tweety33 Posted January 26 #1 Share Posted January 26 I am curious if there has been a lot of covid going around on the cruise ships. Have you been hearing of people getting covid recently on their cruise, or end up having it once you got home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwrestler171 Posted January 26 #2 Share Posted January 26 Just like on land, COVID is everywhere. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iria64 Posted January 26 #3 Share Posted January 26 Just got back from TX (Jubilee). Three in our group got Covid and when leaving the ship we could hear quite a bit of coughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobe1 Posted January 26 #4 Share Posted January 26 Just like the cold, flu or syphilis, it isn't going away. 6 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ninjacat123 Posted January 26 #5 Share Posted January 26 Cruise over Thanksgiving, no Covid. Cruise Jan 15-20, no Covid. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ledges1 Posted January 26 #6 Share Posted January 26 Just got off the Glory Sunday with a sore throat. Now having headaches and stuffy head. Did not check for COVID, figured nobody cared, especially Carnival. Just about well now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ledges1 Posted January 26 #7 Share Posted January 26 There was an article about a deep clean of the Elation due to gastrointestinal virus this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonit964 Posted January 26 #8 Share Posted January 26 I’ve been on five cruises since 2022 and caught it one time out of those five. It was a 10 day, all the others were 7 days. I consider myself lucky. We now have to live with Covid, along with Colds & the Flu. I will continue to travel with no worries or second thoughts. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEUB1112 Posted January 26 #9 Share Posted January 26 We are just off the Glory also, no vid here. We were on the Miracle to Alaska last summer and came down with a mild cold a few days after we got home, my wife tested positive, I didn't care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted January 26 #10 Share Posted January 26 I was on a 10 day cruise in Dec, my niece stayed home. On day 8 my niece at home texted the family that after 3+ years she finally got it. The next day on the ship I started what I thought was a cold. By the time I got home I knew it was more, and I was positive. Very mild cases. EM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane0226 Posted January 26 #11 Share Posted January 26 No covid, but did get athlete's foot, must have been by the pool area, 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpirate Posted January 26 #12 Share Posted January 26 The only time I catch COVID is when I read about it here.. my wife thought she had it when we got off the Paradise last September 2 home tests and a trip to be tested at the VA hospital and she wound up with a sinus infection.. I guess I won't be getting that life insurance and half her military retirement after all. I had to laugh at her apparently she reads cruise critic too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted January 26 #13 Share Posted January 26 50 minutes ago, hurricane0226 said: No covid, but did get athlete's foot, must have been by the pool area, Did it turn into long athlete's foot? 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemrtt Posted January 26 #14 Share Posted January 26 We have been on several sailings since the restart, without ever feeling sick with symptoms or testing positive. In fact we never got Covid since it the pandemic began. Maybe we dodged it because we have been working from home for years? Idk. Well that streak ended after our last sailing. DH tested positive for the 1st time ever after we got home from Panorama’s January 6-day sailing. I tested positive for the 1st time ever, 2 days later. He only had a headache, whereas my symptoms were worse: fever, aches, congestion etc. But the reality is, the possibility of getting Covid won’t stop us from sailing or engaging in other activities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdggal1980 Posted January 26 #15 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Both hubby & I got Covid on our last 2 summer cruises (July/August 2022 on the Legend & July 2023 on the Mardi Gras). In between we did a cruise in January 2023 (on the Celebration) and didn’t get it. It’s just the luck of the draw I guess 🤷🏽♀️ Edited January 26 by tdggal1980 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChutChut Posted January 26 #16 Share Posted January 26 Nope - not even a cold or a sniffle. All of the alcohol must have drowned it!!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamecock_Cruiser Posted January 26 #17 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Nope. Four cruises, three Vegas Trips, six flights, four concerts, no masks and no covid... but I have my own office at work rarely are close to coworkers and caught the covid and flu within two months of each other last year... but I ALWAYS come back with a sinus infection every time I travel, pre-covid and now... Edited January 26 by Gamecock_Cruiser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar1068 Posted January 26 #18 Share Posted January 26 Last cruise, didn't come back with COVD, did come back with pneumonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ledges1 Posted January 26 #19 Share Posted January 26 Reading the comments, is why I said “ figured nobody cared”. People will not cancel a cruise if they are sick before they embark. Too much money involved. I do not think travel insurance will payoff for a cold. Would I cancel a cruise if I was sick at embarkation? I have not faced that decision. I have gotten sick on the back end. Carnival is not sanitizing as they were shortly after COVID. I make this statement based on taking 10 cruises since the restart (observation). People will continue to get sick, hopefully it will not get to level of the CDC stepping in. Carnival Corporate says all the right things publicly about sanitation, however they need to be on a ship to observe actual practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoge3k Posted January 26 #20 Share Posted January 26 I guess I could of had it at some point, I don't run get tested though. If I get it, I get it. No big deal. I was sick last spring, no idea if it was Covid or not. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsglow Posted January 26 #21 Share Posted January 26 @ledges1, we're back to a point where folks have assumed responsibility for their own health decisions. And that's a very good thing. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb58 Posted January 26 #22 Share Posted January 26 2 cruises last year, got the booster before our 14 day in October, no Covid. Got Covid over Christmas from our daughter who came to visit. Will be leaving Sunday on our next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChutChut Posted January 26 #23 Share Posted January 26 30 minutes ago, ledges1 said: Reading the comments, is why I said “ figured nobody cared”. People will not cancel a cruise if they are sick before they embark. Too much money involved. I do not think travel insurance will payoff for a cold. Would I cancel a cruise if I was sick at embarkation? I have not faced that decision. I have gotten sick on the back end. Carnival is not sanitizing as they were shortly after COVID. I make this statement based on taking 10 cruises since the restart (observation). People will continue to get sick, hopefully it will not get to level of the CDC stepping in. Carnival Corporate says all the right things publicly about sanitation, however they need to be on a ship to observe actual practice. Colds have been around since the stone ages and will never go away. Would I cancel if I merely had a cold? Depends on how well/badly I felt. I did cancel once because I felt miserable. I had insurance and the trip cost was reimbursed (had my doctor fill out an insurance form), but if it was a minor cold, then I'd probably continue and just be careful about hand washing, etc. If I had Covid (and knew it), pneumonia, etc., then I'd cancel because I couldn't have a good time and wouldn't want to expose others to something potentially serious. I always have trip insurance so my cost would be reimbursed. Colds are different because they aren't serious. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChutChut Posted January 26 #24 Share Posted January 26 18 minutes ago, jsglow said: @ledges1, we're back to a point where folks have assumed responsibility for their own health decisions. And that's a very good thing. Hear, Hear! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare angelsfort Posted January 26 #25 Share Posted January 26 10 hours ago, MEUB1112 said: We are just off the Glory also, no vid here. We were on the Miracle to Alaska last summer and came down with a mild cold a few days after we got home, my wife tested positive, I didn't care. I hope that you mean you didn't care if you had it or not, so therefor did not test yourself... LOL and not that you did not care that your wife was sick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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