Cruise Coming Up, Would You Take?

[rocky]

Please don't pass this along to the "travel" section, I'm asking a serious question. I have a cruise that is to leave Miami on 3/23; going to Key West and Cozumel; so would you go ahead with the cruise knowing what we know about the coronavirus? I'm saying yes but have friends, and I work at a university who are medical, pharmacy professionals, are saying, nope no ship for you..but it's in an area not hit yet by the virus, on Celebrity Infinity who has an area that doesn't include across the Atlantic. Thoughts? Please I welcome you thoughts.

[+ FreshFluff]

[CuriousByNature]

One consideration might be whether or not you'll enjoy yourself on the cruise if the corona scare remains on your mind during the vacation.

[tanman4u]

I wouldn't worry about getting it myself, but I would worry about someone else coming down with "something" else and causing everyone on the ship to be quarantined for two weeks.

[+ purplekow]

Unfortunately several ships have been centers of concern. I saw today that a ship had 2400 people quarantined to their room for the remainder of the cruise as a result of a single person with an exposure. The next item on the news was tracking the first case in NYC in which 18 people have been confirmed to have contracted the disease from him and another 168 have been quarantined. With that kind of spread and the heightened sense of worry, it is possible for just the hint of a sneeze or a cough or a fever would be enough for the cruise line to quarantine the entire ship. Ten days on a boat in a room, is not my idea of a good time. If I had travel insurance I would definitely cancel. Without it, I would weigh the pros and cons and make my decision based on number of cases in your area and type of screening, if any, the cruise line is doing.

[+ FreshFluff]

Given how aggressively this is spreading, I wouldn’t take any chances. It might be worth cancelling even if you’re not insured, though that’s a tough pill to swallow.

[+ nycman]

Are you nuts?

[+ sniper]

I would be concerned that between now and then there will be some travel restrictions placed whether by the government or your employer and you might be forced to take 2 weeks off work involuntarily. Do you know if they would pay you?

[+ Keith30309]

I’d think really hard about this. There’s 3500 folks on the Grand Princess sitting off the California coast and “no guests will be allowed to disembark until all test results are received”.

It’s early in the process of learning how to deal with this but right now all it takes is a single person to maybe be sick and you’re stuck. I believe that all guests have been asked to remain 6 feet from each other.... so much for a conga-line.

 

Edited March 6, 2020 by Keith30309

[EZEtoGRU]

I would not take a cruise anywhere right now. Period.

[+ DERRIK]

Guys The number incidents involving cruise ship does not seem to be a coincidence

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I believe that all guests have been asked to remain 6 feet from each other.... so much for a conga-line.

 

 

 

Julie McCoy would not put up with this shit.

 

Even with Corona lurking, she'd still start a proper conga line.

[+ Charlie]

The real problem is not where the cruise ship has been, but who the other passengers are. You don't know where they have been or whom they have been exposed to before the cruise.

[Guest]

** Money can be replaced; Time and health cannot. **

[+ dupontversDC]

I'm heading to London in a few weeks, unless things change significantly for the worse, I'm going.

 

So I'm far from gun-shy about travel right now, that said, I'd likely not get on a cruise ship for the reasons stated above.

[down_to_business]

I am barely willing to fly domestically at the moment. No way in hell I would get on a ship and risk what others have talked about (quarantine etc.). I also couldn't fathom eating off a buffet in this environment.

 

Full disclosure though, I hope people are willing as I invested in cruise stocks after the huge drop in prices hoping for an eventual recovery.

[+ sync]

I'm not panicking at this point, but I would not tempt fate with a cruise or any other mass travel environment.

[edjames]

Just in case...I'd make sure I understood the cancellation policy. Also, check your travel insurance and credit card policies regarding trip cancellation/interruption.

I wouldn't go and would put if off to another date in the future.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Full disclosure though, I hope people are willing as I invested in cruise stocks after the huge drop in prices hoping for an eventual recovery.

 

I did the same with airline stock recently.

 

They always rebound. You just have to hold onto it for a bit.

[CuriousByNature]

Julie McCoy would not put up with this shit.

 

Even with Corona lurking, she'd still start a proper conga line.

Absolutely agree. However, to be fair, Julie also had Doc to rely upon. And Isaac's daiquiris likely had a medicinal effect as well.

[+ tassojunior]

No way, no how, any cruise is leaving 3/23.

 

I'm more concerned that even US-Europe flights will be canceled. I have friends coming to the US in 6 days for 2 months and I return with them to Europe May 11.

 

I hope.

[Guest]

Communicable diseases, gluttony and a chance for quarantine. Sounds fantastic, let's go!

[+ sniper]

I wouldn't count on travel insurance covering you, as since the outbreak was already known about in January, it's quite possibly excluded in the policy language.

[+ Just966]

Definitely a no at this point!

[Guest]

Harry Sommer. March 6, 2020

President & CEO

Norwegian Cruise Line:

 

I want to provide our guests and travel partners with reassurance, so I am very pleased to announce our new Peace of Mind policy. Simply put, for any voyage from March 10, 2020 through September 30, 2020, guests are free to cancel anytime up to 48 hours in advance of embarkation. Please note that this new policy applies to individual and group bookings only. Anyone choosing to cancel will receive a full refund in the form of a future cruise credit to be used for sailings that embark through December 31, 2022. This is by far the most consumer-friendly policy in the industry. We put our guests first!