Uhm....Bahamas is now requiring vaccinations for all passengers over 12..

[orangecuse]

I'm thrilled, and I hope this stays long term!

 

[jrapps]

MSC cruises has already reacted and updated requirements for all cruises out of FL to require vaccines.

 

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MSC cruises has already reacted and updated requirements for all cruises out of FL to require vaccines.

We should have started a pool as soon as this news broke on when we would see an announcement from Disney.

 

[jrapps]

We should have started a pool as soon as this news broke on when we would see an announcement from Disney.

Not before Monday

 

[sethschroeder]

MSC cruises has already reacted and updated requirements for all cruises out of FL to require vaccines.

Thanks for the updates.

While I feel sorry for those who for a any specific reason are very hesitant at this point it is what it is.

 

[sethschroeder]

Not before Monday

The 6th right? That's labor day so the 7th.

I joked that even for our cruise they will tell us at the port lol.

 

[Dug720]

The 6th right? That's labor day so the 7th.

I joked that even for our cruise they will tell us at the port lol.

No, Monday is the 23rd. There are two more weeks before Labor Day.

 

[jrapps]

No, Monday is the 23rd. There are two more weeks before Labor Day.

I think he was saying a joke that they would say something on Monday the 6th after the sailing of the 9/3 cruise was supposed to happen. LOL

 

[Dug720]

I think he was saying a joke that they would say something on Monday the 6th after the sailing of the 9/3 cruise was supposed to happen. LOL

Ah. Sarcasm doesn't carry well in print.

 

[sethschroeder]

I think he was saying a joke that they would say something on Monday the 6th after the sailing of the 9/3 cruise was supposed to happen. LOL

Bingo

 

[ofcabbagesandkings]

Good. Maybe this will be the one thing to get recalcitrant otherwise healthy Floridians to finally get the vax (my best friend among them). We've been wanting to take a girls cruise but she's been saying how she won't sail out of X or Y port because their home city requires vaccine passports. Maybe if people realize this is gonna be the baseline expectation for most international travel destinations, they'll finally go along with it.

 

[g_ppetto]

Bahamas going to great lengths to keep Michael Kay out

Can you blame them? He put out mis-information and when people call him out on it, he deletes / hides their comments. So many comments are no longer visible. Even his explanation was inaccurate. People need accurate information regarding COVID and cruising. It would have been so easy for him to explain and correct the bad infomation. He didn't help. I know of a few that unsubscribed. I hope he enjoyed his last cruise for quite a while.

And, a tip of the hat to you! It was chuckles all around here.

 

[princesscinderella]

They could get J&J by tomorrow and be fully vaxxed.

Kids 12+ are not approved for J&J though.

 

[Chrissy-Mickey]

I'm thrilled, and I hope this stays long term!

You're thrilled that they can't cruise starting September 3rd?!?
Disney cruises out of Florida, so they can't mandate vaccinations but they now can't cruise to Castaway without it.

 

[jrapps]

 

[jrapps]

You're thrilled that they can't cruise starting September 3rd?!?
Disney cruises out of Florida, so they can't mandate vaccinations but they now can't cruise to Castaway without it.

Who said they can't cruise. You are assuming they will cancel. I don't think they will.

 

[Sykes]

You're thrilled that they can't cruise starting September 3rd?!?
Disney cruises out of Florida, so they can't mandate vaccinations but they now can't cruise to Castaway without it.

Both NCL and Royal Caribbean are already sailing out of Florida with mandatory vaccine documentation (although NCL and RCI took decidedly different paths to doing so). I don't see any reason why DCL would choose to cancel rather than following suit.

 

[orangecuse]

You're thrilled that they can't cruise starting September 3rd?!?
Disney cruises out of Florida, so they can't mandate vaccinations but they now can't cruise to Castaway without it.

I think this will allow mandating all eligible cruisers be vaccinated and for that I am thrilled, yes. NCL already has their exception, and Disney has decent lawyers.

 

[indylaw99]

Didn't Disney say at one point that they already expected a really high percentage of their over 12 cruisers to be vaccinated anyway? I don't remember where I read it but I thought they said it was something like 80 or 90 percent? I'll see if I can find the news article. If that is the case, this wouldn't change things much for them because they would only be looking at a 10 or 20 percent cancellation rate. That should still leave the cruises pretty profitable compared to a lot of the early cruises (like the RC one I was on last week) that have been at 25-30 percent total capacity. At that point it's just a matter of what Disney wants to offer people who have to cancel. I don't think they would have to offer any real incentives because it's not their policy change. It's the port.

 

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Is that in the new Genie+ app, DCL edition?