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Originally Posted by coffeebean
For hubby and me, there is nothing that compares to being on the water in a floating resort hotel with a water park (LOVE that stuff)......nothing! We learned quite some time ago to stay away from the main dining rooms. We dine only in the specialty restaurants and that elevates our experience to another level. We still do the buffet at breakfast but sometimes also do specialty restaurants at lunch if we don't go to the buffet then.
We have seen the decline you speak about as we have been cruising since 2001. We've done plenty of land vacations including all over Europe, Australia and Hawaii but we still prefer to be on a cruise ship at this time of our lives. Pack and unpack once. Can't wait to sail again.
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Thinking that you are truly safe with the vaccine and it solves all problems in terms of eliminating COVID from our lives is Fool's Gold. However, I'm pragmatic and tend to err on the side of caution so I am fully vaccinated but at the same time completely understand those who distrust/fear the vaccine. Court rulings and other mandates marginalize people like this and make them feel "lesser than". I can bring up of a couple examples but they would be off-topic and kind of hot button and I don't want to go there.
I'd also like to remind everyone that cruise ships and their passengers is how we got here in the first place. It was on the cruise ships that the first known cases of Americans affected with COVID-19 and it couldn't be contained.
I think cruising is a highly dangerous activity amid a global pandemic, especially with the likelihood of more variants, some which may not be controlled or affected by the vaccines.