Excited as everyone else to know
more about these cruises and the prices! I used to work for DCL and have friends returning to the ships. They know as little as us but I will say if you take a look on the DCL jobs website there is a position for ‘Public Health Officer’ which gives some tiny insight into the Covid procedures. In a nutshell it looks like they will have their own test and trace management system for the entire ship, guests and employees. It looks like they will be heavily relying on an app to implement procedures which will alert you to get regular temperature checks and what not. I work in healthcare now and from my own experience of infection control, I think ships are a very unique consideration. In the unlikely event of an outbreak, with the testing procedures we now have, this outbreak would be easier to manage becuase it’s in a contained environment. That could unfortunately mean a lot of uncertainty in terms of your cruise going ahead. If there was an outbreak on any of the cruises they would most certainly return to port and cancel that particular cruise and then have to have no guests for at least two weeks. I don’t know enough about the ships ventilation system to speculate the rumour that only verandas would be available but I can’t see this being the case. For the most part, if the virus is on the ship, it’s on the ship. I’m sure many of you have looked at other cruise lines offering similar and they have a range of rooms available at present including inside rooms. Royal Carribean have a 5 night, approx £730 each based on 2 sharing. Disney does look at competitors when pricing so it’s reasonable to expect a price in that range. If you look at the current prices for a 3 night Dream cruise in October, the cheapest option is around £1000 total based on 2 sharing. It’s reasonable to expect them to be around the same. For the most part, Disney aren’t telling you much at the moment because they have to comply with Public Health England rules which in all honesty, have not provided many firm decisions in a maritime capacity at the moment. Personally it’s left me very unsure about what to do. As with anything, it’s all interchangeable and Public Health could do a u turn. We’ve all been here already. We thought we’d be able to cruise last summer and it never happened
However, the fact Disney feel confident enough to get people back to work is a good sign. I’ll cross my fingers for us all!
more about these cruises and the prices! I used to work for DCL and have friends returning to the ships. They know as little as us but I will say if you take a look on the DCL jobs website there is a position for ‘Public Health Officer’ which gives some tiny insight into the Covid procedures. In a nutshell it looks like they will have their own test and trace management system for the entire ship, guests and employees. It looks like they will be heavily relying on an app to implement procedures which will alert you to get regular temperature checks and what not. I work in healthcare now and from my own experience of infection control, I think ships are a very unique consideration. In the unlikely event of an outbreak, with the testing procedures we now have, this outbreak would be easier to manage becuase it’s in a contained environment. That could unfortunately mean a lot of uncertainty in terms of your cruise going ahead. If there was an outbreak on any of the cruises they would most certainly return to port and cancel that particular cruise and then have to have no guests for at least two weeks. I don’t know enough about the ships ventilation system to speculate the rumour that only verandas would be available but I can’t see this being the case. For the most part, if the virus is on the ship, it’s on the ship. I’m sure many of you have looked at other cruise lines offering similar and they have a range of rooms available at present including inside rooms. Royal Carribean have a 5 night, approx £730 each based on 2 sharing. Disney does look at competitors when pricing so it’s reasonable to expect a price in that range. If you look at the current prices for a 3 night Dream cruise in October, the cheapest option is around £1000 total based on 2 sharing. It’s reasonable to expect them to be around the same. For the most part, Disney aren’t telling you much at the moment because they have to comply with Public Health England rules which in all honesty, have not provided many firm decisions in a maritime capacity at the moment. Personally it’s left me very unsure about what to do. As with anything, it’s all interchangeable and Public Health could do a u turn. We’ve all been here already. We thought we’d be able to cruise last summer and it never happened
However, the fact Disney feel confident enough to get people back to work is a good sign. I’ll cross my fingers for us all!
. Although we will miss out I do think it’s what has to be done to ensure everything goes smoothly.
