Odyssey of the Seas to Port Everglades - Inaugural Voyage July 11th

[lovescats5]

We are on Anthem out of Bayonne for Thanksgiving so I hope Oasis isn't the only large ship that sails from Bayonne.

[Jimbo]

14 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Based on this one can surmise they were newly picked up crew members who were in standard pre-cruise quarantine anyway.  RC claims there are only 2, not 5.

 

https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2021/05/24/megracrucero-odyssey-of-the-seas-52189001.html

 

This should be an absolute non-story

Maybe in your neighborhood, but on a cruiseship right now it is a huge damaging story. All eyes are on the cruiselines right now, this will not be overlooked lightly.

 

There is a potential of this on every ship just getting crew onboard, and we haven't even got the paying passengers yet with fake vaccine cards be allowed to board.

[smokeybandit]

It's sad people believe in ZeroCovid

[100viper]

12 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

When did RC claim that?

I’ll have to dig and find it again, it was in one of these CC threads, but I don’t remember which specific one. 

[MommaBear55]

5 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

It's sad people believe in ZeroCovid

What would be an "acceptable" rate? We have an average of 30,000 deaths in the US every year from influenza and people are used to that. 

[jrapps]

50 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Based on this one can surmise they were newly picked up crew members who were in standard pre-cruise quarantine anyway.  RC claims there are only 2, not 5.

 

https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2021/05/24/megracrucero-odyssey-of-the-seas-52189001.html

 

This should be an absolute non-story

The reason I think this is not a non-story...it is obvious that Royal wants Odyssey to be one of the first (if not THE first) royal ship out of the gate. Heck, there is every indication that they are at least planning in some capacity for the first sailing on that ship to be July 3rd, that is a mere 40 days from now.

 

To get approval from the CDC to sail (real of simulated cruises) you ship needs to be Green status. Here is the criteria for Green:

• No confirmed cases of COVID-19 or COVID-19-like illness for 14 days, as determined by a qualified medical professional.
• If the ship received ship-to-ship transfers within the past 14 days, crew must have come from a ship that was not Red.
• If land-based crew embarked, they were immediately quarantined (unless fully vaccinated or recovered in past 90 days) upon embarking the ship.

There is no way, with confirmed positive cases on the ship, that they are going to take ANY chances here. They want Green status. You don't let any positive cases run wild on that ship (or even quarantined to cabins) If you leave them on the ship, you have to wait for them to no longer test positive, and then restart a 14-day clock.

 

I think stopping now, and offboarding them, make sure your ship is 100% Covid-free before you start a trans-Atlantic sailing is by far the smart move here.

[smokeybandit]

9 minutes ago, jrapps said:

The reason I think this is not a non-story...it is obvious that Royal wants Odyssey to be one of the first (if not THE first) royal ship out of the gate. Heck, there is every indication that they are at least planning in some capacity for the first sailing on that ship to be July 3rd, that is a mere 40 days from now.

 

To get approval from the CDC to sail (real of simulated cruises) you ship needs to be Green status. Here is the criteria for Green:

• No confirmed cases of COVID-19 or COVID-19-like illness for 14 days, as determined by a qualified medical professional.
• If the ship received ship-to-ship transfers within the past 14 days, crew must have come from a ship that was not Red.
• If land-based crew embarked, they were immediately quarantined (unless fully vaccinated or recovered in past 90 days) upon embarking the ship.

There is no way, with confirmed positive cases on the ship, that they are going to take ANY chances here. They want Green status. You don't let any positive cases run wild on that ship (or even quarantined to cabins) If you leave them on the ship, you have to wait for them to no longer test positive, and then restart a 14-day clock.

 

I think stopping now, and offboarding them, make sure your ship is 100% Covid-free before you start a trans-Atlantic sailing is by far the smart move here.

I mean the media coverage should be a non-story

[jrapps]

Just now, smokeybandit said:

I mean the media coverage should be a non-story

Philosophically, I agree it should be a non-story. But we aren't there yet. Covid on a cruise ship is still like "snakes on a plane"...it's too raw.

[rockmom]

1 hour ago, sandebeach said:

Yes but this is what is showing for July 3 out of Ft. Lauderdale. 8 day cruise to Aruba and Curaçao and last day is at CocoCay

This is the same as Indy which is also sailing on July 3 but out of Miami (my sailing that won't happen, lol).  Same port stops on the same days.  So that's weird.  The only difference is that Indy is still showing Day 6 as La Romana.  Otherwise, identical.  

Edited May 24, 2021 by rockmom

[Jimbo]

On 5/24/2021 at 8:51 AM, smokeybandit said:

Based on this one can surmise they were newly picked up crew members who were in standard pre-cruise quarantine anyway.  RC claims there are only 2, not 5.

 

https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2021/05/24/megracrucero-odyssey-of-the-seas-52189001.html

 

This should be an absolute non-story

Guess it's turning into a story now isn't it?