Ashland Posted July 19, 2022 #201 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 hours ago, pcur said: I use telehealth proctor tests with my iphone. Usually, from my hotel room. Yes...We have also but using our laptop in a hotel room. The worry has been trying to keep the tests uncompromised in our carry on. So far we've wrapped them in bubble wrap and treated that backpack with kid gloves during our flights ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted July 19, 2022 #202 Share Posted July 19, 2022 20 hours ago, Another_Critic said: Boo! I sail from Copenhagen on Sept 4th. Pre-cruise testing needs to end Sept 1st. 🤞 We sail that day too. I’m ready for it to end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z0nker Posted July 19, 2022 #203 Share Posted July 19, 2022 20 hours ago, hazeleyes46 said: Where did you see this? It's on CC now, too. https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/7041/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twins_to_alaska Posted July 19, 2022 #204 Share Posted July 19, 2022 They list vaccinations and testing instruments as prevention and mitigating tools. I for one hope they continue with both. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacationdreamer<>< Posted July 19, 2022 #205 Share Posted July 19, 2022 14 hours ago, jerseygirl3 said: contracted Influenza A onboard Feb 2020 Was your husband so ill he needed to seek health services? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl3 Posted July 19, 2022 #206 Share Posted July 19, 2022 14 minutes ago, Vacationdreamer<>< said: Was your husband so ill he needed to seek health services? Yes. He was running almost 103 temp fever and was very lethargic, sore throat, body aches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacationdreamer<>< Posted July 19, 2022 #207 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, jerseygirl3 said: Yes. He was running almost 103 temp fever and was very lethargic, sore throat, body aches. Ugh. The flu I had in 2009 was the most miserable I'd ever been. I'm sorry it found you on vacation. 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl3 Posted July 19, 2022 #208 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Just now, Vacationdreamer<>< said: Ugh. The flu I had in 2009 was the most miserable I'd ever been. I'm sorry it found you on vacation. 😞 Not only did it find my husband (thankfully, the Medical Center put me on Tamiflu prophylactically and I didn't catch it), but it also found 80 other passengers. That's the count that was given to the CDC. I'm sure there were loads of others, but they weren't counted or quarantined if they didn't visit the Medical Center. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp2746 Posted July 19, 2022 #209 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Just a suggestion... before you go make sure your immune system is as robust as possible. Take lots of vitamin C, zinc and vitamin D starting at least a week or two before you leave. Take this throughout your cruise. I always take these (and many other suppliments for my immune system) no matter what on a daily basis and eat healthy until the minute I step on that ship. My father in law, who was 75 at the time, started to get sick on the second day of our cruise one year. I gave him lots of vitamin C and he was able to shake it in about a day. Things go around on ships all the time and there is always a chance of getting sick. You will probably survive but who wants to spend thousands of dollars to be sick for a week. It isn't 100% but you will definately lower your chances of getting ill while you are on vacation. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted July 19, 2022 Author #210 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Azamara dropped testing kept vaccine requirememt as of July 26 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Dukes Posted July 19, 2022 #211 Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Azamara dropped testing kept vaccine requirememt as of July 26 We are sailing on Azamara the end of August in Northern Europe and just got an email about this. Certain embarkation ports , (not where we’re sailing) but Athens and some of the Asian and Australian ports still require testing. I’m very happy not to have to get tested when I get to Copenhagen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted July 19, 2022 Author #212 Share Posted July 19, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mrs.Dukes said: We are sailing on Azamara the end of August in Northern Europe and just got an email about this. Certain embarkation ports , (not where we’re sailing) but Athens and some of the Asian and Australian ports still require testing. I’m very happy not to have to get tested when I get to Copenhagen. Nice, hoping for the same. We sail out of CPH on Aug 11. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
long4acruise Posted July 19, 2022 #213 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Nice, hoping for the same. We sail out of CPH on Aug 11. Me, too! We sail out of CPH on Aug 28th and Sep 4th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapleleafforever Posted July 19, 2022 #214 Share Posted July 19, 2022 31 minutes ago, jp2746 said: Just a suggestion... before you go make sure your immune system is as robust as possible. Take lots of vitamin C, zinc and vitamin D starting at least a week or two before you leave. Take this throughout your cruise. I always take these (and many other suppliments for my immune system) no matter what on a daily basis and eat healthy until the minute I step on that ship. My father in law, who was 75 at the time, started to get sick on the second day of our cruise one year. I gave him lots of vitamin C and he was able to shake it in about a day. Things go around on ships all the time and there is always a chance of getting sick. You will probably survive but who wants to spend thousands of dollars to be sick for a week. It isn't 100% but you will definately lower your chances of getting ill while you are on vacation. I would add easy on the sugar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aubreyc1988 Posted July 19, 2022 #215 Share Posted July 19, 2022 4 hours ago, kdnurs said: My husband's worst nightmare...We too have been Covid free for just as long if not longer and have a cruise coming up soon...He is nervous about it and I, wellll let's just say realllllly want to go but have SLIGHT reservations about it and that we too will bring home a souvenir😏 Feel better soon!!! I got covid for the first time in June, not sure what variant but I picked it up in Vegas (I actually think I got it from my friend who was traveling with me, she is a nurse) I had a mild-moderate case of it...the fatigue you feel before it is the real deal, I think I slept for like a whole day before my other symptoms started...after that I had a high fever for a day which I had to control by alternating tylenol and ibuprofen and then after the fever portion of covid, I got the covid cough which stuck around for 2 weeks. Amazingly enough, my husband wore a KN95 the whole time when he was around me and we slept in different rooms and he never got it (We tested him periodically) I am so glad I am vaccinated because who knows how bad it could have been. And even though supposedly I have high antibodies now, I am still taking precautions as one never knows. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazeleyes46 Posted July 19, 2022 #216 Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, aubreyc1988 said: I got covid for the first time in June, not sure what variant but I picked it up in Vegas (I actually think I got it from my friend who was traveling with me, she is a nurse) I had a mild-moderate case of it...the fatigue you feel before it is the real deal, I think I slept for like a whole day before my other symptoms started...after that I had a high fever for a day which I had to control by alternating tylenol and ibuprofen and then after the fever portion of covid, I got the covid cough which stuck around for 2 weeks. Amazingly enough, my husband wore a KN95 the whole time when he was around me and we slept in different rooms and he never got it (We tested him periodically) I am so glad I am vaccinated because who knows how bad it could have been. And even though supposedly I have high antibodies now, I am still taking precautions as one never knows. Do you have underlying conditions that might have made it worse? So many have just gotten nothing and then there are others that just linger. I wonder if normal viruses and illnesses do that also to those same people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aubreyc1988 Posted July 19, 2022 #217 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, hazeleyes46 said: Do you have underlying conditions that might have made it worse? So many have just gotten nothing and then there are others that just linger. I wonder if normal viruses and illnesses do that also to those same people. No. I am 34 years old, married, no kids, BMI is 26.6 (slightly overweight, still working on it, curse of being short), I do walk around 3 miles a day, eat as healthy as I can, maybe a drink or two on the weekends, etc. I am not a doctor, a scientist, or anything like that. I put my trust in medical professionals who have more education and knowledge than me. So I can't really comment on the workings of viruses and illnesses, that is not my expertise. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted July 19, 2022 Author #218 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 hour ago, long4acruise said: Me, too! We sail out of CPH on Aug 28th and Sep 4th I'll miss you by a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpdog42 Posted July 19, 2022 #219 Share Posted July 19, 2022 18 hours ago, cruisingguy007 said: Easy solution there, remove Bermuda as a cruise stop until they play ball. The cruise lines aren't powerless anymore. They want the dollars, they fall in line like everyone else. They can probably get that BS "travel authorization" reduced to $4-$5 PP rolled into port fees and get testing requirements removed as well. Two birds, one stone. Some of these locations have tried to take advantage while the chips were down. Turnabout is fair play. mic drop!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorey2007 Posted July 19, 2022 #220 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said: Azamara dropped testing kept vaccine requirememt as of July 26 I hope RCCL will hurry up & follow. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted July 19, 2022 #221 Share Posted July 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Elismoots said: I'm a Canadian who just returned from a 9 day cruise on Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas on Saturday. My spouse and I are double vaccinated with 2 boosters. We had a negative PCR test upon embarkation. On the day following the cruise, we discovered we had an unwelcome souvenir from our trip. We both woke up ill and using a home covid test found we both had covid. After dodging the bullet for 28 months and taking a chance on a twice delayed cruise booking, we got nailed by the virus We went to Barbados in April and came back safe and sound. Two weeks later we went to the Jays game in Toronto and had Covid 4 days later. With the current spread rate it is inevitable that you will get it. Be thankful you returned home before the random testing at airports came back into effect. Even with you staying home, it is one less headache to deal with if you tested positive through the airport testing. Hopefully you do as best as possible with it and feel better soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyank Posted July 19, 2022 #222 Share Posted July 19, 2022 5 hours ago, jerseygirl629 said: Our cruise is August 12th and I am now very anxious about what will happen. I hope they keep both the vaccine and pre-cruise testing requirements as it is a sense of security. sense of security??? more like a sense of extreme stress from wondering if we will test positive at the last minute. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyluvs2cruise Posted July 19, 2022 #223 Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Azamara dropped testing kept vaccine requirememt as of July 26 Except when ports require pre-travel testing in accordance with country regulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum2Mercury Posted July 19, 2022 #224 Share Posted July 19, 2022 48 minutes ago, crazyank said: sense of security??? more like a sense of extreme stress from wondering if we will test positive at the last minute. You sound like not knowing will somehow make the virus go away. Let's think logically: - If you are positive, you are positive -- whether you test or not. - If you're positive, you totally have my sympathy, but going onboard a ship and being in close quarters with a bunch of other people -- knowing you could infect those people -- isn't a smart or kind choice. - If you didn't test and didn't know you're positive, you risk really getting sick a day or two into the cruise. By knowing you're infected, you can avoid quarantine. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeebean Posted July 19, 2022 #225 Share Posted July 19, 2022 On 7/18/2022 at 4:11 PM, hazeleyes46 said: Where did you see this? Tony (La Lido Loca) read this letter on his vlog on his channel yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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