Rare kazu Posted March 18, 2021 #101 Share Posted March 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, ontheweb said: Or it could go the other way. The cruise lines that allow the unvaccinated could lose passengers to the cruise lines that require vaccinations. Reading these boards, you will see many, many who will not cruise unless everyone onboard is vaccinated. Agree. And, one very big risk the cruise lines face is an outbreak. I can’t fathom them not wanting to take every single precaution to prevent it let alone it being insisted on by many countries. JMO. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyCruiser Posted March 18, 2021 Author #102 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Although I posed this "hypothetical question" initially, but looks like it's getting closer to reality: Virgin Voyages To Require COVID-19 Vaccines When Cruises Restart https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/5959/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrabarrett Posted March 18, 2021 #103 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Coming from a medical background I can not understand why anyone would not want the advantage of being vaccinated. I will not cruise if vaccinations are not required. Vaccinations are not "forced". You have a choice and so do the cruiselines and ports of arival in regards to allowing you entry. I have been vaccinated as a respect for all people, countries and businesses involved. The more people who are vaccinated the faster the world will heal. Just my two cents to the question posed. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted March 18, 2021 #104 Share Posted March 18, 2021 1 hour ago, NavyCruiser said: Although I posed this "hypothetical question" initially, but looks like it's getting closer to reality: Virgin Voyages To Require COVID-19 Vaccines When Cruises Restart https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/5959/ Crystal also. It will take a while for it to spread to all cruise lines. Crystal is the only one (I think) of the luxury lines with a kids club and there are some people disappointed because they won't be able to take the grandkids on their holiday cruise. I can't see Royal, NCL, or Carnival taking such a position. I wonder how HAL will fit into that scheme. Roy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laminator Posted March 18, 2021 #105 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Some interesting information from a Crystal survey. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mike B Landlubber Posted March 19, 2021 #106 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Given a cruise I was interested in, I’d go in a heartbeat. Of course I am signed up for a December cruise even without a vaccination requirement, and it looks like I will be able to take a previously arranged July trip to Iceland now because I am vaccinated. So I am obviously pretty bold. And obviously vaccinated! 🙂 Edited March 19, 2021 by Mike B Landlubber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrabarrett Posted March 19, 2021 #107 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I will only cruise if vaccinations are required. I don’t think the other countries, especially the Mediterranean ports will be safe enough to disembark in. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrcruiser Posted March 19, 2021 #108 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) We will cruise when we are vaccinated & every one on any ship is also vaccinated . however ,we would not cruise if masks & ship only tours were required . Additionally , how does the cruise lines handle children who have yet to be vaccinated ? Edited March 19, 2021 by mcrcruiser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrcruiser Posted March 19, 2021 #109 Share Posted March 19, 2021 If the cruise lines restrict non vaccinated children ,they would default on attracting families . With that said my question is would the cruise lines try to sail with out families who have young i=un vaccinated children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted March 19, 2021 #110 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Interesting article in the NYTimes on the worldwide distribution (and “installation” of vaccinations: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/19/world/covid-vaccine-inequality.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210319&instance_id=28228&nl=the-morning®i_id=125414182&segment_id=53745&te=1&user_id=2acea4a8cbcbfcf410071fa37c422884 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted March 19, 2021 #111 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Several times I have seen the mention of fraudulent vaccine records. How is this any different than prior vaccine records? Were they not able to be forged? On sailings that required Yellow Fever vaccines was there an issue with people using fake records? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrcruiser Posted March 19, 2021 #112 Share Posted March 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, TiogaCruiser said: Interesting article in the NYTimes on the worldwide distribution (and “installation” of vaccinations: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/19/world/covid-vaccine-inequality.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210319&instance_id=28228&nl=the-morning®i_id=125414182&segment_id=53745&te=1&user_id=2acea4a8cbcbfcf410071fa37c422884 Very interesting Ny Times report . This certainly places a light on where cruises may be able to d=sau un the near future with all those countries not getting vaccines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted March 19, 2021 #113 Share Posted March 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, Sea42 said: Several times I have seen the mention of fraudulent vaccine records. How is this any different than prior vaccine records? Were they not able to be forged? On sailings that required Yellow Fever vaccines was there an issue with people using fake records? I agree, I think it’s a bit of a red herring. Will some idiot use a fake vaccine record, of course. I just think it will be a teeny number. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted March 19, 2021 #114 Share Posted March 19, 2021 27 minutes ago, Sea42 said: Several times I have seen the mention of fraudulent vaccine records. How is this any different than prior vaccine records? Were they not able to be forged? On sailings that required Yellow Fever vaccines was there an issue with people using fake records? While I somewhat agree with what kirk says above, the volume of cruise passengers requiring yellow fever vaccines was much lower and also was likely to include more experienced travelers. Requiring vaccination of everyone on any cruise, even those used to embarking for a 5- or 7-day Caribbean cruise without even a passport, might up the numbers of those tempted to present a fake or falsified record. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakkojakko Posted March 19, 2021 #115 Share Posted March 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, TiogaCruiser said: Interesting article in the NYTimes on the worldwide distribution (and “installation” of vaccinations: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/19/world/covid-vaccine-inequality.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210319&instance_id=28228&nl=the-morning®i_id=125414182&segment_id=53745&te=1&user_id=2acea4a8cbcbfcf410071fa37c422884 Given I live in a country (Netherlands) that is depicted in this article as being poor and not able to vaccinate all people in 2021, I would take the rest of the info with a shovel of salt. We are neither poor, nor unable to vaccinate everybody this year. The only restriction on vaccination is the amount delivered, but we expect to finish vaccinating by summer or early autumn. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexSun&Sea Posted March 19, 2021 #116 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Definitely would go!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted March 19, 2021 #117 Share Posted March 19, 2021 41 minutes ago, jakkojakko said: Given I live in a country (Netherlands) that is depicted in this article as being poor and not able to vaccinate all people in 2021, I would take the rest of the info with a shovel of salt. We are neither poor, nor unable to vaccinate everybody this year. The only restriction on vaccination is the amount delivered, but we expect to finish vaccinating by summer or early autumn. Good to hear that your country is doing well with vaccinations. We have been there twice by land, once in the winter and once in the summer. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves both times. We were once supposed to take a river cruise roundtrip from Amsterdam, but it was chartered out from under us. In fact that was when we ended up going to Amsterdam by land instead. DW is part Dutch on her mother's side. Her family were very early immigrants to the then colonies. BTW, the idiom in English is generally "grain" of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ANGELCAT Posted March 19, 2021 #118 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Shovel is appropriate 😀 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted March 19, 2021 #119 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Based on the cruises going so far - Celebrity, RC & Crystal - vaccinations are going to be a requirement (unless you are 18 or under, right now - I suspect that too will change as vaccines are deemed safe / developed for young people). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted March 19, 2021 #120 Share Posted March 19, 2021 50 minutes ago, kazu said: Celebrity, RC & Crystal - vaccinations are going to be a requirement (unless you are 18 or under At least for Crystal, no exception for under 18. Roy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted March 19, 2021 #121 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, rafinmd said: At least for Crystal, no exception for under 18. Roy Good for them. I don’t think Crystal has as many young people or children as Celebrity or Royal Caribbean 😉 Frankly, with the new variants, I wonder if it is a mistake to risk having young adults on board since they are being affected, but what do I know 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakkojakko Posted March 19, 2021 #122 Share Posted March 19, 2021 3 hours ago, ontheweb said: Good to hear that your country is doing well with vaccinations. We have been there twice by land, once in the winter and once in the summer. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves both times. We were once supposed to take a river cruise roundtrip from Amsterdam, but it was chartered out from under us. In fact that was when we ended up going to Amsterdam by land instead. DW is part Dutch on her mother's side. Her family were very early immigrants to the then colonies. BTW, the idiom in English is generally "grain" of salt. 😀😀yes I am familiar witn the grain of salt expression. The shovel was on purpose to exaggerate the inaccurate article.😉 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD4134 Posted March 19, 2021 #123 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I will only sail if they do require vaccinations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted March 19, 2021 #124 Share Posted March 19, 2021 31 minutes ago, jakkojakko said: 😀😀yes I am familiar witn the grain of salt expression. The shovel was on purpose to exaggerate the inaccurate article.😉 OK, I just was not sure that a foreign language speaker was familiar with that idiom. I apologize for not realizing you knew. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted March 19, 2021 #125 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I'll only sail with 100% vaccinations. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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