Biker19 Posted December 9, 2020 #76 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) One more update from SCS FB: An update from the Captain of Quantum of the Seas that came along with dinner mentioned that guests has been cleared to disembark after 7.30pm local time. This came after the early departure of World Dream from Marina Bay Cruise Centre at 6pm; in order to avoid inter-mingling of guests from both ships in the terminal. Edited December 9, 2020 by Biker19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted December 9, 2020 #77 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) Kelvin Cheng photo of delivered dinner: Biker, who assumes RCI didn't charge for room service today. Edited December 9, 2020 by Biker19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucfan2 Posted December 9, 2020 #78 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, yogimax said: And every positive case sets reopening back by weeks if not months. RCCL cannot survive on Singapore alone. They can't survive just droning around empty either. I'm sure they've considered each/every option that has been discussed on CC lol. Edited December 9, 2020 by bucfan2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masteradept Posted December 9, 2020 Author #79 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Some updates from the local news, it looks like both Quantum of the Seas and World Dream will continue their schedule as planned after today. They also mentioned that RCI will be doing an additional day-of-departure test at the cruise terminal on top of the current PCR test two days before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise47 Posted December 9, 2020 #80 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Sound liked every future cruise passengers needs to be in a bubble for seven days prior to a cruise. That way every cruise passenger will have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgloersen Posted December 9, 2020 #81 Share Posted December 9, 2020 13 hours ago, yogimax said: As well they should. COVID-19 is not a joke or fake news meant to destroy the cruise industry. It is a deadly killer that is still striking at the heart of our country and so many others. Don't blame the media. In retrospect the cruise industry tried to come back too quickly and will pay the price. In addition, this mistake will cause our safe return to cruising to be further delayed. Totally Agree. I love cruising miss it dearly, but its way to early to start sailing again. Need people to take vaccine that will get this under control, than sailing can resume. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff-tannen Posted December 9, 2020 #82 Share Posted December 9, 2020 28 minutes ago, masteradept said: Some updates from the local news, it looks like both Quantum of the Seas and World Dream will continue their schedule as planned after today. They also mentioned that RCI will be doing an additional day-of-departure test at the cruise terminal on top of the current PCR test two days before. So everyone would have to test twice before boarding now? I wonder why not just do the test on embarkation day instead , just like what Dream cruises is practising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff-tannen Posted December 9, 2020 #83 Share Posted December 9, 2020 RCI QOS cruise for dec 10th cancelled due to "overabundance of caution" https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/royal-caribbean-cancels-dec-10-cruise-covid-19-resume-dec-14-13735476 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 9, 2020 #84 Share Posted December 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Heymarco said: Did everyone really believe that Royal would sail forever Covid free. That was never the goal. The idea is to have a plan in place to prevent an outbreak to spread. This actually may help instill confidence in CDC for crushing to resume faster under the new protocols. There is no question the virus will get aboard the ships. If the plan is to terminate the cruise when the virus is identified I don't foresee cruising going anywhere for a long time. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph2017China Posted December 9, 2020 #85 Share Posted December 9, 2020 13 hours ago, tallnthensome said: People still think they’ll be sailing in a couple months and without the vaccine. 😂 You do know by the end of this month there will be two vaccines in the USA? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigrednole Posted December 9, 2020 #86 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I missed this post and posted another. Hoping they will delete it. I just called my FA to dump CCL, NCLH, and RCL. I have made good money buying and selling. This news will shutdown cruising, at least in the US, until the Summer at the earliest. I would expect a 20-30% stock hit on all of them by the end of the week as this news gets out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodtime Cruizin Posted December 9, 2020 #87 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Wow. The prices of future Singapore cruises dropped overnight! Who's in? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted December 9, 2020 #88 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, masteradept said: Some updates from the local news, . They also mentioned that RCI will be doing an additional day-of-departure test at the cruise terminal on top of the current PCR test two days before. I'm surprised they weren't doing day of dept tests already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted December 9, 2020 #89 Share Posted December 9, 2020 24 minutes ago, Goodtime Cruizin said: Wow. The prices of future Singapore cruises dropped overnight! Who's in? Only problem only citizens of Singapore can go. I'd love a suite bargain, but dont think I can pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted December 9, 2020 #90 Share Posted December 9, 2020 12 hours ago, RETNAVY1996 said: I totally really disagree with this statement. If the pretest keeps one sick person off the ship then its well worth the time. Most people understand that it is just a test good for that moment in time. Other safety procedures need to still be followed. I believe @iamcruisin was referring to the 72hr pretest that is needed by most countries before entry. Sure that helps but alot can happen in that 72 hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted December 9, 2020 #91 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Read on FB that the infected passenger was an octogenarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted December 9, 2020 #92 Share Posted December 9, 2020 MSC had 2 separate cruises in october with positive covid passenger and other with positive crew member. Their protocols worked and avoided outbreaks. Hopefully rcl will survive this just as msc did and continued on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtazz17 Posted December 9, 2020 #93 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Said it bfore and ill say it again. Only way cruising gets back is after the world is vaccinated. Who wants to cruise and then get quarantined to your room because you were in proxcimity to a positive? Sounds like prison to me. My “guess” is maybe july august time frame for cruising. Maybe later depending on other countries vaccination progress. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masteradept Posted December 9, 2020 Author #94 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Here's some good news. Apparently it was a false positive test on board the ship. Looks like they'll be confirming it with more testing tomorrow. 5. An 83 year-old male Singaporean on board Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19 infection this morning, and was immediately isolated. He had reported to the medical centre with diarrhoea, and as part of the protocols was tested for COVID-19 using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test equipment on board the ship. His original sample has since been re-tested at the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL), and has come back negative for COVID-19 infection. A second fresh sample tested by NPHL has also come back negative. NPHL will conduct another test tomorrow to confirm his COVID-19 status. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formula280SS Posted December 9, 2020 #95 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Just now, masteradept said: Here's some good news. Apparently it was a false positive test on board the ship. Looks like they'll be confirming it with more testing tomorrow. 5. An 83 year-old male Singaporean on board Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19 infection this morning, and was immediately isolated. He had reported to the medical centre with diarrhoea, and as part of the protocols was tested for COVID-19 using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test equipment on board the ship. His original sample has since been re-tested at the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL), and has come back negative for COVID-19 infection. A second fresh sample tested by NPHL has also come back negative. NPHL will conduct another test tomorrow to confirm his COVID-19 status. Thank you for the data. IMO, those "at risk of death" in the high risk categories, including the very elderly and the elderly > 60 with high levels of the identified underlying risks of death from infection "should not be cruising at this time." IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouhunter Posted December 9, 2020 #96 Share Posted December 9, 2020 9 hours ago, Dennis#1 said: I am sure restarting cruising will be a big topic at CDC and RCL Headquarters for the rest of this month. Uh, I think it already was, and has been for 9 months................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ethanol95 Posted December 9, 2020 #97 Share Posted December 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, masteradept said: Here's some good news. Apparently it was a false positive test on board the ship. Looks like they'll be confirming it with more testing tomorrow. 5. An 83 year-old male Singaporean on board Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19 infection this morning, and was immediately isolated. He had reported to the medical centre with diarrhoea, and as part of the protocols was tested for COVID-19 using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test equipment on board the ship. His original sample has since been re-tested at the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL), and has come back negative for COVID-19 infection. A second fresh sample tested by NPHL has also come back negative. NPHL will conduct another test tomorrow to confirm his COVID-19 status. Did you get this from MOH's website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouhunter Posted December 9, 2020 #98 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Joseph2017China said: You do know by the end of this month there will be two vaccines in the USA? You do know it will be MONTHS before the average person can get a vaccine? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff-tannen Posted December 9, 2020 #99 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Latest news, (not sure how true) - the sample from the Covid positive case in question has returned a negative upon further testing. stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted December 9, 2020 #100 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Just now, biff-tannen said: Latest news, (not sure how true) - the sample from the Covid positive case in question has returned a negative upon further testing. stay tuned. Oh no, after cancelling the next cruise and all they went thru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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