Have quarantining venues changed?

[phoenix_dream]

I've read some comments (I think on these boards) about people no longer needing to move to a quarantine section, but rather were allowed to stay in their cabins for quarantine if positive for Covid.  I think the ship mentioned was the Summit.  Is this happening on other ships and other sailings, or did they just happen to do that because the ship was so full they didn't have enough quarantine cabins available?

 

Can people who have been quarantined in the past few weeks comment on this?  Or those who have sailed recently and know for a fact what the situation is?  

 

I respectfully ask that people only comment on very recent experiences please.  I know there were occasional situations in the past where people were allowed to stay in the own cabins but this was not the norm.  I am trying to determine if this is a change in procedure correlated to the revised sailing rules or just a one-off experience.  

 

Edited September 2, 2022 by phoenix_dream

[phoenix_dream]

So this post has gotten a lot of views but no responses.  I'll give it one more try.  Surely someone has sailed in the last couple of weeks and can comment on current quarantine procedures?  Even if you personally have not gotten quarantined, I would think most would be aware of what was happening on your sailing?  For example, the Summit references talked about many meals being delivered to cabins (much more than the norm), noticing many trays left outside cabin doors, or seeing attendants deliver them.  It would be very encouraging if we could find out that people would now be able to quarantine in their own cabins.  I know the possibility of having to move has caused some people to cancel their cruises, or not book, at least according to posts on these boards.  And it certainly has caused a lot of stress for many of us who choose to cruise and would intend to be good citizen passengers and report as required.

[Purplsmurf]

We sailed Millennium last month and quarantine was in the original cabin 

[SDWCruise]

Watching this post with interest. We are one of the many who cancelled because we could not be assured of being able to quarantine in our booked cabin. So please, fellow cruisers, if you have reliable information, please let us know.

[SHIP TRAVELER]

We just returned from the Solstice on Friday.  Deck six was all open.  The only doors I saw shut off were on one side of deck three.  I know of no cases.  There was not a lot of coughing in the shows in spite of the self serve buffet.  Not a good answer, just some recent observations.

[phoenix_dream]

22 minutes ago, SHIP TRAVELER said:

We just returned from the Solstice on Friday.  Deck six was all open.  The only doors I saw shut off were on one side of deck three.  I know of no cases.  There was not a lot of coughing in the shows in spite of the self serve buffet.  Not a good answer, just some recent observations.

Thanks for the input.  The fact that there were doors shut off on deck three is concerning as that is one area they would quarantine folks, and those are all ocean view or inside.  But we don't know if that was for crew or passengers.  But I appreciate the feedback.

[bremenkat]

A few weeks ago now but we were on the Silhouette 16-23 July when my husband caught Covid. He was moved to deck 3 and there was a number of people there who had been moved due to having Covid. He was moved so that my daughter and could still move around the ship (with masks on as we were both testing negative). My daughter tested positive the day before we got off and she was given the choice of being moved or staying in our cabin. She stayed with me but that meant I wasn’t  allowed to leave the room even though I was still negative. 

[phoenix_dream]

55 minutes ago, bremenkat said:

A few weeks ago now but we were on the Silhouette 16-23 July when my husband caught Covid. He was moved to deck 3 and there was a number of people there who had been moved due to having Covid. He was moved so that my daughter and could still move around the ship (with masks on as we were both testing negative). My daughter tested positive the day before we got off and she was given the choice of being moved or staying in our cabin. She stayed with me but that meant I wasn’t  allowed to leave the room even though I was still negative. 

thank you for the input.  Sorry you had to go through that.  I'm hoping that with the new vaccine and testing changes effective in September, maybe they have changed the quarantining process as well.  I guess we'll have to see what happens the next couple of weeks.

[wineoclock]

It concerns me that unless there is midcruise testing a lot of sick people just won’t test if they feel unwell if they worry they will be moved.
 

We were on a land based trip when I tested positive. I asked the hotel what they wanted me to do. They asked us to return home (it was a 2 hour drive) & they didn’t enter our room for a week. We did feel bad about it but we often stay there for weekends 2/3 times a year.  I’m honest but not everyone is. 

[jelayne]

 Beginning tomorrow most sailing from US and Europe 9 nights or less do not ready vaccinated to test before boarding.  So some will get on ships unknowingly positive and may or may not ever experience symptoms that would cause them to test or report symptoms.  
The days of reporting cases on board seem to over as they will have no way to know.

Cruising is returning to what is was and I’m glad.

[gold1953]

friends on the Summit now, booked inside deck 3. She was positive so they moved her to an empty CC class cabin on deck 8 . 3 days later he had covid and joined her. The ship was sailing quite full

[hrhdhd]

On Reflection now. Haven't heard a peep about COVID for 10 days. Port side deck 3 is "Out of Bounds" according to the sign on the door.

[phoenix_dream]

4 hours ago, hrhdhd said:

On Reflection now. Haven't heard a peep about COVID for 10 days. Port side deck 3 is "Out of Bounds" according to the sign on the door.

Sounds like a quarantine area to me.  It seems that the days of the Captain announcing that there are cases onboard has ended.  I guess in some respects that's a good thing - in point of fact there will always be at least some people onboard with it, knowingly or not.  If the Captain suddenly asks for masking in the casino and theater then you know it's ramping up.  If he/she asks for masking everywhere then it is getting pretty bad.

[phoenix_dream]

5 hours ago, jelayne said:

 Beginning tomorrow most sailing from US and Europe 9 nights or less do not ready vaccinated to test before boarding.  So some will get on ships unknowingly positive and may or may not ever experience symptoms that would cause them to test or report symptoms.  
The days of reporting cases on board seem to over as they will have no way to know.

Cruising is returning to what is was and I’m glad.

I hear you, but I confess I have mixed feelings.  Now that they have removed vaccine requirements, there will undoubtedly be people boarding with a negative test, then coming down with Covid,  and being unvaccinated are much more likely to require hospital care which would then involve ships changing itineraries, cancelling ports, etc..  I sincerely hope it doesn't come to that for all our sakes.

[Ipeeinthepools]

On 9/4/2022 at 6:37 PM, phoenix_dream said:

Sounds like a quarantine area to me.  It seems that the days of the Captain announcing that there are cases onboard has ended.  I guess in some respects that's a good thing - in point of fact there will always be at least some people onboard with it, knowingly or not.  If the Captain suddenly asks for masking in the casino and theater then you know it's ramping up.  If he/she asks for masking everywhere then it is getting pretty bad.

 

Any Out of Bounds areas may also be reserved for isolating new crew members, not necessarily Covid quarantine. 

[wineoclock]

Have to say I’m quite pleased we have to still test for our cruise on Apex in October. I know people can test positive post test however at least I know on embarkation that most will hopefully be negative. 

[Lena11033]

I cruised last month, lots of coughing and sneezing on the ship. No mention of quarantine, didn't see areas blocked off but the ship was almost at capacity (about 90% full)

[phoenix_dream]

20 hours ago, Ipeeinthepools said:

 

Any Out of Bounds areas may also be reserved for isolating new crew members, not necessarily Covid quarantine. 

You're correct - hard to know for sure unless they tell you

[Arizona Wildcat]

 

 

OnSummit recently most were quarantined in their own cabin because simply put ship was full.  Masks requested in theater and casino but not enforced.  Lots of coughing and several dozens of passengers in quarantine. 

[phoenix_dream]

1 hour ago, Arizona Wildcat said:

 

 

OnSummit recently most were quarantined in their own cabin because simply put ship was full.  Masks requested in theater and casino but not enforced.  Lots of coughing and several dozens of passengers in quarantine. 

Yikes.  Boarding in a couple of weeks.  But this is what I expected when they have a ship at virtually full capacity.  At least if I had to quarantine in my own cabin that would be WAAAY better than being moved to a smaller ocean view cabin with no balcony!

[ShelleyQT]

People cough and sneeze for many reasons.  Some people (like me) sneeze due to allergies.  Some people cough and/or sneeze due to having a cold (which they may or may not have caught before the cruise). Sometimes people cough because they got something caught in their throat. Some people have COPD. You can't assume Covid based on coughing or sneezing.

[Ipeeinthepools]

24 minutes ago, ShelleyQT said:

People cough and sneeze for many reasons.  Some people (like me) sneeze due to allergies.  Some people cough and/or sneeze due to having a cold (which they may or may not have caught before the cruise). Sometimes people cough because they got something caught in their throat. Some people have COPD. You can't assume Covid based on coughing or sneezing.

 

And sometimes people cough and sneeze because they don't want people sitting next to them.

[Ipeeinthepools]

27 minutes ago, ShelleyQT said:

People cough and sneeze for many reasons.  Some people (like me) sneeze due to allergies.  Some people cough and/or sneeze due to having a cold (which they may or may not have caught before the cruise). Sometimes people cough because they got something caught in their throat. Some people have COPD. You can't assume Covid based on coughing or sneezing.

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Edited September 6, 2022 by Ipeeinthepools

[Straughn]

38 minutes ago, ShelleyQT said:

People cough and sneeze for many reasons.  Some people (like me) sneeze due to allergies.  Some people cough and/or sneeze due to having a cold (which they may or may not have caught before the cruise). Sometimes people cough because they got something caught in their throat. Some people have COPD. You can't assume Covid based on coughing or sneezing.

I am an allergy suffer. I take two different meds to control it. If I was around the ship in the  early morning, everyone would assume I had Covid. I cough, I sneeze, I blow my nose, I clear my throat. I know it is allergies. So, I now plan to be up at least an hour before I leave my cabin as I don’t want others to think  I have Covid. 

[phoenix_dream]

22 hours ago, Straughn said:

I am an allergy suffer. I take two different meds to control it. If I was around the ship in the  early morning, everyone would assume I had Covid. I cough, I sneeze, I blow my nose, I clear my throat. I know it is allergies. So, I now plan to be up at least an hour before I leave my cabin as I don’t want others to think  I have Covid. 

I sympathize.  DH has similar issues.  If you're near him in the morning you would think he is sick but after about an hour or so it's much better.  It is definitely true that many people cough for many reasons other than Covid. 

 

Unfortunately there are also some people who just don't give a hoot about others.  A couple of cruises ago was sitting in Blu next to a table of 6.  The woman directly across from me had watery eyes, kept blowing her nose, and was saying to her tablemate that she thought she was getting a cold.  The woman next to her tablemate who also had watery eyes and a stuffy nose was talking about how she was "feeling better", that the medicine had helped.  I couldn't believe in these Covid days that they would be so inconsiderate of others, not report their symptoms, and have the unmitigated gall to freely talk about it right next to us.  Not sure what they had but fortunately we didn't catch it.  I did speak to the Maitre d' afterwards to report what was going on but they are obviously in a very tough position.  I asked that at the very least he try to seat them in a corner away from others (and warn his servers to be careful).  He did the first night but at breakfast they were back to sitting mid-restaurant infecting who knows who with who knows what.  Ugh!