Probability that Disney will cancel sailings?

[_auroraborealis_]

If ports start turning away ships too much I can also see them taking 7-day sailings to 4 day sailings again.

 

[Jack15129]

We are on the Fantasy 7 night sailing departing 1/22/2022. This cruise was a rescheduled one from last Jan/2021. We’ve gone back and forth but decided we’d go now if we can get on the ship. We are fully vx and so now only concern is the pre-boarding test. So stressful worrying about that. We’re flying down day before, staying off World and driving to port next day. We are resolved that planned ports/excursions may change.
Part of me wishes Disney would just cancel that departure so we could focus on doing something else. Patiently waiting for any news…

 

[Marvelgeek82]

We are on the Fantasy 7 night sailing departing 1/22/2022. This cruise was a rescheduled one from last Jan/2021. We’ve gone back and forth but decided we’d go now if we can get on the ship. We are fully vx and so now only concern is the pre-boarding test. So stressful worrying about that. We’re flying down day before, staying off World and driving to port next day. We are resolved that planned ports/excursions may change.
Part of me wishes Disney would just cancel that departure so we could focus on doing something else. Patiently waiting for any news…

Almost exact same with us. We are on the fantasy on the 29th. Flying out day before from west coast.
We have a few errands to run today and then fully staying home and not being around anyone. We have some backup plans in case the cruise itself gets canceled or if we test positive at port. But, very stressful for me as I’m an anxious person anyway. doing my best to control everything that I can, and remembering that most of it is not in my control.
Hoping you and yours have a great cruise!

 

[Freeman867]

Almost exact same with us. We are on the fantasy on the 29th. Flying out day before from west coast.
We have a few errands to run today and then fully staying home and not being around anyone. We have some backup plans in case the cruise itself gets canceled or if we test positive at port. But, very stressful for me as I’m an anxious person anyway. doing my best to control everything that I can, and remembering that most of it is not in my control.
Hoping you and yours have a great cruise!

It's very unlikely you'll test positive at the port if you catch COVID from your traveling. There just won't be enough time to catch it and have it show up on a test in that short period of time. Just stay hunkered down the week before your cruise, take a PCR test regularly if it's easy to do in your area, avoid the rapid tests if possible due to their unreliability compared to PCR tests, time a PCR test 2-3 days out so you get your results the day before you fly out, and know you did everything in your power to not test positive. I was worried about testing positive for our cruise, but not anymore because we hold the power in our actions that would lead to us unknowingly testing positive at the port.

 

[mzspaz]

We are on the Fantasy 7 night sailing departing 1/22/2022. This cruise was a rescheduled one from last Jan/2021. We’ve gone back and forth but decided we’d go now if we can get on the ship. We are fully vx and so now only concern is the pre-boarding test. So stressful worrying about that. We’re flying down day before, staying off World and driving to port next day. We are resolved that planned ports/excursions may change.
Part of me wishes Disney would just cancel that departure so we could focus on doing something else. Patiently waiting for any news…

We are on this cruise and have also gone back and forth. We are taking precautions, have backup plans in place, and I am now resigned to the fact that "what will be....will be". But I agree with that part of you about Disney canceling......I think the unknown is stressing me out more than this stupid virus!

 

[DCLMP]

We are on the Fantasy 7 night sailing departing 1/22/2022. This cruise was a rescheduled one from last Jan/2021. We’ve gone back and forth but decided we’d go now if we can get on the ship. We are fully vx and so now only concern is the pre-boarding test. So stressful worrying about that. We’re flying down day before, staying off World and driving to port next day. We are resolved that planned ports/excursions may change.
Part of me wishes Disney would just cancel that departure so we could focus on doing something else. Patiently waiting for any news…

Why is the pre-boarding testing your only concern?

 

[Jack15129]

Why is the pre-boarding testing your only concern?

Pre-boarding test is only concern in that,
we can pre-test before leaving, hunker down, etc, but the gate to the ship is the pre-boarding test result. That is the stressful concern IMO.

 

[yowcruiser]

We are on the Fantasy 7 night sailing departing 1/22/2022. This cruise was a rescheduled one from last Jan/2021. We’ve gone back and forth but decided we’d go now if we can get on the ship. We are fully vx and so now only concern is the pre-boarding test. So stressful worrying about that. We’re flying down day before, staying off World and driving to port next day. We are resolved that planned ports/excursions may change.
Part of me wishes Disney would just cancel that departure so we could focus on doing something else. Patiently waiting for any news…

On the same cruise... and yes, we are all in the same holding pattern...

 

[AquaDame]

Several posts have been removed from this thread as they were presenting anecdotal evidence as fact. I know a portion of this thread is speculative, but would rather keep it open so people can find support and vent if possible.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/policy-on-covid-related-discussions.3840344/

 

[DCLMP]

Several posts have been removed from this thread as they were presenting anecdotal evidence as fact. I know a portion of this thread is speculative, but would rather keep it open so people can find support and vent if possible.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/policy-on-covid-related-discussions.3840344/

How is posting your personal experience presenting anything as fact? I’m always curious to read what symptoms people have.

 

[AquaDame]

How is posting your personal experience presenting anything as fact? I’m always curious to read what symptoms people have.

There was a comment that "the data" didn't support that which others had said were their experiences. After that point it was getting debate-y. The webmasters have asked that we stay away from such debate on the sticky. The comment(s) were reported, so I felt I had to take action.

"In summary: COVID related discussion should be limited to actual policy and practical application, and NOT veer into opinion or debate."

 

[mevelandry]

We all know COVID is running rampant. I’ve seen that some cruise lines are cancelling their sailings. Just curious, do you think Disney will as well? Or just modify ports when those ports change their requirements?

Omicron has not peaked yet and we are seeing a rise in cases everywhere around the world. So my answer is: very likely.

 

[DisneYE]

Omicron has not peaked yet and we are seeing a rise in cases everywhere around the world. So my answer is: very likely.

South Africa, where it originated, started to trend downwards... Europe is 2-3 weeks behind, North America 3-4 wks
Still, imo cruises should pause until the Summer. Otherwise more cases will keep piling up on ships & it can trigger the CDC issue a ban on sailings which could set back the industry to March 2020.

 

[mevelandry]

South Africa, where it originated, started to trend downwards... Europe is 2-3 weeks behind, North America 3-4 wks
Still, imo cruises should pause until the Summer. Otherwise more cases will keep piling up on ships & it can trigger the CDC issue a ban on sailings which could be set back the industry to March 2020.

I’m not sure what the best course is, honestly. Pause all sailings for a few weeks? Test guests every day instead of embarkation only ($$$) in order to keep sailing? I won’t be surprised if we see more and more sailings cancelled or shortened in the next weeks.

 

[tvguy]

I don't know. I thought he was not to be named.

He is not to be named at Hogwarts. He may be named on the DIS