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Originally Posted by FG111
Working hard for many years, saving your money and living a good life entitles one to retiring to warmer climates and beginning your cruise addiction. Until the pandemic, my wife and I usually cruised twice a year and we both really miss our cruises.
When do you guys think it will be safe to cruise again and what limitations will the cruise lines place in order to minimize the spread of COVID? I personally believe the CDC will not permit cruises to restart until August 1st and I personally don't plan on cruising until the beginning of the year 2022. Additionally I believe the cruise lines will mandate before boarding proof of vaccine, proof of a recent negative COVID test and the ships will only sail @ 50% capacity in order to minimize passenger contact. And worst of all, I believe the buffet as we have been accustomed to is a finished concept.
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Im a big timer cruiser for years. Have been on short ones and 4 week European cruises. Twice I got neurovirus on one of the long cruises and I was never so sick in my entire life. The virus spread like wildfire through the passengers and we returned after the cruise with 32% of the ship sick. I think it will be a long time before I trust cruising. Ive seen first hand how rapidly a virus spreads and it was mostly due to ignorant passengers who refused to follow protocol when the virus started. So, the ship can have a ton of rules in place if a virus occurs but if you have selfish non caring passengers, no rules will matter. They will do what they want.