Ileana Diaz

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  1. K Grace-Lily 3000 Community Answer

    Before I'd consider - they couldn't do enough to get me on a closed-air-system ship. No. Before the pandemic there were plenty of issues of disease spreading through the ship with, for example, Legionnaire's Disease, that they've never completely eliminated. This current SARS-CoV-2 virus is far too contagious, and I can't imagine what precautions they could mount that would make a ship safe from infection. I can't imagine how they could make it safe for now. 

    UTC 2020-08-12 04:57 PM 0 Comments
  2. J Starr 4425 Accepted Answer

    All climate-controlled spaces must have over-hauled ventilation to provide filtered air;  the ship is generally at sea, there is no reason for "used" air to be circulating.

    All guest and crew rooms should have ventilation to and from the outside directly. This means there should be no interior rooms.  These spaces can be repurposed.

    Hand-and-surfaces sanitizing should be readily available throughout the ship. Extra crew should be hired specifically for disinfecting.

    Social distancing outside of family groupings in all spaces. Enforced.

    Masks in all areas except: Open air, non climate-controlled areas, dining areas when eating/drinking.

    Cafeteria style buffets, wait staff. fast food venues masked until consuming food, social distancing observed.

    Quarantine area of ship for positive cases, enlargeable.  Ship's Captain-enforced.

    Retraining of crew each season, plus refresher each voyage.

    Training of passengers- no different than lifeboat drill training.

    Much lower fares until these measures are deemed safe.



    UTC 2020-08-12 07:13 PM 0 Comments
  3. Interesting question!  It actually gives me an idea: 


    The only way I'd get on a cruise ship would be if it had been completely emptied of people and disinfected thoroughly while all the crew and passengers were isolated for at least 2 weeks with daily testing for COVID.  Now, most cruises have stops at places where such isolation could be quite pleasant!  Ideally a small tropical island with no one present but the crew and passengers-to-be.  


    Once everyone had passed the free-from-COVID test for two weeks or more, we could hop on the sterile ship and head off into the sunset.  This should be a LONG cruise -- we should never come ashore until the pandemic was over and a thoroughly tested vaccine was readily available.  


    I'm pretty sure I could never afford such an indulgence, but it makes a great fantasy!

    UTC 2020-08-13 05:21 PM 0 Comments

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