What CDC Grading System Does & Doesn’t Mean For Cruise Ships

[Biker19]

Symphony is listed as green - the only ship sailing with passengers to be so in the fleet. 

 

Any bets that will last?

[Biker19]

Symphony didn't last long in the green - she's back to yellow now.

[Biker19]

The CDC is taking web site "improvement" lessons from RCI - they completely revamped the site which reports ships status and the ship status is a bit harder to find.

 

Cruise Ship Color Status | Quarantine | CDC

 

Cruise lines have another week to opt in to the new COVID-19 program.

 

Technical Instructions for Mitigation of COVID-19 Among Cruise Ship Crew | Quarantine | CDC

 

According to the data as of yesterday, RCI hasn't opted in any ships, but all of the ships listed (20 out of the 25 in the fleet) are listed as "highly vaccinated" (at least 95%).

 

The colors also shifted, where most of the ships were yellow, now the majority are orange.

 

(Note from CDC web site: The “Orange” and “Yellow” ship colors were reversed for the COVID-19 program to go in a more logical color order.)

Edited February 10, 2022 by Biker19

[2wheelin]

On 2/10/2022 at 5:14 AM, Biker19 said:

The CDC is taking web site "improvement" lessons from RCI - they completely revamped the site which reports ships status and the ship status is a bit harder to find.

 

Cruise Ship Color Status | Quarantine | CDC

 

Cruise lines have another week to opt in to the new COVID-19 program.

 

Technical Instructions for Mitigation of COVID-19 Among Cruise Ship Crew | Quarantine | CDC

 

According to the data as of yesterday, RCI hasn't opted in any ships, but all of the ships listed (20 out of the 25 in the fleet) are listed as "highly vaccinated" (at least 95%).

 

The colors also shifted, where most of the ships were yellow, now the majority are orange.

 

(Note from CDC web site: The “Orange” and “Yellow” ship colors were reversed for the COVID-19 program to go in a more logical color order.)

How do you find individual ships now?

[Biker19]

2 minutes ago, 2wheelin said:

How do you find individual ships now?

Go to the same page and search on the dashboard toward the top of the page and filter by cruise line

 

[2wheelin]

6 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Go to the same page and search on the dashboard toward the top of the page and filter by cruise line

 

 

[inlinesick]

CDC is so USELESS!!!!!!

[2wheelin]

1 minute ago, 2wheelin said:

 

Won’t let me quote for some reason, but thanks. That is certainly not an improvement in my opinion. 

[Biker19]

Looks like the daily update of that page is happening in the morning now, instead of the afternoon.

[Biker19]

Six ships in the green (only Enchantment is revenue sailing) and all are listed as being opted in. Wonder added to the list in Orange.

[Ocean Boy]

On 2/10/2022 at 6:14 AM, Biker19 said:

 

(Note from CDC web site: The “Orange” and “Yellow” ship colors were reversed for the COVID-19 program to go in a more logical color order.)

CDC and logical used in the same sentence.🤔

[Biker19]

Things are improving - 8 ships in the green, including Harmony and Brilliance.

[Mrcar09]

Hmmm..... but only after they enrolled in the CDC "Voluntary" program. 😁

[smokeybandit]

Did we ever find out what it takes to get back to green after dropping to orange/yellow? That critical piece of info is nowhere to be found on the CDC website.

 

I wonder if some of these ship have been non-green for weeks if not months despite no recent issues

Edited February 23, 2022 by smokeybandit

[Biker19]

On 2/23/2022 at 4:02 PM, smokeybandit said:

 

Did we ever find out what it takes to get back to green after dropping to orange/yellow? 

 

Without confirmation, we can assume that same criteria works in both directions. But with RCI providing the info and CDC managing the web site, the reality in the ship could be different. 

[Biker19]

Down to only 5 green ships and only 2 of them are in service, but, down to only 5 orange ships as well.

Edited March 4, 2022 by Biker19

[Biker19]

Things are improving again:

 

[Biker19]

Things are getting worse again. Rhapsody dropped off the list as expected. 

 

[Biker19]

And even worse this week:

 

 

Wonder should drop off the list soon. The only ones that are green are the ones without passengers.

[A&L_Ont]

@Biker19 I just watched a great video of your new avatar on Rich Rebuilds on YouTube. That's the Aptera, for those that do not know. 

 

Looks very interesting. Biker if you have never watched that channel it is very interesting and hilarious at the same time. He is affiliated with a shop that does Tesla repairs and other builds.  He isn't a fan-boy of Tesla either, pointing out their downfalls and failures.  Just a couple examples of their builds, they built a battery powered rat rod for example, and also built a V8 Tesla and took it to SEMA. They also get into other hijinks. Maybe you already follow him.

 

 

[Biker19]

21 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Biker if you have never watched that channel it is very interesting and hilarious at the same time.

Yes, his videos are quite entertaining. 
 

Biker, who is an Aptera brand ambassador and can provide a discount code to order one. 

[broberts]

15 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

 

With a 0.3% threshold to orange, it's pretty hard to be green. People need to stop going and getting tested when they have a cold.

 

🙄

[smokeybandit]

Right now people should be more concerned with a very late season rise in flu cases long after the flu vaccine has lost efficacy.

[A&L_Ont]

9 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Yes, his videos are quite entertaining. 

 

I’ve been following his adventures for a couple years now. I think you either love their style or you don’t. I love his twisted sense of humour. 
 

9 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Biker, who is an Aptera brand ambassador and can provide a discount code to order one. 

That’s cool. Immediately recognized your future ride when I watched Rich’s last upload. 

[Jasukkie]

Not hard to find social media group discussions of numbers of people testing positive on their return home. I have no idea why this color coded business continues while souvenir cases are ignored. Do not take the color codes as any sort of reflection of your relative risk of catching covid on your sailing.