Is anyone considering postponing a trip?

[Disturbia]

I found NAC helped after recovering from ‘walking pneumonia’ in 2014 (Google pneumonia and NAC). As others have said rest and staying hydrated (liquid IV/pedialyte packets help) are best. Drink hot liquids (for steam) and add ginger (ginger relaxes airways; do not use powder to inhale).

I also use Vicks Vapshower tablets and eucalyptus Dr teals bath salts when I feel a cold coming on.

 

[Disturbia]

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[focusondisney]

We should have checked into YC today but cancelled last week. We’re in our mid 60s, vaccinated & boosted. Both still working part time, going to retire in April. We actually took 5 trips to WDW in 2021 & we did fine. However, this variant has me being a little more cautious. I know so many people, including close family members, who are fully vaccinated & boosted who have been infected in the last few weeks. Thankfully all of them have recovered. Our DD also tested + last week & is still recovering. She had spent the day with my DH the day before she got sick. Happily he did not get it. I also have an 89 year old mother who is very frail that we care for at home. My siblings & I have done everything in our power to keep her from catching it because with her medical issues, there’s no way she’d survive it.

So this just wasn’t the right time for us to travel. We already have another trip booked for late April. That trip will be to celebrate our retirement & a big birthday for me. I’m pretty confident things will be better by then & we’ll be able to go.

 

[Saad]

We postponed our Dec/Jan trip and would like to visit in early March. How is the overall surge there now? Better?

 

[flowergleam1211]

Hello! I was thinking of scheduling a trip during the week of Labor Day, but I have some hesitations. At least two members of our family of four have had COVID infections that did not lead to any severe outcomes (thank goodness!), but daily life was still a bit challenging when people needed to isolate, couldn't go to school, couldn't go to work, etc. I'm also not excited about the idea of potentially testing positive while on vacation. I understand that everyone values the vacation experiences differently, along the risks that come along with traveling in this current COVID world, but I'm curious if there there any others who are in the same boat of wanting to plan a Disney trip but are feeling risk averse and cautious.

 

[flowergleam1211]

I should also clarify that for my situation, I would need to air travel and there is a possibility that I would travel alone with my twin five year olds!

 

[Grasshopper2016]

I think that there are a great many of us in your basic situation --- wanting very much to travel to Disney (or somewhere else) but also worrying about Covid (both its medical risk and the disruption that a positive test can cause in our lives).

All of us will weigh the pros and cons and reach our own decisions. There is no universally correct answer here.

Speaking for myself, as the pandemic drags through its third year, with no obvious end in sight, I have increasingly placed more weight on getting on with our lives as best we can, and less weight on avoiding risk. We postponed a trip last Labor Day, due to the unfortunate timing of the Delta surge right at the beginning of the school year. I don't regret that choice. But I also have no plans to postpone my upcoming August trip (unless something quite significant changes).

Yes, there are real risks. But my kids aren't getting any younger, and neither am I.

 

[Mango7100]

Hello! I was thinking of scheduling a trip during the week of Labor Day, but I have some hesitations. At least two members of our family of four have had COVID infections that did not lead to any severe outcomes (thank goodness!), but daily life was still a bit challenging when people needed to isolate, couldn't go to school, couldn't go to work, etc. I'm also not excited about the idea of potentially testing positive while on vacation. I understand that everyone values the vacation experiences differently, along the risks that come along with traveling in this current COVID world, but I'm curious if there there any others who are in the same boat of wanting to plan a Disney trip but are feeling risk averse and cautious.

Things may be much different in September—maybe better. But we were at Disney and then Miami May 16-23 and I tested positive May 22 (2 days after we left Disney). We masked indoors at all time and only ate outside but I still got it. We also drove. We did end up cutting our trip short and driving home once I got my positive. If we had flown it would have been much trickier to get home—either quarantine there for 5 days or get on a plane knowing I have covid (which is what my BIL did when all 4 of them were sick at the end of their cruise, flew home while sick). My husband tested positive 4 days later, but DD never did. Luckily we had bad head cold symptoms so could still function, but flying alone with 2 younger kids if you are really sick is tough.

But now since we have our 90 recovery and DD is eligible to be boostered we are going on a cruise in July. Its almost a relief!

 

[PrincessNelly]

I think that there are a great many of us in your basic situation --- wanting very much to travel to Disney (or somewhere else) but also worrying about Covid (both its medical risk and the disruption that a positive test can cause in our lives).

All of us will weigh the pros and cons and reach our own decisions. There is no universally correct answer here.

Speaking for myself, as the pandemic drags through its third year, with no obvious end in sight, I have increasingly placed more weight on getting on with our lives as best we can, and less weight on avoiding risk. We postponed a trip last Labor Day, due to the unfortunate timing of the Delta surge right at the beginning of the school year. I don't regret that choice. But I also have no plans to postpone my upcoming August trip (unless something quite significant changes).

Yes, there are real risks. But my kids aren't getting any younger, and neither am I.

This pretty much summarizes how we are looking at travel. We are vaxxed & still wear mask in crowded areas but otherwise, we just go out into the world knowing it is always a risk.
We've been fortunate to remain covid-free ourselves despite friends & family catching it.

 

[Disturbia]

It helps to know what happens if you do get sick. You can quarantine in the Wilderness Cabins. Getting negative COVID tests are challenging but many of the restrictions are being lifted. Risk is individual and varies. I would go to your local zoo to get a feel of how you feel in crowds (took me a few visits).

There is no right or wrong answer. Disney is not going anywhere. We’ve been 4 times post COVID, but our kids have food allergies and Disney handles them better than anyone else. I keep a breath refresher spray on hand (herb pharm has at least 58% alcohol) and Vicks shower tabs. At this point I figure all our kids (going to school) have probably been exposed (2 kids are fully vaccinated; one is 2 years but has picked up whatever is going around).

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ne-is-like-at-the-most-magical-place-on-earth

Flights have been a nightmare and get routinely changed (mist of our trips we’re significantly impacted and we had to book last min on different flights)

https://www.disboards.com/threads/southwest-cancelled-our-flight-with-less-than-12-hours-.3878174/

 

[flowergleam1211]

There is no right or wrong answer. Disney is not going anywhere. We’ve been 4 times post COVID, but our kids have food allergies and Disney handles them better than anyone else. I keep a breath refresher spray on hand (herb pharm has at least 58% alcohol) and Vicks shower tabs. At this point I figure all our kids (going to school) have probably been exposed (2 kids are fully vaccinated; one is 2 years but has picked up whatever is going around).

my kids have food allergies, too, and in addition to loving WDW, i love that they can safely enjoy food there!

 

[DaviVascaino]

Guys, I hate to break to some of you, but Covid will NEVER EVER go away. it is a respiratory virus, that mutates incredibly easy, and very easy to transmit.

It will keep mutating, it will have surges every year given seasonality, and as the time goes on, it will put less and less people in the hospital (mutations tend to decrease severity of the disease). It is already milder strain for 99% of people.

Remember H1N1 flu in 2009? Swine flu?? Guess what, we are now on H3N2 (it keeps mutating). It still infects people to this day, it still kills people to this day (I got this crap last month, kicked my *** WAY HARDER than when I had covid).

I am not trying to be a debbie downer, please understand my comments. I just want you guys to understand this and make an informed decision about cancelling/postponing trips.

ps: I am a MD with training in immunosuppression and immunology.

Good luck!

 

[Disturbia]

I wouldn’t travel by myself with young kids. Spring break we had to drive 20+ hours because all flights were cancelled for 3 days. Just renting a car was an nightmare (2 phone chargers drained) and the car was one suitcase too small (they were running out of cars so no choice). There was little to no communication by the airline (we had printed boarding passes at 3:20 pm but no flights had left since the am).

We had to stop by a Walmart to get groceries, water bottles, car chargers (thankfully had an iPad that had an adjustable soft handle that could attach to the back seat), car seat, booster, pay more than double for a hotel room (one king bed for 5 people).

People who had deposited their luggage were still trying to track them down 10 hrs later and some people didn’t get them for several days (understaffed).

 

[mercuryvenus]

A group of 12 of us went to WDW at the end of May/beginning of June. All but one of us ended up with COVID. All of us are vaxxed/boosted, as much as our ages will allow. COVID impacted us to varying degrees, but to my knowledge no one had breathing problems and all of us have made total or almost complete recoveries by this point.

This is simply to say that, for us, we will continue to get boosters as the FDA/CDC recommend, but we aren’t going to stop living our lives.

 

[Mango7100]

I wouldn’t travel by myself with young kids. Spring break we had to drive 20+ hours because all flights were cancelled for 3 days. Just renting a car was an nightmare (2 phone chargers drained) and the car was one suitcase too small (they were running out of cars so no choice). There was little to no communication by the airline (we had printed boarding passes at 3:20 pm but no flights had left since the am).

We had to stop by a Walmart to get groceries, water bottles, car chargers (thankfully had an iPad that had an adjustable soft handle that could attach to the back seat), car seat, booster, pay more than double for a hotel room (one king bed for 5 people).

People who had deposited their luggage were still trying to track them down 10 hrs later and some people didn’t get them for several days (understaffed).

That sound awful! The flying right now just seems so frustrating. my sister in law had problems with both flights to and from Orlando last month. Ended up having to find hotels and drive to Jacksonvillle to be able to get back to NYC a day later than originally planned

 

[gottalovepluto]

Hello! I was thinking of scheduling a trip during the week of Labor Day, but I have some hesitations. At least two members of our family of four have had COVID infections that did not lead to any severe outcomes (thank goodness!), but daily life was still a bit challenging when people needed to isolate, couldn't go to school, couldn't go to work, etc. I'm also not excited about the idea of potentially testing positive while on vacation. I understand that everyone values the vacation experiences differently, along the risks that come along with traveling in this current COVID world, but I'm curious if there there any others who are in the same boat of wanting to plan a Disney trip but are feeling risk averse and cautious.

It’s either worth the risk to you or it isn’t. It’s a simple question and be honest with yourself when you answer it: Is that vacation worth the risk of getting Covid?

If your answer is no, you are not ready don’t book.

If your answer is yes, book it and go.

It does not matter what ANYONE else is “feeling”. They are not you, they cannot understand your situation.

 

[pwdebbie]

A group of 12 of us went to WDW at the end of May/beginning of June. All but one of us ended up with COVID. All of us are vaxxed/boosted, as much as our ages will allow. COVID impacted us to varying degrees, but to my knowledge no one had breathing problems and all of us have made total or almost complete recoveries by this point.

This is simply to say that, for us, we will continue to get boosters as the FDA/CDC recommend, but we aren’t going to stop living our lives.

My dd and family were there at the same time and were diagnosed with covid the day after they got home.

 

[MyTwoPrincesses]

It's a personal decision.

My entire family is vaxxed and boosted except my youngest who is just vaxxed. We canceled our December 2020 trip but went on our August 2021 trip during Delta. The parks were NOT crazy crowded and Disney had reinstated mask requirements. We masked indoors, ate outdoors - none of us got COVID (we were all vaxxed except my youngest). My brother canceled that trip because his kids weren't vaxxed. All the younger kids got vaxxed in November and adults got boosted, so we decided to go to Cancun over Christmas. My sister in law (vaxxed and boosted) and my nephew (recently vaxxed) got Omicron in Mexico, testing positive the day after we left. No one else got it. We are pretty careful and have been shifting to living our lives. That said, my kids didn't stop masking at school (along with about 50% of their classmates). And...my kid brought COVID home in May. It spread to the ENTIRE family. We all got it. And it's a bit of a relief because now we got it and we should hopefully be safe for a few months. We are not rescheduling our August 2022 trip. Hopefully no one will pick up COVID - my brother and niece haven't had it yet and my sister in law and nephew only had it in January. But COVID will be around for a long time. If you're vaxxed and boosted, the odds of having a serious infection are quite small.

 

[RG3]

Things may be much different in September—maybe better. But we were at Disney and then Miami May 16-23 and I tested positive May 22 (2 days after we left Disney). We masked indoors at all time and only ate outside but I still got it. We also drove. We did end up cutting our trip short and driving home once I got my positive. If we had flown it would have been much trickier to get home—either quarantine there for 5 days or get on a plane knowing I have covid (which is what my BIL did when all 4 of them were sick at the end of their cruise, flew home while sick). My husband tested positive 4 days later, but DD never did. Luckily we had bad head cold symptoms so could still function, but flying alone with 2 younger kids if you are really sick is tough.

But now since we have our 90 recovery and DD is eligible to be boostered we are going on a cruise in July. Its almost a relief!

I know this was your BIL and not you, but I truly don’t know where we are as a society when people are getting on airplanes knowingly having COVID & infecting others while flying sick…..

 

[beccasmom]

My DH and I both tested positive a month ago right after I returned to my office in mid-May (we both worked remotely for over two years). It was a bit demoralizing, but Covid infection rates were high in our area at that time and it seemed everyone was either exposed and/or infected. We were both ill with mild symptoms, but both of us still get easily fatigued and at times (with me, anyway) ”fuzzy-headed”. I can’t imagine how bad it could have been without the vaccines/boosters.

We have had general discussions about rescheduling our 7/31 trip, which have been based mostly on airline/airport issues. But I keep hearing about more folks getting sick while traveling and now that is another item for consideration. And of course anyone can be exposed anywhere. We were last at WDW in late July of 2021 and that was fine. Our energy levels are still sub-par as well right now. We keep ping-ponging back and forth. We will figure it out. Stay safe and well, everyone!