Rare Peachypooh Posted May 18, 2020 #1 Share Posted May 18, 2020 We were supposed to be on a 12 night cruise on the Pearl with today being our Barbados stop. I looked it up and Barbados has 88 cases, 68 recovered and 7 deaths according to today's numbers. Very sad for the deaths...I do think that with these numbers if they are accurate they have handled their situation well. Hope they can continue their good numbers and wish them all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Georgia_Peaches Posted May 18, 2020 #2 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Barbados is on our bucket list. In fact, we've looked at some land vacays there for later this summer but I'm hesitant to book as it puts us in the thick of hurricane season. Hopefully, you can find another cruise that calls on this port and plan to get there in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEACHBARB Posted May 18, 2020 #3 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Barbados is our FAVORITE port. Accra Beach has beautiful sand and the best waves to jump thru. I don't know why we pay for loungers because we rarely get out of the water. Our last 2 cruises didn't stop there. Neither does our next one (fingers crossed). Might have to look into an all inclusive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GettotheSun Posted May 18, 2020 #4 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Barbados is amazing. Beautiful country. And some of the friendliest people you could meet. Never been there via cruise, but wonderful country to visit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdmbluerzr Posted May 18, 2020 #5 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Barbados is one of my favorite cruise ports. Was one of our ports of call in March of last year. A wonderful cruise aboard the Jade. People and tour guides there were so friendly, knowledgeable, and FUN! Beautiful place! Would love to see Barbados on a future cruise itinerary someday. Peachypooh, Hope you get to go there sometime on one of your future cruises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMSACE6 Posted May 18, 2020 #6 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Peachypooh, hope for better days ahead and a future visit to Barbados. It is my favorite island/nation in the Caribbean. I have been there so many times on land vacations, and absolutely love the place and the people. Let us all look forward to a brighter future for all, safe for travellers, and safe for the islands to allow visitors and support to their economies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gershep Posted May 18, 2020 #7 Share Posted May 18, 2020 We have done both land and cruise trips to Barbados. Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kjquilts Posted May 19, 2020 #8 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) Reading the love for Barbados makes me hope even more that our 13 night cruise on the Jade February 1, 2021 really happens and that we as over 70 with some prior health issues will be allowed to cruise. We love the Jade and it is a great itinerary with some ports new to us. Tampa as a cruise port is also new to us and we were (are?) looking forward to spending some time there before the cruise. Edited May 19, 2020 by kjquilts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAHAM Posted May 19, 2020 #9 Share Posted May 19, 2020 16 hours ago, Peachypooh said: We were supposed to be on a 12 night cruise on the Pearl with today being our Barbados stop. I looked it up and Barbados has 88 cases, 68 recovered and 7 deaths according to today's numbers. Very sad for the deaths...I do think that with these numbers if they are accurate they have handled their situation well. Hope they can continue their good numbers and wish them all the best. Everything is relative. Barbados has less than 300K residents. On a per capita basis, my hometown (Dayton, OH) has fewer deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Peachypooh Posted May 19, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted May 19, 2020 11 hours ago, FLAHAM said: Everything is relative. Barbados has less than 300K residents. On a per capita basis, my hometown (Dayton, OH) has fewer deaths. I like the city of Dayton, we visited family there for many years. You make a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobeth66 Posted May 19, 2020 #11 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Barbados has had very, very severe restrictions which are just starting to ease - one of my employees lives on the island and until the last week or so has only been allowed out to shop for 4 hours twice a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Peachypooh Posted May 19, 2020 Author #12 Share Posted May 19, 2020 23 minutes ago, Jobeth66 said: Barbados has had very, very severe restrictions which are just starting to ease - one of my employees lives on the island and until the last week or so has only been allowed out to shop for 4 hours twice a week. That must be hard for everyone. Looks like it helped keep the virus in check.Glad they are loosening up a bit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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