oakridger Posted July 4, 2023 #51 Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) HAL has the tissue dispenser next to the door in all public restrooms that I have been in! After experiencing that many years ago, I use a paper towel or something to open the door when leaving any public restroom off ship as well now. Seems to be working so far!! 🤞 ~Nancy Edited July 4, 2023 by oakridger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted July 4, 2023 #52 Share Posted July 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, oakridger said: HAL has the tissue dispenser next to the door in all public restrooms that I have been in! After experiencing that many years ago, I use a paper towel or something to open the door when leaving any public restroom off ship as well now. Seems to be working so far!! 🤞 ~Nancy Yes, ma'am - Aunt Ethel's tissue is to open the door going INTO the restroom, lol (not) since so many people don't wash their hands. 😒 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walnut99 Posted November 19, 2023 Author #53 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Yesterday while surfing the HAL website, there was a FCC in my wife's account for the three full days that she was isolated due to Covid. It took a while but she now has the credit for the May, 2023 cruise. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted November 19, 2023 #54 Share Posted November 19, 2023 24 minutes ago, walnut99 said: Yesterday while surfing the HAL website, there was a FCC in my wife's account for the three full days that she was isolated due to Covid. It took a while but she now has the credit for the May, 2023 cruise. Congrats! Sounds like they're getting quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted November 19, 2023 #55 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) We were on the Nov 4th Koingsdam cruise and washed our hands and used the hand sanitizers when we passed them. We still came down with old fashioned head colds the day before we departed. We tested when we got home, and we were both Covid Negative. It took us 5 days post cruise, to get over the colds and these colds were a lot worse than the cases of confirmed covid we got last year on the Oosterdam. It's not just Covid that you can get on a cruise ship. But it was the 5 days of isolation on the Oosterdam last year for covid, that paid for this last cruise with the FCC we got in January. Edited November 19, 2023 by terrydtx 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciencewonk Posted November 19, 2023 #56 Share Posted November 19, 2023 4 hours ago, terrydtx said: We were on the Nov 4th Koingsdam cruise and washed our hands and used the hand sanitizers when we passed them. We still came down with old fashioned head colds the day before we departed. We tested when we got home, and we were both Covid Negative. It took us 5 days post cruise, to get over the colds and these colds were a lot worse than the cases of confirmed covid we got last year on the Oosterdam. It's not just Covid that you can get on a cruise ship. But it was the 5 days of isolation on the Oosterdam last year for covid, that paid for this last cruise with the FCC we got in January. There's a respiratory virus going around (at least Down Under) that's not COVID or influenza, but I was sick for 2 weeks and had a lingering cough for another month. And yes, it was much worse than when I had COVID. Fortunately, I'm all better in time for my Auckland to Sydney cruise in 6 days (but who's counting?). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mljatsea Posted November 22, 2023 #57 Share Posted November 22, 2023 On 11/19/2023 at 4:19 PM, sciencewonk said: There's a respiratory virus going around (at least Down Under) that's not COVID or influenza, but I was sick for 2 weeks and had a lingering cough for another month. And yes, it was much worse than when I had COVID. Fortunately, I'm all better in time for my Auckland to Sydney cruise in 6 days (but who's counting?). Recently returned from B2B on Celebrity and got that respiratory thing--not COVID--shortly into the TA. Turned into acute bronchitis that I'm still shaking three weeks later. Half the ship was coughing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted November 22, 2023 #58 Share Posted November 22, 2023 2 hours ago, mljatsea said: Recently returned from B2B on Celebrity and got that respiratory thing--not COVID--shortly into the TA. Turned into acute bronchitis that I'm still shaking three weeks later. Half the ship was coughing. Cruise crud? Long-standing traveler affliction that was always in discussion in the past. Noticed a lot of coughing in the airport waiting for our flight to our last cruise. Beginning of the annual flu season. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallycruiser06 Posted December 5, 2023 #59 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Is HAL supplying KN95 masks.? For those that want them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted December 5, 2023 #60 Share Posted December 5, 2023 16 minutes ago, sallycruiser06 said: Is HAL supplying KN95 masks.? For those that want them? Have not seen any on current cruise and have not asked, so I don’t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firsttimer1971 Posted December 5, 2023 #61 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Currently on the Oosterdam but I have nog seen HAL provide any masks. There are some handgel distribution station but that's it. Whatever you do, don't trust on others to keep you safe. Bring your own mask (we did). My DW and I have been in isolation for 5 days after (self-)testing positive. Never saw anybody from Medical, they just took our word for it that we were positive. Thanked us multiple times for our honesty. We got full room service and will get FCC for the days we spend in isolation. There were only 6 people in isolation on the whole ship, but I truly believe that there are many, many more with covid that either don't test or don't tell. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted December 5, 2023 #62 Share Posted December 5, 2023 On Nieuw Statendam masks are available on request but I’m not sure if they are the K95 ones. We definitely have Covid aboard; I know of 3 people who’ve had a positive test. Each was treated differently — there appears to be no consistency. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syesmar Posted December 5, 2023 #63 Share Posted December 5, 2023 4 hours ago, cruisemom42 said: On Nieuw Statendam masks are available on request but I’m not sure if they are the K95 ones. We definitely have Covid aboard; I know of 3 people who’ve had a positive test. Each was treated differently — there appears to be no consistency. I know HAL’s Travel Well protocols have changed and I have heard varying reports from passengers on what was expected of them when they tested. Ranging from “here’s a test” from the medical team without any followup (and they were positive), to isolation, etc. I recall with other illnesses where passengers missed days exploring the ship some credits were given. Any idea if there is now a standard protocol across the HAL fleet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingos Posted December 5, 2023 #64 Share Posted December 5, 2023 10 hours ago, sallycruiser06 said: Is HAL supplying KN95 masks.? For those that want them? Our last cruise they provided basic masks, not KN95. Check the pockets of your jackets, they're still in there from last year. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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