The stress

[hrhdhd]

I keep reading about cruise ships not being allowed into ports because of outbreaks onboard and I’m wondering what’s prompting the cruiselines to test so many people onboard.

I am currently on a cruise ship. People who have symptoms report to the infirmary to get tested. Then close contacts are tested.

 

[Sykes]

I keep reading about cruise ships not being allowed into ports because of outbreaks onboard and I’m wondering what’s prompting the cruiselines to test so many people onboard.

Most of the outbreaks that have prompted this are amongst crew who are required to be tested regularly. Symptomatic guests are also tested which is where they’re finding other cases, but the situations of 20 or 50 cases at a time are from regular testing of crew.

 

[Kae]

It’s way more than I ever thought it could be. We are a fully vaccinated family cruising the 27th from Galveston. We tested negative yesterday but the stress of these next two days. Seeing family that some don’t care and are going party to party and around people who have tested positive. Not us but others that we are likely to cross paths with. We can’t go in a selfish Christmas bubble. But not sure with omicron being less severe than the flu but more transmissible is being handled fairly by the cdc. After reading the story in these boards of the family on 12/20 cruise makes it even worse. It’s gonna happen to many people at the port.
It’s so much stress to anticipate flying down, and just not knowing.

You are stressing over your lack of control of other people. Just because someone chooses to live differently than you does not make them selfish. some folks might say your selfish for traveling at this time.
Go and have a great time and do what you feel works for your family.

 

[Wosmama6]

I sort of wonder when the cost outweighs the benefit to the cruise lines... all the testing, not being able to go to ports, unhappy guests, refunds, etc. Obviously they're spending money any way you roll it but I'm wondering where the threshold for "we only have 800 people scheduled to cruise and about 10% of guests are testing positive before or at port"... where is that line to cancel the cruise entirely? I'm not saying it's likely, I'm just curious.

 

[Freeman867]

I sort of wonder when the cost outweighs the benefit to the cruise lines... all the testing, not being able to go to ports, unhappy guests, refunds, etc. Obviously they're spending money any way you roll it but I'm wondering where the threshold for "we only have 800 people scheduled to cruise and about 10% of guests are testing positive before or at port"... where is that line to cancel the cruise entirely? I'm not saying it's likely, I'm just curious.

The problem is testing is a Yes/No answer. It doesn't say whether the viral load is such that the person should be contagious or symptomatic or just have a really low viral load that will leave them asymptomatic and not contagious at all. The NFL is running into this same trouble with testing right now with Omicron being a far more contagious, though to this point, a much less severe strain.

 

[knewton64]

I am waiting for my test results for the Dream sailing today. People from our fb page have already been turned away For asymptomatic positive results. They will not retest. I feel horrible for them.

My heart breaks when I read this

I keep reading about cruise ships not being allowed into ports because of outbreaks onboard and I’m wondering what’s prompting the cruiselines to test so many people onboard.

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Is Disney testing their passengers whiie on board ?

 

[dvcgirl67]

Last year all of my customers stayed home for the Christmas/NY's holiday. I own a pet sitting business and it's usually the busiest vacation week of the year. This year I had about 50% of the business lined up that I had Christmas week of 2019 because a lot of people just decided (pre-omicron) that they didn't want to travel. However, since this new variant, all but a few have canceled....either because they got covid, got freaked out about possibly getting covid, got concerned that their flights would be canceled, were worried that they couldn't get back into the country if they failed a test, and one who canceled DCL due to a positive covid test. Once on the cruise, you have to worry about someone in your party, or someone near you on the ship testing positive, and then spending your cruise in quarantine. It's like paying to add insane amounts of stress to your life...the opposite of what a vacation is supposed to be.

There's just waaaayyyy too many things that can go wrong on almost every vacation scenario right now. I think by next year the rules are going to have to change regarding testing/isolating...etc. It's too disruptive on all parts of the economy. Hoping this is the last huge wave to hit us all this quickly.

 

[lanejudy]

Is Disney testing their passengers whiie on board ?

DCL is regularly testing crew, and it sounds like most of those positives impacting other cruiselines are actually crew positives.

DCL is also testing anyone who is symptomatic -- crew or passenger. From there, they may be testing close-contacts.

DCL is also testing all non-vaccinated passengers on a cruise of 5+ nights on the morning prior to debarkation. This has also resulted in some guests being quarantine either due to a positive test or being a close-contact.

 

[Take The Stairs]

I sort of wonder when the cost outweighs the benefit to the cruise lines... all the testing, not being able to go to ports, unhappy guests, refunds, etc. Obviously they're spending money any way you roll it but I'm wondering where the threshold for "we only have 800 people scheduled to cruise and about 10% of guests are testing positive before or at port"... where is that line to cancel the cruise entirely? I'm not saying it's likely, I'm just curious.

I’m vaxed and boosted as of last month as are my husband and daughter. My test has comeback positive 3 times so we are canceling our 7 day eastern we were due to go on tomorrow. I don’t feel horrible. But I’m not great either. Like a bad sinus infection. I wear a mask and distance so thankfully I did not make anyone else sick so far. We live about an hour from port so no biggie ..spring break will be fine. Good luck to everyone boarding this week.

 

[Take The Stairs]

I’m vaxed and boosted as of last month as are my husband and daughter. My test has comeback positive 3 times so we are canceling our 7 day eastern we were due to go on tomorrow. I don’t feel horrible. But I’m not great either. Like a bad sinus infection. I wear a mask and distance so thankfully I did not make anyone else sick so far. We live about an hour from port so no biggie ..spring break will be fine. Good luck to everyone boarding this week.

 

[BruinEd03]

You are stressing over your lack of control of other people. Just because someone chooses to live differently than you does not make them selfish. some folks might say your selfish for traveling at this time.
Go and have a great time and do what you feel works for your family.

I don’t think the OP called anyone selfish, at least in the post that you quoted.

Also, “having a great time” is not as easy as one might think before getting on the ship. Having had first hand experience, even if you isolate before the cruise, you are still anxious about testing positive at the port, especially since the numbers and stats aren’t publicly available. You’re also thinking about contingency plans if you test positive. True, DCL will give a refund, but it’s the process of getting home. Once you’re on the ship, that’s a different matter.

 

[BruinEd03]

I’m vaxed and boosted as of last month as are my husband and daughter. My test has comeback positive 3 times so we are canceling our 7 day eastern we were due to go on tomorrow. I don’t feel horrible. But I’m not great either. Like a bad sinus infection. I wear a mask and distance so thankfully I did not make anyone else sick so far. We live about an hour from port so no biggie ..spring break will be fine. Good luck to everyone boarding this week.

That sucks. Hope you have a speedy recovery! At least you knew before arriving at Port.

 

[dvcgirl67]

I’m vaxed and boosted as of last month as are my husband and daughter. My test has comeback positive 3 times so we are canceling our 7 day eastern we were due to go on tomorrow. I don’t feel horrible. But I’m not great either. Like a bad sinus infection. I wear a mask and distance so thankfully I did not make anyone else sick so far. We live about an hour from port so no biggie ..spring break will be fine. Good luck to everyone boarding this week.

Feel better! And honestly I think you saved yourself a lot of possible stress in attempting to travel right now . Betting you have much better luck in the spring

 

[Cheburashka]

I sort of wonder when the cost outweighs the benefit to the cruise lines... all the testing, not being able to go to ports, unhappy guests, refunds, etc. Obviously they're spending money any way you roll it but I'm wondering where the threshold for "we only have 800 people scheduled to cruise and about 10% of guests are testing positive before or at port"... where is that line to cancel the cruise entirely? I'm not saying it's likely, I'm just curious.

The numbers aren't like that, though. The Disney ships are smaller than most mass market cruise ships, and even Disney ships are sailing with well over a thousand guests per cruise, often two thousand or more guests per cruise. And only a relatively small number test positive at port. The testing & refunds have costs for them, sure, and cruising isn't currently as lucrative as it was a few years ago, but what they're doing now is a much better deal for them than sailing their ships aimlessly in the ocean, with no paying customers onboard.

 

[LovesBelle]

After reading the story in these boards of the family on 12/20 cruise makes it even worse. It’s gonna happen to many people at the port.
It’s so much stress to anticipate flying down, and just not knowing.

What is the story of the 12/20 cruise?

 

[Cheburashka]

This is a good time to sail solo. No one to worry about testing positive except yourself.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

This is a good time to sail solo. No one to worry about testing positive except yourself.

Well, of course, there's all the people onboard you'd be exposed to, unless you're planning on staying in your room the whole time.

 

[Cheburashka]

Well, of course, there's all the people onboard you'd be exposed to, unless you're planning on staying in your room the whole time.

They're not in your travel party, so you don't have to worry about being denied boarding if they test positive at port. That is the big fear that the OP and others are stressing about on this thread, traveling to the port and being denied boarding due to one person in their party testing positive.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

We can’t go in a selfish Christmas bubble.

We did. We're booked on the 14-night WBPC sailing in March. I have enough time off in my work bank for our trip, flying to NOLA 2 days prior, plus 3 spare days which hopefully I won't need to use. Sick time and vacation time come from the same bank of time so if I have to burn up a week or 2 with covid, even a mild case, I have to cancel our cruise. There are no more PC crossings in 2022 or 2023 so if we miss this one, we'd have to choose another cruise line to make it happen.
So yeah, I don't care if people are annoyed with me. The only time I'm going to take any risk is in Feb for my dad's 80th birthday dinner. It will be around 22 people but in a private room that can seat 40 so plenty of space.
We recently received an invitation to one of dh's friend's milestone birthday party in mid Jan. I feel bad but I just can't take that risk.

 

[Wosmama6]

The numbers aren't like that, though.

Not yet for sure. But with even boosted people testing pos now, I just wonder how quickly those numbers will soar and if they will reach a "pausing ships in January" point