Will you cruise if vaccination is mandatory in order to board?

[Charles4515]

2 hours ago, Iamcruzin said:

 Yes, I'm being vaccinated with or without a cruise. However, masks and ship sponsored excursions are a deal breaker.

 

Ship sponsored excursions would be a deal breaker for me too. As for masks I am so used to them I might do a cruise if they are required. 

[jagoffee]

16 hours ago, wowzz said:

As a matter of interest, the WHO now says that it is better if the second injection is delayed until 12 weeks after the first one. The longer the wait after the first injection, the more efficacious is the second. So, don't rush to have your second injection, and certainly don't have one only three weeks after the first one.

You might want to go back and reread the articles that you posted and review what the representative from WHO actually said.  Even if it is a “might be” that is not close to “it is better”.  Also I would not think all vaccination version would necessarily be the same.  
 

It is certainly possible that it might be true.

[Iamcruzin]

44 minutes ago, Charles4515 said:

 

Ship sponsored excursions would be a deal breaker for me too. As for masks I am so used to them I might do a cruise if they are required. 

I wear them all day at work 10-12 hours. I wouldn't mind wearing them during the evenings or if    indoors. My issue is having to wear them while sitting on the sundeck outdoors. I like to sit on deck with the waitstaff serving drinks. If that's not doable then I will hold off and take land vacations. I have also read that you may need reservations for the pool and casino which is also off-putting.  Until ships start sailing and someone reports the actual on board experience I won't even consider the deals and itineraries. As much as I have gotten used to wearing a mask I just don't want them to be a major part of my vacation. I much as cruising has changed over the years these changes are my breaking point. It just won't be close to the same experience. I would rather spend a week in St Thomas or even Florida.  

Edited February 13, 2021 by Iamcruzin

[Charles4515]

46 minutes ago, Iamcruzin said:

I wear them all day at work 10-12 hours. I wouldn't mind wearing them during the evenings or if    indoors. My issue is having to wear them while sitting on the sundeck outdoors. I like to sit on deck with the waitstaff serving drinks. If that's not doable then I will hold off and take land vacations. I have also read that you may need reservations for the pool and casino which is also off-putting.  Until ships start sailing and someone reports the actual on board experience I won't even consider the deals and itineraries. As much as I have gotten used to wearing a mask I just don't want them to be a major part of my vacation. I much as cruising has changed over the years these changes are my breaking point. It just won't be close to the same experience. I would rather spend a week in St Thomas or even Florida.  

 

I will wait on actual reports too before resuming booking cruises. I can have a long list of places I would like to vacation at on my bucket list that don't require a cruise.

[Mike45LC]

19 hours ago, memoak said:

Hell yes.  Dr Fauci said today that mask wearing will go for months not years.  Good news

Dr Fauci changes his opinion as often as he changes his underpants.  Do you remember "flattening the curve" two weeks?  That was 11 months ago.

[Mike45LC]

8 hours ago, Charles4515 said:

I would be concerned that the support for a longer gap being advantageous  is biased to justify the UK decision to vaccinate with one dose. 

Charles, welcome to the Skeptics' Club.  I think the UK decision is probably a great one pragmatically, to get twice as many people vaccinated, but I suspect that the claims that delaying the second shot is good are for political purposes, not for medical ones.

[Tyme2Cruise]

Yes, for vaccines.  No, for many of the reasons already mentioned.

[NikiPinkston]

Yes, definitely would like the vaccine to be a requirement. Not sure how we can safely cruise without it.  I think we can deal with some mask wearing & possibly even being limited to cruise line shore excursions, but something that concerns me is being tested for covid multiple times.  I had to have a PCR test before some minor surgery & it was very unpleasant.  I can't imagine having to do that on vacation.  Hopefully, the saliva tests will be used by the time cruising resumes.

[clo]

7 hours ago, Mike45LC said:

Dr Fauci changes his opinion as often as he changes his underpants.  Do you remember "flattening the curve" two weeks?  That was 11 months ago.

The data changes as it comes in. It's facts not opinions.

[getting older slowly]

To answer the OP's question... by the time the cruise ship come back  the bulk of people will be vaccinated......    So I will be Vaccinated before / if / maybe go on a cruise..

[mom says]

^^^^ This.  I'll be vaccinated long before cruising is back up and running again.

[sverigecruiser]

 

For me the most important thing is what will happen if there is a covidcase onboard. Will the cruise be cancelled? Will everyone be quarantined in their cabin? Or what?

 

If the cruise can continue as planned even if there are cases onboard I'm in with or without vaccine.  

 

I will not cruise if I have to wear a mask but vaccination absolutely.

 

The OP wanted a yes or no and my answer to the question is YES.

Edited February 14, 2021 by sverigecruiser

[navybankerteacher]

15 hours ago, Mike45LC said:

Dr Fauci changes his opinion as often as he changes his underpants.  Do you remember "flattening the curve" two weeks?  That was 11 months ago.

Anyone dealing with a previously inexperienced situation (such as the COVID pandemic) who is not able to change his views as more information becomes available is not only not a competent scientist, he should not be allowed out in public without a monitor.

[evandbob]

So to answer the OP, we may cruise again only when proof of COVID vax is made mandatory or a cure is effected.

[Joebucks]

I'll be the odd man out and say I don't want the vaccine. I doubt I'm the only one. I would bet many others don't want to go against the hive-mind or start that argument. I do fear that it will be forced on everyone at one point otherwise you may not be able to enjoy certain activities like flying and cruising. I probably won't have much choice at that point. It's a sad state. 

 

It seems fairly unprecedented to me that I would need to inject myself with a foreign substance (maybe yearly) to protect others from a virus that my body beat and that those who are at risk can already be vaccinated from. It's a circular argument at best at that point as to why I NEED it.

[sverigecruiser]

2 minutes ago, Joebucks said:

I'll be the odd man out and say I don't want the vaccine. I doubt I'm the only one. I would bet many others don't want to go against the hive-mind or start that argument. I do fear that it will be forced on everyone at one point otherwise you may not be able to enjoy certain activities like flying and cruising. I probably won't have much choice at that point. It's a sad state. 

 

It seems fairly unprecedented to me that I would need to inject myself with a foreign substance (maybe yearly) to protect others from a virus that my body beat and that those who are at risk can already be vaccinated from. It's a circular argument at best at that point as to why I NEED it.

 

I don't want the vaccine right now but that doesn't matter because I will probably not be offered it until early summer. If we then know that it works and that there are no, or extremely rare, really bad sideeffects I will take it. 

[Ride-The-Waves]

14 minutes ago, Joebucks said:

I'll be the odd man out and say I don't want the vaccine. I doubt I'm the only one. I would bet many others don't want to go against the hive-mind or start that argument. I do fear that it will be forced on everyone at one point otherwise you may not be able to enjoy certain activities like flying and cruising. I probably won't have much choice at that point. It's a sad state. 

 

It seems fairly unprecedented to me that I would need to inject myself with a foreign substance (maybe yearly) to protect others from a virus that my body beat and that those who are at risk can already be vaccinated from. It's a circular argument at best at that point as to why I NEED it.

Just like MMR and polio...  "May the odds be ever in your favor..."

[BoozinCroozin]

Yes I would as long as the rule applied to everyone that is eligible to get the vaccine. There is no vaccine for anyone under 18. They can't require being vaccinated if a vaccine doesn't exist. Everyone over 18 should have one.

[Charles4515]

20 minutes ago, Joebucks said:

I'll be the odd man out and say I don't want the vaccine. I doubt I'm the only one. I would bet many others don't want to go against the hive-mind or start that argument. I do fear that it will be forced on everyone at one point otherwise you may not be able to enjoy certain activities like flying and cruising. I probably won't have much choice at that point. It's a sad state. 

 

It seems fairly unprecedented to me that I would need to inject myself with a foreign substance (maybe yearly) to protect others from a virus that my body beat and that those who are at risk can already be vaccinated from. It's a circular argument at best at that point as to why I NEED it.

 

It should be required not only for flying and cruising but also sports events and concerts. That will push hesitant people like you to get vaccinated. I am all for vaccine mandates. 

[Charles4515]

18 minutes ago, sverigecruiser said:

 

I don't want the vaccine right now but that doesn't matter because I will probably not be offered it until early summer. If we then know that it works and that there are no, or extremely rare, really bad sideeffects I will take it. 

 

Covid has side effects. Some of them severe. 

[Charles4515]

9 minutes ago, BoozinCroozin said:

Yes I would as long as the rule applied to everyone that is eligible to get the vaccine. There is no vaccine for anyone under 18. They can't require being vaccinated if a vaccine doesn't exist. Everyone over 18 should have one.

 

One of the vaccines the age is 16. Those ages are based on who was allowed into the trials. Trials are underway for younger ages and probably will be finished by the time all those older are able to be vaccinated. With younger children the amount of dose may need to be adjusted. 

[clo]

10 hours ago, mom says said:

^^^^ This.  I'll be vaccinated long before cruising is back up and running again.

We just got our second one yesterday and then it occurred to me - duh 🙂 - I wonder how many more I'll have to get before our 9/22 trip.

[Hlitner]

Not only would we cruise if vaccinations were necessary but we would likely NOT cruise if vaccinations were NOT necessary.   We think that a mandatory 100% vaccination requirement is one step that is absolutely necessary if cruising is to successfully resume without the COVID jeopardy that would ensue without such a policy.

 

Hank

[mammajamma2013]

Yes.

[sverigecruiser]

2 hours ago, Charles4515 said:

 

Covid has side effects. Some of them severe. 

 

If the vaccine may kill me I rather take the risk to get Covid.

 

There are no signs of that right now so unless that changes I will get the shot when it's offered.