Princess Chatter

I'm not to sure that many of the cruise lines will be around in the coming years.
We've been receiving numerous emails from Princess in the last week or two but we're definitely not interested until they have a vaccine & there are hundreds of cruises on all cruise lines without any incidents.
Merging cruise lines might get them past all of this but what a typical cruise will look like might not be what most people will enjoy.
I hate to think it but I think our cruising days are over....at least for the next few years.

Even a terrific offer for a cruise in 2021 doesn't seem that attractive right now....and none of the cruise lines can afford to even allow that right now with their recent episodes.
It should be interesting to see what happens shortly.

My prediction is that many of the ships will sail partially filled- just to get the public accustomed to the idea of cruising beginning once again.

Any takers for a trip this fall? 

I'm guessing the temperature taking when boarding, possibly a tighter control on serving food in the buffet.
How much good it will do is questionable since crowding is next to impossible to enforce....like sitting next to someone in the DR and lounges.
You though a table for 2 was hard to get last year......just wait. 

Unless they find a vaccine for this virus I'm thinking cruising will be put off by most people for quite a while.

I wonder if they can have filled any of the first ships to sail with enough people to make a profit?
No matter what the date. Everyone will be so skeptical about sailing it would be impossible to relax & have a good time.

Quote from: RichC on April 17, 2020, 10:08:41 AM

Now all they have to do is convince the sailing public that all is well.

Certainly, the CEO of Carnival is impartial. This is NOT over.

Amen.
You could see the reaction at Jacksonville beaches yesterday. People are jumping at the chance to return to their old normal activities.

I'm expecting to see a jump in active cases in a few days.

I know it would cause more delay in boarding, but they must have some kind of testing before boarding to weed out the ones who are under the weather.

That wouldn't be my major concern. It's still possible that someone could board who doesn't show any symptoms & cause another Diamond Princess or Grand Princess fiasco.
I personally would like to see a vaccine developed & not let anyone sail until they showed proof that they've received it.

Now all they have to do is convince the sailing public that all is well.

I wonder what the prices will be.
Not that I'm in any hurry to begin sailing again anytime soon.