Are you thinking about cancelling your cruise?

[runningtide]

Both Linda and I tested negative this morning, so I guess I better start packing for our flight tomorrow. After previous cancelled cruises, we leave on Equinox May 6th. Been three years since our last cruise and we are both looking forward to being on the ship . 

We plan to take reasonable precautions, but hoping for a great trip.

 

Al the best.....See you on the next tack !

[BarbaraB2]

I have two cruises booked for the Fall but I will cancel them both unless Celebrity improves their treatment of Covid cases. I’m prepared to take a risk of getting sick but I am not willing to be subjected to the types of abuse I’ve read about on these boards. Hopefully, ‘Corporate’ will take our concerns seriously and make systematic improvements soon.

[Peteymil]

14 hours ago, mikewomb said:

I just called the main number, when I spoke with someone I ask that question. She called revenue and then got back on the line. 

I tried that night, after a 45 minute wait, the agent told me they do not have that info. Tried a second time with the same wait, and got the same answer. I think you are lucky you got someone who would dig up the information.

[mikewomb]

20 minutes ago, Peteymil said:

I tried that night, after a 45 minute wait, the agent told me they do not have that info. Tried a second time with the same wait, and got the same answer. I think you are lucky you got someone who would dig up the information.

The agent went to the revenue department , put me on hold, and came back with the total they had told her..the whole thing is very frustrating especially with they way celebrity is handing things. I am so relieved this morning that we cancelled. Good luck to you. 

[tinaincc]

16 hours ago, terrydtx said:

I am with you; we got a great deal on a Sky Suite on the Reflection in August that is $1200pp less than today's price. We also snagged business class flights to Rome for less than $2400pp RT. I am not giving these great deals up. Anyone who wants to cancel that is your call. However, if you are canceling until Covid is over you may never be on a cruise again, Covid is here to stay, and we just need to find ways to live with it like the seasonal flu.

I will cruise with glee when Celebrity (and others) treat it as a seasonal cold/flu. 

[phoenix_dream]

On 5/4/2022 at 5:50 AM, Virginia100 said:

We will be cruising again. Just not overseas for the present. Will limit to leaving from US ports. That gives me the Caribbean, Alaska and Bermuda. Enough until it all improves. No return test, no quarantine on ship in other cabins, no required quarantine in a foreign country. 

Don't know where you are getting your info. You absolutely are moved to quarantine cabins on these itineraries if you test positive.  And if you cruise Alaska out of Vancouver you need a test to fly home.  And if you test positive and have not completed your quarantine you will be quarantined in the Caribbean or Bermuda which are foreign countries if you are a US citizen before you can fly home, after testing negative. 

[terrydtx]

10 minutes ago, phoenix_dream said:

Don't know where you are getting your info. You absolutely are moved to quarantine cabins on these itineraries if you test positive.  And if you cruise Alaska out of Vancouver you need a test to fly home.  And if you test positive and have not completed your quarantine you will be quarantined in the Caribbean or Bermuda which are foreign countries if you are a US citizen before you can fly home, after testing negative. 

That is what I thought when I saw this post as well. Cruises departing from the US and Canada are subject to the same Covid Protocols.

[phoenix_dream]

I have been on 8 Celebrity cruises since the restart, most of them as B2B or consecutive cruises.  I confess during the first half of each cruise I get a little nervous about possibly being quarantined in an outside cabin for days on end.  On some of the cruises we had to wear masks (my 21 days on Connie) and on others not, or only in certain areas.  The masking wasn't that big a deal, but the concern about quarantining certainly was. Being 70 years old, despite being vaxxed and boosted, I also worry a bit about being sicker than "mild" although overall I have no underlying health conditions of which I am aware.  I would feel better if they had appropriate Covid anti-virals onboard but I understand they don't.  I also would feel better if they allowed people to just quarantine in their cabins like they do for noro.  Being able to have a balcony IMHO makes a huge difference to both physical and especially mental health.  At the same time, I confess I was a little nervous on Connie sitting on our balcony directly under the deck used for quarantining sick passengers, which also had balconies  I know the odds of transmitting that way are slim, but still....

 

But the biggest reason I am considering cancelling an upcoming cruise is due to barnacles.  Eclipse has been cutting the Alaska port calls substantially (see related posts) and as this cruise has already been lifted and shifted twice, I don't want to go to Alaska to just sit on my balcony.  I'm fine with doing that for Caribbean islands I have been to dozens of times (a beach is a beach is a beach) but in Alaska I want to get out and experience the beauty.  If they don't fix that issue I will likely cancel.

[B x]

1 hour ago, phoenix_dream said:

I have been on 8 Celebrity cruises since the restart, most of them as B2B or consecutive cruises.  I confess during the first half of each cruise I get a little nervous about possibly being quarantined in an outside cabin for days on end.  On some of the cruises we had to wear masks (my 21 days on Connie) and on others not, or only in certain areas.  The masking wasn't that big a deal, but the concern about quarantining certainly was. Being 70 years old, despite being vaxxed and boosted, I also worry a bit about being sicker than "mild" although overall I have no underlying health conditions of which I am aware.  I would feel better if they had appropriate Covid anti-virals onboard but I understand they don't.  I also would feel better if they allowed people to just quarantine in their cabins like they do for noro.  Being able to have a balcony IMHO makes a huge difference to both physical and especially mental health.  At the same time, I confess I was a little nervous on Connie sitting on our balcony directly under the deck used for quarantining sick passengers, which also had balconies  I know the odds of transmitting that way are slim, but still....

 

But the biggest reason I am considering cancelling an upcoming cruise is due to barnacles.  Eclipse has been cutting the Alaska port calls substantially (see related posts) and as this cruise has already been lifted and shifted twice, I don't want to go to Alaska to just sit on my balcony.  I'm fine with doing that for Caribbean islands I have been to dozens of times (a beach is a beach is a beach) but in Alaska I want to get out and experience the beauty.  If they don't fix that issue I will likely cancel.

 

You mention "I would feel better if they had appropriate Covid anti-virals onboard but I understand they don't." Do you mean the drugs that are now being used to treat positive cases at an early stage? Here in the UK those they consider 'at risk' who test positive are treated a.s.a.p with Paxlovid and similar. As someone in that category it may well colour my thoughts about our June cruise (now re-scheduled three times) if these are the type of drugs to which you refer, or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

[tinaincc]

4 hours ago, B x said:

 

You mention "I would feel better if they had appropriate Covid anti-virals onboard but I understand they don't." Do you mean the drugs that are now being used to treat positive cases at an early stage? Here in the UK those they consider 'at risk' who test positive are treated a.s.a.p with Paxlovid and similar. As someone in that category it may well colour my thoughts about our June cruise (now re-scheduled three times) if these are the type of drugs to which you refer, or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

This is my understand. I believe if you test positive you are given Tylenol and they check your temp, that’s it

 

[phoenix_dream]

5 hours ago, B x said:

 

You mention "I would feel better if they had appropriate Covid anti-virals onboard but I understand they don't." Do you mean the drugs that are now being used to treat positive cases at an early stage? Here in the UK those they consider 'at risk' who test positive are treated a.s.a.p with Paxlovid and similar. As someone in that category it may well colour my thoughts about our June cruise (now re-scheduled three times) if these are the type of drugs to which you refer, or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

Yes, that is what I mean.  Caveat - I am basing that comment strictly on reports on these boards from people who have gotten ill onboard recently, including those who say they asked about those drugs but were told they didn't have them.  I have not personally experienced that situation, nor have I asked Celebrity about it.  But there were enough posts that unless something has changed very recently, it seems they don't have them.  I don't know why, or when/if they would plan to obtain them.  Seems like a no-brainer to me, especially given the age of many of the people onboard.

[VitaminSea53]

It is probably the cost - or maybe the availability....

The three treatments - approved on an emergency basis for people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 deemed at risk of progressing to serious illness - have been purchased by the U.S. government and are being distributed free-of-charge to healthcare providers.

The U.S. government has paid around $530 for a 5-day course of Paxlovid, $700 per five-day course of molnupiravir, and $2,100 for a course of sotrovimab - the lone available antibody treatment shown to work against the now dominant Omicron variant of the virus.

[Covepointcruiser]

Doesn’t sound like anyone has gotten sick enough to require the antivirals.    If they were they would be taken off the ship to be treated.    Some posters have written about getting preventive prescriptions from their doctors so they could take the tablets when they felt they were needed.   My doctor won’t do this but maybe some will.

[cangelmd]

46 minutes ago, VitaminSea53 said:

It is probably the cost - or maybe the availability....

The three treatments - approved on an emergency basis for people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 deemed at risk of progressing to serious illness - have been purchased by the U.S. government and are being distributed free-of-charge to healthcare providers.

The U.S. government has paid around $530 for a 5-day course of Paxlovid, $700 per five-day course of molnupiravir, and $2,100 for a course of sotrovimab - the lone available antibody treatment shown to work against the now dominant Omicron variant of the virus.

And that’s why cruise ships don’t have them, they are not CMS approved healthcare providers.
 

[Doubt It]

I am more than happy to do a land based trip with hotels, car, train. Not being involved in any cruise where I could be "escorted" to a quarantine cabin for X days.

Not happening. Not.

I appreciate the issues for the cruise lines, but you are not quarantining me in an inside cabin, repeat not. 

 

[phoenix_dream]

1 hour ago, Covepointcruiser said:

Doesn’t sound like anyone has gotten sick enough to require the antivirals.    If they were they would be taken off the ship to be treated.    Some posters have written about getting preventive prescriptions from their doctors so they could take the tablets when they felt they were needed.   My doctor won’t do this but maybe some will.

I certainly wouldn't want to be taken off the ship to be treated on some of the Caribbean islands or ports I've visited lately!  

[C4HCG]

Double post

Edited May 6, 2022 by C4HCG
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[C4HCG]

2 hours ago, Doubt It said:

I am more than happy to do a land based trip with hotels, car, train. Not being involved in any cruise where I could be "escorted" to a quarantine cabin for X days.

Not happening. Not.

I appreciate the issues for the cruise lines, but you are not quarantining me in an inside cabin, repeat not. 

 

Just to be clear, are you or aren’t you? 😁

[Virginia100]

13 hours ago, terrydtx said:

That is what I thought when I saw this post as well. Cruises departing from the US and Canada are subject to the same Covid Protocols.

What I meant is there is no test required to return home from a U.S. embarkation,  no quarantine in a foreign country where my medical insurance is not valid  and the test to board is done at home before entering the foreign country unlike the 1 day for Italy. Yes, if you get Covid you will be quarantine in another cabin but I  saw none of that on my 3/26 cruise in the Caribbean. It’s not the protocols I’m so worried about as being double boosted but the required testing overseas on embarkation and return flight. I can assure everyone here that the crowds in Europe in July snd August you will be exposed to are significantly larger than those on the Caribbean islands. That makes the testing very problematic. I canceled and will return to Europe sailing when these protocols change.

[Linsifer]

On 5/4/2022 at 11:42 AM, tinaincc said:

I will cruise with glee when Celebrity (and others) treat it as a seasonal cold/flu. 

Same for me with Princess or any line.  

[Linsifer]

6 hours ago, C4HCG said:

Just to be clear, are you or aren’t you? 😁

 

Edited May 6, 2022 by Linsifer
Posted in wrong thread.

[Linsifer]

9 hours ago, Doubt It said:

I am more than happy to do a land based trip with hotels, car, train. Not being involved in any cruise where I could be "escorted" to a quarantine cabin for X days.

Not happening. Not.

I appreciate the issues for the cruise lines, but you are not quarantining me in an inside cabin, repeat not. 

 

Exactly!  Just canceled our cruise with Princess because I’ve been reading some horrible stories from people in quarantined cabins. Our $$$$$ wasn’t meant to pay for a “box with a balcony” on a quarantine ward and iffy room service and/or cold food.  We’ll wait until things are under better control.  When COVID becomes at flu or cold status. 

[Linsifer]

On 4/25/2022 at 2:39 PM, NCHPcruiser said:

 Have been on two cruises so far and don’t plan on cancelling future cruises.   I believe the unfortunate truth is we will continue to deal with Covid in some form for as long as I am living.  

I understand that.  However, at some point then these cruise lines are going to have to treat the virus like the flu or cold.  Don’t insist that passengers wear masks and definitely don’t stick them in an isolated cabin on a quarantine ward.  I’m not sure WHEN that time will happen, but until then, I’m going to wait to get on a ship again.  I’m not so much afraid of Covid itself.  I’ve been jabbed 4 times.  But the thought of being cooped up in a small cabin missing out on all there is to do on a ship (and that we paid for) FREAKS me out! 

[mikewomb]

15 hours ago, Doubt It said:

I am more than happy to do a land based trip with hotels, car, train. Not being involved in any cruise where I could be "escorted" to a quarantine cabin for X days.

Not happening. Not.

I appreciate the issues for the cruise lines, but you are not quarantining me in an inside cabin, repeat not. 

 

Costco has great packages 👏👏👏

[Ipeeinthepools]

15 hours ago, Doubt It said:

I am more than happy to do a land based trip with hotels, car, train. Not being involved in any cruise where I could be "escorted" to a quarantine cabin for X days.

Not happening. Not.

I appreciate the issues for the cruise lines, but you are not quarantining me in an inside cabin, repeat not. 

 

 

Sorry we won't see you on-board.  Are you planning on writing some reviews of your land based trips?