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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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I haven't been following it closely, but I believe that at least some of the cruise lines will be requiring Covid tests before people embark, but not sure what type or when.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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The entry requirements has to be the same for all people arriving on the island which is one of the issues to resume cruise ship passengers. If they really want the economy to recover and jobs come back The 120 hours won’t work especially for cruise passengers. Eventually they will have to lessen the requirement to negative Covid test within 14 days to arrive or remain on island.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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I'm sure that they will definitely have onboard testing once they get back going. They will have to.. But I doubt that anyone is going to want to take a new test any time they want to go ashore in a different island. Interesting dilemma, that I hadn't thought about..
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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boucharda--I personally am not interested in doing a cruise anytime soon either, but this is definitely an interesting discussion..
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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We have done over 30 cruises over the years. Now? Not really any inclination to do one.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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It was a long time ago, but we had a WONDERFUL Alaskan cruise.. It really is a good way to see Alaska..
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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We have only done two cruises as I’ve never really wanted to be a captive audience on a boat.
But I have to say, we did thoroughly enjoy both cruises - one to Bermuda where we were docked in Hamilton and St George and could come on and off the boat at our leisure - and the other was throughout four of the major Hawaiian islands. That cruise was absolutely perfect and if it weren’t for the length of the flight to Honolulu I’d do it again in a heartbeat. But not yet.......and probably not for a few years, if ever.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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I suppose it would be, Scubaman, if one liked to fish. Sounds like my personal idea of Hell.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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Huhm, wonder what this means? "The plan permits limited shore excursions and requires passengers to wear masks and stay apart from other people during those excursions. Passengers who don’t comply won’t be allowed to reboard."
As in, you can't get off the ship unless you are on a shore excursion??????? Oh H*ll no. Even if I were considering a cruise, and I'm not, that would be a total no-go for me.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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Could be what it means. Another way to control the passengers, their movement and WHERE they spend THEIR MONEY.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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It also means that, for example, taxi drivers would get ZERO money out of cruise passengers, as well as any of the little guys on island who sell food, chair rentals, etc., etc. And all shore excursions would have to be sold through the cruise line, making the cost more, meanwhile the actual operator of the shore excursion gets LESS money..
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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You got it with regard to the cruise excursions.
While I have enjoyed fishing in the past and will occasionally go on a short trip with a few friends, there is no way I would plan a trip to Alaska for that sole purpose. To each their own but maybe a 1 day fishing excursion in Alaska would do it for me.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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You're assuming that they are testing when people re-board in a port of call, which I don't know if they are or not. American cruise lines are talking about requiring a test before initial boarding of the ship, but that is different than being tested at every port..
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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mahokid--huh, I don't know. I haven't been following it at all. I didn't even realize that there were some ships actually sailing now.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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Sounds like a really bad idea with covid now making a comeback. Cases on the rise in many parts of the world. I get it that we all want to get back to doing the things we love and miss but unfortunately now is not the time. We in the US have 4 percent of the worlds population but have 20 percent of the worlds covid deaths. Restarting cruises , which it can be argued, were a major factor in the spread of virus should not happen.
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Re: Port wants cruise fans to tell CDC they'd like cruises re-started
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The port should retract this nonsense. Huh? While I doubt contacting the CDC will do much, it is a matter of survival for the port, the businesses and the island residents. How is that nonsense?
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