[FenneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Northwoods

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

Absolutely yes. I have a European river cruise booked this July and I am going. I have a Caribbean cruise booked this December and a P&O cruise out of Southampton booked in September 2021.

[Uphillputt330]

We never really liked cruises but did them when it made sense, I.e., Alaska, Baltic Sea, Egypt (Nile), China (Yangtze). Given we have done all of those we will not be cruising going forward.

As for flying, yes at some point but with a great deal of condition. We did most of the international vacationing we had intended in our 50s and early 60s and had always thought we would focus on domestic destinations as we got older. The time for domestic destinations is here

[toeser]

Originally Posted by kenoc7

It should not be referred to as the "Chinese Virus - it is COVID-19. If it is you should call the flu 100 years ago the American virus because it possibly originated in Kansas.

I prefer the more specific "Wuhan virus."

[ChickenDinner]

Originally Posted by BS Beef

Booked for both. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Alaska cruise will still be cancelled. But if it is not we will have no reservations (haha, I just reread this....that bad pun was unintentional).

You have to be smart but have to live life otherwise what’s the point?

My July 25th Alaskan cruise has been canceled.

[shellart3]

There have been other situations in our history where people said they won’t do this or that. Soon things will return to normal and we will go about our daily lives and in time this too will become a memory. It will fade and become part of our distant past.

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by BS Beef

Booked for both. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Alaska cruise will still be cancelled. But if it is not we will have no reservations (haha, I just reread this....that bad pun was unintentional).

You have to be smart but have to live life otherwise what’s the point?

we pulled the plug on our upcoming July Alaska cruise....we were flying into Seattle for a couple of days (hotspot) then over to Vancouver to sail up to the Alaskan coast

Our cruise line gave us all our money back and put a bonus in their travel bank to encourage us to rebook (we've sailed with this line 8 or 9 times)....the airline wasn't as flexible, but they eventually waived the fees...so we have the full cost of our 1st class non transferrable flights sitting in their travel bank.

We just weren't sure that the airlines and the cruise ship industry would have figured out how to constantly keep the planes/ships free of the virus....let a lone the hotels that we'd be staying in and would the sites that we hoped to see in Seattle be open

so by next year there'll be a vaccine and my wife will say "book it Dano"

enjoy your trip...and stay safe

[jamorela]

Flying the end of May.

[Twiganne]

Every virus is named by its territory. Technically it is the Wuhan flu. The Chinese don’t like it being called that because it just highlights their ineptness at managing their viral labs. The Rocky Mountain spotted fever, lymes disease (Lyme Connecticut), Ebola named after a river in Africa nearest to the outbreak and so on. The only ones who don’t want it named the Chinese virus are the news channels half owned by the Chinese government. The Chinese screwed us all over and yes the technical term for the virus is the Wuhan Virus just like every other virus has been named for years.

[Penguin]

Just cancelled Mediterranean cruise in September. Dont want to be on any mode of transportation with hundreds of people in ANY foreign country. Wont ever travel outside the USA.

[bilcon]

We have been on over 30 cruises and got off a 3 week cruise through SA on March 1. No problems, except for the 4 hours we had to sit in a dirty Miami airport. We both, thankfully have had no health problems. We will continue to cruise or travel to the few countries left that we have not visited. We will, however, hold off on a visit to SE Asia for the next year or so. We don't have a lot of time left, and thankfully only have a few places we still want to see. Don't give up life's few pleasures.

[big guy]

Originally Posted by Northwoods

I think there will be people that will think twice about flying and especially cruising, after this pandemic.

I may have to fly but there will be no cruising. We have cruised many times but the last two cruises were substandard and I can't imagine adding the misery of being cabin bound and sick for weeks.

[DecaturFargo]

I will never take a cruise.

[Stu from NYC]

We will but only after social distancing becomes a thing of the past.

[N44125]

Fly...yes, cruise...no.

[karostay]

Originally Posted by DecaturFargo

I will never take a cruise.

I said the same thing for 60 years

When this current heath crisis get back to normal ( What ever that is ) Can't wait to go back to Alaska don't know what you've been missing
Till ya go