting the flu or Noro virus.  Covid 19 world wide deaths at 200,000, the flu last year 650,000.

[broberts]

22 minutes ago, taglovestocruise said:

Covid 19 world wide deaths at 200,000, the flu last year 650,000.

 

Very misleading. COVID-19 deaths have taken place over 3-4 months and likely many deaths missed / not reported.

 

US: CDC estimated ~34,000 influenza deaths in 2018-2019 season, https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html. John Hopkins is currently reporting ~53,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the last three months.

 

COVID-19 is more deadly than influenza. This is partly due to the fact that it is highly contagious resulting in overwhelmed medical systems. But also because of the damage it does in humans.

Edited April 25, 2020 by broberts

[LMaxwell]

44 minutes ago, VK3DQ said:

 

It might be that 5000 passenger ship is suddenly a 3000 passenger ship with social distancing

 

Regards

John

At 60% capacity do they host all events with low turnout (to continue physical distancing) or do they condense events and limit open venues (negating the purpose of physical distancing)? 

[taglovestocruise]

18 minutes ago, broberts said:

 

Very misleading. COVID-19 deaths have taken place over 3-4 months and likely many deaths missed / not reported.

 

US: CDC estimated ~34,000 influenza deaths in 2018-2019 season, https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html. John Hopkins is currently reporting ~53,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the last three months.

 

COVID-19 is more deadly than influenza. This is partly due to the fact that it is highly contagious resulting in overwhelmed medical systems. But also because of the damage it does in humans.

Only place, almost, overrun was NY, they must be doing something very very wrong. 

[cruisegirl1]

3 hours ago, adidas5676 said:

Leaving rooms propped open and leaving Seapass cards in open rooms is a horrendous idea.  Seapass cards are tied to a credit card.  Can you imagine the theft??  Seapass cards should be issued at check-in before boarding the ship.

On many ships , The Sea pass cards are already waiting for you outside of your state room. They  are in a sealed envelope and instruct you to contact guest services if the envelope appears to have been tampered with. When the cabins open, you simply go to your cabin, retrieve your key open the door. Works well. 
 

You use your printed Sea pass card to make purchases prior to when the cabin is open.
 

m

[Iamcruzin]

6 hours ago, island lady said:

 

Agree.  

 

I have no problem at all with the later sail away in embarkation ports as in San Juan or Alaska.   From those ports, the ships don't leave until 8 or 8:30.  

 

Gives the ship plenty of time for turn around, and pax plenty of time to get to their ship.  

I loved those late departures in San Juan. It gave you a full day in San Juan.  The only time we ever had our nose pressed against the door waiting for it to open is when we sailed out of Florida. I really don't like standing in line then sitting and waiting to board. We flew in the same day for those sailings and went directly to the pier. In San Juan we would check out of the hotel give our luggage to the concierge and hang out by the pool or walked around town until 2:00. 

[Ocean Boy]

6 hours ago, island lady said:

 

Agree.  

 

I have no problem at all with the later sail away in embarkation ports as in San Juan or Alaska.   From those ports, the ships don't leave until 8 or 8:30.  

 

Gives the ship plenty of time for turn around, and pax plenty of time to get to their ship.  

San Juan departures may be later but you can still board around 11AM.

[Ocean Boy]

6 hours ago, ZoeyVictoria said:

My initial response was that I would hate to miss most of the first day, but within seconds I realized that ideas like these will make it possible to get back to cruising.  I think it is a good thing to share these ideas so it won’t come as a shock when they are presented by the cruise lines all at once; it gives us some time to adjust gradually and learn to lower our expectations.  Not all of these things would necessarily need to be permanent changes.

Ideas can be shared but at this point it is all speculations. I'll start preparing myself when RCI lets me know what their plans are.

[Ocean Boy]

5 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Understand, not everyone will be continuing to cruise.

Plenty of other choices

 

Take care

It is a waste of energy to deal with something when you don't even know what the something is. When I see how the product comes back I'll decide if it is something that still meets my needs. If it does then I'll deal with any changes that I may not like.

[Ocean Boy]

5 hours ago, LXA350 said:

 no lunch except for a limited selection of speciality items at speciality venues such as Izumi, Johnny Rockets etc (New concepts that could be developed) + bars to be open of course. All other venues will only open as of 5PM / at sailaway.

 

No lunch except for an extra charge? I don't think so.

[time4u2go]

45 minutes ago, taglovestocruise said:

Only place, almost, overrun was NY, they must be doing something very very wrong. 

No it's because of the dense population, mass transit, and visitors from Europe.