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NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Just reported on cable news: Anhem of the Seas cruise ship docked in Bayonne, NJ with multiple cases of coronavirus.
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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02/07/2020 10:21 AM
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INCORRECT. There have been NO CONFIRMED cases as of yet. Several people are being screened. Here is a link LinkSince this has nothing to do with SXM, moving it to the SXM People Talk section.
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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I have to think that they probably will not allow the ship to leave at all until all the suspected people have been confirmed as not infected. Not for nothin' though, who leaves on a cruise from New Jersey in February?? Cold as crap!!
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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LinkAs of now, the sailing is delayed until tomorrow. Frankly this is not the cruise line's fault, so I have no idea whether they are paying for hotels or not. I would think that most people on that ship would be somewhat local, so they could go back home today.
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Scubaman--as I said, who the heck cruises from New Jersey in February??? If you're cruising to the Caribbean in February, presumably at least part of the reason is to get warm. There are only a couple of ships going from there and a TON of ships out of Florida and San Juan. If you're going to fly to get on a cruise anyway, why not fly to Florida, which should be WARM in February, as compared to NJ?? And if you want to take a little vacation in addition to the cruise, again, who vacations in NJ in February???? Therefore, my assumption is that most people who are cruising out of NJ in February are fairly local or have some other reason to be in that area and take a cruise from there. Certainly not ALL, but I would say the majority are probably relatively local.
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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As far as price, those cruises in general are much more expensive than the ones from Florida, because there are many LESS cruises. And the cruise was going to the Caribbean. And those cruises right now are roundtrip. We are talking about this particular cruise, not cruises in general.
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Bigdaddy--I assume that means you are from the NY/NJ area? Do you have a recollection of where the passengers seemed to be from??
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Thanks for the update. The last I saw, they were going to leave around 1 PM. Wonder why the delay to 10 PM?
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Georgia--surprised at that, but I still think the vast majority on the ship for this cruise leaving today (hopefully!) would be from that area. Originally a cruise from NY to Florida and the Bahamas in February. Now going to be just Bahamas. Yay. Boring!!
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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9 am update from Royal CaribbeanApparently still waiting for results from CDC. Another update due at 10 AM, currently scheduled to leave at 5 PM for an itinerary with Port Canaveral (??????) then Coco Cay, then return. I guess they are supposed to pick up pax at Port Canaveral? I guess they could go to the Space Coast from there, or a SHORT trip to Disney? And anyone who has ever been to Coco Cay knows that a lot of the time in the winter, they are unable to tender there.
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Carol, friends who live in North Carolina cruised on Anthem from NJ week before last, so it's not just people who live in the NY/NJ area. Well there you go. Not all from NJ area. Thanks for posting.
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Google really doesn't help too much at this point, as it looks like no new info in the past 24 hours, but the sailing has been put off until at least tomorrow. Apparently there are still no results from CDC. Royal Caribbean says that if people don't show up tomorrow, they will assume that the pax intend to cancel. I suspect at this point that Royal Caribbean is just going to cancel. Some info on Cruise Critic and on Royal Caribbean website.
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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Despite what I said yesterday about taking the refund, if I lived in the NY area, I would take that cruise to Bermuda, which certainly attracts me more personally than the Bahamas EVER would have..
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Re: NO CORONA VIRUS on Anthem of the Seas
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I was surprised at your note about them being onboard. But just looked at the latest update and saw they did allow people to board today. Good for them! I hope they have a great cruise, after all this hassle.
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