![]() Even general information about the ship’s COVID status was noticeably absent. She later learned through the group that she’d been in close contact with a cabin steward who had gotten COVID. I would’ve had no idea there was that much COVID on board.” “So, of the 400 passengers who happened to see the poll, 25% of those, 100 people, came in and said, ‘I’ve got COVID.’ … I would have had no idea if I weren’t in that Facebook group since I didn’t get sick. “Somebody finally just posted a poll because so many people were reporting COVID,” Bradley said. Lorna Bradley from Monterey, California, was on that same cruise, and in that same Facebook group. After the cruise, it turned into an informal COVID tracking site with tips for dealing with Royal Caribbean customer service. At first, it was a fun space where people posted what to do in port and shared photos. Palwala said there was a Facebook group with hundreds of passengers from that same sailing. ![]() They want the public to know that lots of passengers are getting infected, and that on board, they’re left in the dark as the risk level changes. But they were also surprised by how widely COVID-19 seemed to spread. They were far from alone.Įxperienced cruisers say staff shortages mean they’re having less fun. Immediately after the cruise, 10 out of 12 people in his party tested positive for COVID. His family ate a lot of lentil soup with rice. So whatever we ate in lunch, we ate in dinner,” he said. I mean, yeah, not even a few things, the same things. His whole family is vegetarian, and he was told the kitchen was too short-staffed to cook up proper meals for them.ĭay after day, “the SAME thing. There were long lines to disembark, facilities on board that were shuttered - even eating became disappointing. ![]() Lack of entertainment, lack of entertainment for kids.” “We did not have shows on - we only had like, two shows on the whole of the cruise. This time, the ship was closer to full, with about 4,000 passengers. ![]() He booked another Alaska cruise on the same ship with almost the same itinerary. Palwala wanted to share the experience with his extended family of 12. Everyone had to test negative before boarding, just about everyone was vaccinated, and the ship was only at 30% capacity. There was lots of entertainment on board and amazing experiences in Southeast Alaska communities. You get a full-on vacation on the cruise,’” he said. “And I told my family, ‘It’s like, the best thing ever. The cybersecurity engineer from Dallas sailed through Southeast Alaska aboard Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas. JUNEAU - Mohammad Palwala went on his first cruise last year. This story originally appeared on KTOO and is republished here with permission. The ship was the first large cruise ship to dock in Juneau this season. Cruise passengers on the Norwegian Bliss on Apin Juneau. ![]()
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