molly361 Posted May 4, 2020 #1 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Here we go @Ourusualbeach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted May 4, 2020 #2 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Yes I have, and have been for about the last two years. I started an after one of the big Noro outbreaks. And, even prior to Covid I used a sanitizing wipe after I gave my menu back to a server. On the rare occasion I used the buffet, i used a hand wipe once again after I had handled all the serving tongs and before I started eating Touch elevator buttons with knuckles. This is my MO regardless if I am on land or at sea, and has been for the last few years. m 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loman Posted May 4, 2020 #3 Share Posted May 4, 2020 We wipe down the drawers and storage cabinets too . Then leave them open to air out for a little while . Dirty socks and underwear could have been residing in those drawers a few hours before we got there . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCruise Posted May 4, 2020 #4 Share Posted May 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said: Yes I have, and have been for about the last two years. I started an after one of the big Noro outbreaks. And, even prior to Covid I used a sanitizing wipe after I gave my menu back to a server. On the rare occasion I used the buffet, i used a hand wipe once again after I had handled all the serving tongs and before I started eating Touch elevator buttons with knuckles. This is my MO regardless if I am on land or at sea, and has been for the last few years. m That's exactly what we've been doing for many years. Most of those activities take 10 seconds or less (menus/buttons). Disinfecting an entire room takes about 5 minutes or so. Not sure why everyone wouldn't. And if rely 100% on stewards doing it, you'd be mistaken. Have you ever seen how busy they are on turnover day? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniDanielle Posted May 4, 2020 #5 Share Posted May 4, 2020 We do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sea Dog Posted May 4, 2020 #6 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Same here. We took a smaller package of wipes on our last cruise in October. We really paid attention to door knobs, drawers, and especially the tv remote and phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted May 4, 2020 #7 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I don’t discriminate against cruise ships. I do the same cleaning procedure i mentioned above also in hotel rooms m 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted May 4, 2020 #8 Share Posted May 4, 2020 To me, the pillow is one of the nastiest things in the room. Many people have drooled/breathed on the same pillow you are using. Sure it has a pillow case, but unless that pillow case is airtight (it's not), there's a lot of germs escaping the pillow every time you put your head on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted May 4, 2020 #9 Share Posted May 4, 2020 We clean everything in the cabin that we will be touching,remote control,door handles,coffee maker ,safe,etc, We never put underwear directly in drawers.We bring plastic bags for our underwear.We thoroughly check the bedding for bed bugs. We clean everything with Lysol several times a day for every day on the cruise. We have been doing this for 25 years. In the restaurants we smell beverages served to us because at times the glass is not clean. We never use fingers to press elevator buttons.We take Purell with us in the Casino and on shore excursions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compman9 Posted May 4, 2020 #10 Share Posted May 4, 2020 As soon as I enter the cabin for the first time I get one of those flannels and wash absolutely everything I might touch I put drawer liners in and the coast hangers have a shower I put the cushions and the bed runner thing in the wardrobe and ask the steward to leave them there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtazz17 Posted May 4, 2020 #11 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Never... I have a great immune system because of not worrying about everything I touch. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted May 4, 2020 #12 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Never occurred to me to do that; there are far too many other things and people onboard that would make all that work a futile exercise in my opinion. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalves Posted May 4, 2020 #13 Share Posted May 4, 2020 We have never done that on a cruise ship, hotel or airplane. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Baltic Posted May 4, 2020 #14 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I can understand heightened caution now or even during regular flu season but I don’t understand the aim of this. You cannot live in a bubble. Before you reach the ship you most likely travel by multiple types of transportation. You will have interacted with check in desks and hostesses. Your luggage will have been handled my several sets of hands. The human body has evolved to fight pathogens which enter it. Trying to live in a sterile environment weakens that natural mechanism. I’m not suggesting people lick elevator buttons. Just practice regular hand washing and live your life. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoeyVictoria Posted May 4, 2020 #15 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I wish there was a poll option for, “Not in the past, maybe in the future”. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted May 4, 2020 #16 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 minute ago, ZoeyVictoria said: I wish there was a poll option for, “Not in the past, maybe in the future”. I won’t be. If I thought it might be necessary, I won’t be on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare L454S Posted May 4, 2020 #17 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Never have , don't see why I would start now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted May 4, 2020 Author #18 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Okay time fess up even more Don't have and never have had any hand sanitizer in my house EVER 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1packerfan Posted May 4, 2020 #19 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I have also never had hand sanitizer in my house ever and never will. I hate it. Give me good ole water and soap any day!! Never wiped down my cabin on a ship, the cart handle in a store, my airplane seat, etc. And I still probably will not. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joehult Posted May 4, 2020 #20 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I bring a mini can of Lysol, hand sanitizer, foam anti bacterial dial, ass wipes, and Clorox or Lysol wipes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted May 4, 2020 #21 Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Joehult said: I bring a mini can of Lysol, hand sanitizer, foam anti bacterial dial, ass wipes, and Clorox or Lysol wipes. Couldn’t you save some space in your luggage by substituting the Clorox wipes for the other wipes? Edited May 4, 2020 by d9704011 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kastke Posted May 4, 2020 #22 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I’ve never wiped down a cabin, probably won’t do it in the future. I’ve always carried hand sanitizer in my purse and my car. I spent far too much time at softball games for my kids and grandkids, breezes kicking up baseball dust and some parks with porta-potties but no hand washing stations made that a necessity years ago!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty1 Posted May 4, 2020 #23 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Always. Started this more than 10 years ago. Just habit. Nothing to do w Covid 19. Don't leave home without disinfecting wipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted May 4, 2020 #24 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I do wipe down the cabin with sanitizing wipes when we arrive. I bring the small package (about the size of a package of makeup remover wipes) and started doing this about 2 years ago when there was crud in the drawers on MJ and it grossed me out. Yuck! Also, we’ve boarded ships that had noro on the previous cruise, so a boarding wipe down couldn’t hurt, right? I wear gloves (cause it feels like the wipes melt my nail polish) so no worries, I should still have all my immunity bacteria intact! We’ve never carried or used hand sanitizer on/off the ship, but we were on a B2B Feb 21- March 13 this year and we brought an anti-bacterial pump hand soap for the cabin. It was innocent enough - I always have and do wash my hands often and the bar soap provided by RCL makes a mess on the side of the sink. We bought the pump soap at the Dollar Tree and turns out, after listening to the news on the ship in mid-March,, we were glad we did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieq Posted May 4, 2020 #25 Share Posted May 4, 2020 4 hours ago, time4u2go said: To me, the pillow is one of the nastiest things in the room. Many people have drooled/breathed on the same pillow you are using. Sure it has a pillow case, but unless that pillow case is airtight (it's not), there's a lot of germs escaping the pillow every time you put your head on it. I try not to think about it but it is a not so nice fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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