Posted on 02/11/2022 8:28:29 AM PST by Capt. Tom
Of course, the cruise lines are partly to blame by alienating the un- vaccinated, and the vaccinated who don't want to be wearing masks on a cruise, or risking being quarantined on a cruise ship. -Tom
The Cruise ships are brimming Petri Dishes of disease without needing a Covid excuse.
does one generally need to take a 3rd shot to be on a cruise
I miss cruising and will not return to cruising until all this Wuhan Flu (communist excuse) crap is done.
I am not paying thousands of dollars so I can spend a week or two on a ship having some assbite bug me about wearing a mask all the time or having to miss out on amenities I’m paying for but can’t use due to what now amounts to paranoia.
I’ve only been on one cruise - from Long Beach down to Mexico for a weekend. We never got off the boat.
My wife’s father used to describe cruises as follows: A floating Motel 6 with an all you can eat Denny’s attached.
We don’t fly any more. We live in south central Kentucky and have driven to Seattle twice since this thing took hold. We don’t do masks.
The cruise lines are used to the CDC leading them around by the nose. They’re upset now that the CDC has given them “voluntary” guidelines.
Ignore the CDC...and just cruise.
Concur. I’m not flying or doing anything else where I’m expected to submit to this nonsense.
What’s been interesting is just how many places I’ve been able to go to where they’re supposed to be enforcing the Fauci-approved madness and then they don’t care when I ignore it.
I discovered pretty early on (June of 2020) that most of the “masks required” signs at business entrances are just “corporate” covering their butts, and nobody that works in those establishments cares if you wear a mask.
Two exceptions: I was tracked down on multiple occasions in Costco down aisles where I was alone and told to put my mask on. Solution: We became Sam’s club members. Yes, they have the signs, but nobody asks you to mask up - even at the “new members” desk.
The other was just last week in Algonquin at the Guitar Center store. I was one of four people in the store - three of them employees. I was asked to leave if I wouldn’t mask up. They said I could shop their store online. I said that my online purchases are with Sweetwater.
“The Cruise ships are brimming Petri Dishes of disease without needing a Covid excuse.”
No, they aren’t. That tired trope has been disproved so many times. Look it up. They are far safer than eating in any restaurant, and cleaner than your kitchen or bathroom.
No. They are not requiring boosters, at least they haven’t asked me fore one.
The mask rules are widely unenforced except for elevators.
And, should you so desire, the paperwork showing a negative COVID test is easily forged.
Costco Louisville? I’m surprised. The ones here in the ATL area don’t care if you wear a mask or not.
“My wife’s father used to describe cruises as follows: A floating Motel 6 with an all you can eat Denny’s attached.”
True of Carnival. Other lines have better food.
They don’t now either. This was in lsat 2020.
BTW, I was in the Costco at Algonquin, IL a couple of weeks ago and they don’t require masks. However, I was one of only three people in the entire store that were not wearing masks.
I like to, while not wearing a mask, walk up to complete strangers not wearing a mask and say, “You’re not wearing a mask! You’ve killed us all!”
BTW, on a side note, I’ve figured out how to get away with using the N word in public: Say to someone, “Wait! Are you calling me a N****R?!” 🤣
I love to mess with language and set off Karens. 😁
I am not paying thousands of dollars so I can spend a week or two on a ship having some assbite bug me about wearing a mask all the time or having to miss out on amenities I’m paying for but can’t use due to what now amounts to paranoia.
I believe you have summed up the problem why cruise ships are not going to fill up their ships in 2022, in spite of their claims of "pent up demand".
Who wants to take a cruise on a hospital ship where you might get quarantined, and pay for that experience? -Tom
“My wife’s father used to describe cruises as follows: A floating Motel 6 with an all you can eat Denny’s attached”
Not sure which cruise line he’s referring to but I can assure you the 6 or so cruises I’ve been on the lodging and food are 1st rate....not to mention the service.
The only drawback I encountered if you can call it that was that much of the crew usually doesn’t speak English, but the ship makes sure the crew that handle passengers can.
It was the same way here during our roughly eight month mask mandate. Most places didn’t care.
I heard Costco had really bad mask nazis everywhere. I have friends who ended their memberships. I never had one.
I only encountered one mask nazi during that time - a man-bunned snot at the counter of a gas station convenience store. I went in to get a couple of bottles of water before getting gas. He greeted me with “Ma’am, do you have a mask?” I didn’t like his tone, so I just smiled and cheerfully said “Nope!” and left. I went to a gas station on the next block, got my water, filled my tank and nobody asked me about a face diaper.
“Cruise ships are brimming Petri Dishes of disease without needing a Covid excuse”
I’ve noticed that sort of comment is usually from someone who’s never been on a cruise or not many.
I’ve been on no less than 6 and all were for 7 days and I’ve not once walked off a ship with as much as a sniffle.
Just out of curiosity how many cruises have you been on?
I saw it as hyperbole. I’ll say this: On the one cruise I did go on, our room was nowhere near as nice as a Motel 6, but the food was good. We avoided the free “fast food” and went for the good stuff in the “fancy” restaurant. 😁
Sounds like a lot of hyperbole.
Last one we were on we were upgraded to a balcony suite at no extra charge.
King bed. Jetted tub. Cabin was big enough to accommodate a wet bar, love seat, chair and coffee table.
The balcony was large enough to accommodate 2 full size loungers.
We’ve found the food to always be exceptional.
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