I was sick for four years and ended up at home. Quite a change from 4-5 vacations (usually cruises) I had become accustomed to doing.
A year ago, I started making vacations plans again. St Thomas to use a timeshare week. I was able to step on and off boats, get out of chairs, fly on an airplane - and use the rolling stairs at the airport. I was back.
Then a spontaneous trip to WDW in January (again, timeshare use before expiration date).
Gave Carnival Cruises a try over SuperBowl weekend. Proof I was able to go alone.
More timeshare weeks available, so off to Hawaii in March when there was a window of low airfare. And that’s when the shutdown occurred.
I bumped an early May trip to St Kitts to late May in St Thomas. Seriously? I thought we’d get back to travel less than 4 weeks later?
Our Nov 7 Magic cruise was still on until
DCL pulled the plug. We went to Hilton Head (yes, another timeshare week leftover from years of staying home). Now looking forward to an opportunity to go back.
We booked Magic in the Fjords for Nov 2021 while still planning on this November’s Magic. With the cancellation, we switched to another November 2021 Magic to include my niece +husband, our original November sailing party. I was looking forward to visiting San Juan before this year’s cruise, but in 2021, the cruise was a day shorter with less interesting ports. We picked a different itinerary a week later - Still stoked to be on the Magic; this time only requiring getting to Miami - and using a RT ticket. With the hope of docking at CC.
Now I’ve managed to slip in a September visit to WDW and will return to WDW during our week set aside for our November cruise. Planned at a moment‘s notice while things look clear enough.
Keeping an eye open for re-opening of vacation destinations. I
Probably won’t make any plans for airline-required trips until travel really resumes, especially if we need to test for Covid, until access to rapid test results is easily available.
Beyond this? The new ships as they come out, some national parks are calling - Yellowstone, Big 5 in Utah, Crater Lake.
Returns to St Thomas and Hilton Head.
And my niece who thought she was done with cruising, announced she wanted to go back for another Alaska Cruise. I’m rubbing my hands in anticipation of that one.