Was It Safe For Us To Cruise - Greenland September 2023
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- Windstar cruise from Reykjavik via Greenland to Montreal Canada, A North Atlantic Crossing In The Face of Hurricane Lee, was it safe? Windstar Iceland Greenland North Atlantic Odyssey To Canada. A bucket list cruise, trip of a lifetime.
Windstar Cruises on MV Star Pride a small cruise ship that had been cut in half and extended like a limousine and had new star balcony rooms added along with a $250 Million dollar refit making for the best luxury small ship cruise line aimed at Americans.
Windstar Cruises is the leader in small ship motor yacht cruise ships, with passengers of less than three hundred, Windstar cruises market primarily to American customers who make up the vast majority of passengers, with Canadians and Australians.
Windstar cruises operate small motor yacht cruise ships as well as cruise ships with sails. Windstar cruises operate small luxury cruise ships with 300 passengers or less. The itineraries offer exotic locations and offer cruises of Greenland departing from Reykjavik Iceland, being able to access smaller ports. With recent refits to their small motor yachts they have added star balcony suites offering french balconies and large luxury suites with sitting areas and bathrooms with two sinks and extra large showers.
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Glad to hear you enjoyed Quebec City. Last December my husband and I had reservations for the Château Frontenac, however we got COVID-19 and had to cancel. Seeing your picture there has rekindled my desire to try and make that trip again. So glad to see you are on the mend Tina and Norm. Love your videos.
Sorry you had to cancel Diane Quebec City is lovely and We are sure it would be nice to stay at the Château Frontenac hope you manage to rebook Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
Thanks for an honest assessment of this smaller cruise; I've often wondered if they were better than the large ones. I didn't find your review negative at all, just honest. We've only been on 2 cruises & I do get motion sickness (hubby doesn't). I was very germ-conscious on both cruises, large ones, and we did not get sick. Glad you are both home safe & on the mend.
Thanks Candy, we are glad you had a good cruise experience.
Thanks again guys for a great video! We used to cruise in the 90s and then in 1995 I got norovirus on a cruise. I have never been so sick in my life. Swore off cruises but did one last one in 2007 to Alaska which was great but vowed it to be my last. My wife and I are finally traveling international again after 3 years and going to Ireland next week. We started looking at European River cruises for 2024 but the expense is insane. Your video here affirms how expensive cruising is and with you two both getting sick within days, that's enough for me to say never again. Glad you're both on the mend!
Thanks Mike we hope you have a wonderful time in Ireland 🇮🇪, funny we were looking at going there till we saw this cruise 🚢 as you say when you have been sick on a cruise it puts you right off have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🇮🇪🙂
To be honest, I've never been on a cruise and your experience enforces my thought of never going on one. I got sick in a long overseas flight recently by sitting next to a coughing person, no masks for most. Was anyone wearing a mask? Too bad that happened but sounds like you made the best of it. Thanks for your honesty.
Sorry to hear that we , we wore masks 😷 on the plane ✈️ not many others were Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦✈️
This was a 14 day cruise departing Reykjavik, Iceland with 3 port calls in Greenland and stopping in Newfoundland, Quebec and terminating in Montreal. We now tested negative for Covid and feeling very well, just a lingering cough!
That isn't a bad price for 14 days.
I test negative on Day 11 with Day 0 being the first day of symptoms. I also tested negative again on Day 13. Like you, I still have a minor dry cough.
@@mereniecrosby7120 Lot of money to get sick and be stuck in a cabin.........................................
Glad y’all are feeling much better! Beautiful pics/vid shots y’all made! Not sure we’ll do cruising again ourselves. We avoided Covid til we got it from our first cruise venturing out after almost 3 yrs of staying in. At least now maybe we have some immunity from having had it! Start planning your next trip!! We’ll be watching! 👍🏻🤩
What a sin. Paying so much and missing some of it. Goes with the territory these days unfortunately. It’s even worse when you travel alone like me. Lol. However I’m glad you enjoyed most of it.
So sorry to learn that you both became ill. Thank you for your feedback on the small boat cruise. I appreciate the objectivity that you provided. By the way, I was surprised that your crew didn't inform you of the Port Tours, considering that there were so few passengers on board. Traveling on a small ship would imply better personalized services and advice.
Now you mention it yes you would think they might have left leaflets in the cabin for the ports have a great weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Sooo sorry you were sick, but grateful for sharing your story. My husband and I are booked for a river cruise in April. People are letting their guard down, makes our plans a little scary. Thanks so much for sharing your adventure!
We hope you enjoy your river cruise 🚢 Kathy thanks for watching have a great week Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
Hi Tina and Norm - So sorry to hear that you got sick on your cruise, and I agree people should stay home if they feel the least bit sick instead of infecting everyone around them 😡, anyway despite that glad that you enjoyed it, sounds like it was quite relaxing though, sometimes it’s nice to just have minimal entertainment to just relax and enjoy the surroundings. Glad you’re both feeling better 👍🏻, really enjoy your videos, thank you. It’s a lovely day here in the Comox Valley, Vancouver Island 🇨🇦, going out to enjoy the beautiful Fall day 🍁.
Thank you , yes it’s a lovely fall day with us 23° they say it’s going to be the warmest October in Canada 🇨🇦 for 100 years which will be nice Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🇨🇦🙂
A tip- we never take the elevator on a cruise. We always take the steps. Just an extra way to avoid sick people.
Good tip, on this cruise ship they had micro elevators, posted at 4 people but only two fit, so we’re solo for most of the time.
Sorry you had a rough time, but glad you enjoyed some of your adventures. Get to 💯 soon!
Thanks Beverly we would be thrilled to get to 100K , a dream come true Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
That’s a real bummer to get the Covid-19 on a cruise. We were on a Baltic cruise in August and I agree that cruise operators don’t give a ……,., you know what I mean. Because they don’t check passengers at check in. They lost so much revenue for 2 years so they will not refuse or have a coughing person tested prior or during a cruise. You would figure that at almost $10K CAD they would try to protect their customers.
Thanks for sharing have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
I'm so sorry to hear that you also got Covid on your cruise even though you went on a smaller ship. Even after I no longer tested positive for covid had had a lingering cough for about 3 to 4 weeks after. Your story about the people coughing around you brings back memories of our cruise. We also had felt let down by our cruise line after spening all that money as at times we were too ill to enjoy the food and amenities on board. It sounds like your itinary was similar to ours' as we also stopped in Qaqortoq as well as Isfjordur and Akureyri but we sailed out of Newark to Iceland. The Prince Christian Sound journey was interesting so hope you had a chance to see that as well. We were on a larger ship - the Celebrity Summit which holds about 2800 passengers. Friends of ours' like sailing with Viking which sounds about the size of ship that you are looking to travel on.
Sounds like you had a great trip too , we are working on getting rid of the coughs we loved Qaqortoq and Prince Christian Sound have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍷🍻
Oh my goodness that’s terrible for you guys 😢. We have been on these small cruise lines many times pre-Covid and feel the same way. They just are not the activities that we would like to do on board and very limited menu. We prefer to go on the premium cruise lines that are bigger and offer more choices for entertainment, and dining. We are going on a 14 day cruise next May with Holland America to the British Isles and I think we will like you guys take some Covid tests and medication with us in case. How long were you sick? Were you still able to do some of the tours at your ports? I’m glad you’re feeling better.
Hope you have a nice cruise 🚢, we actually didn’t do any tours we just walked around the ports, have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
Love you guys!!
Thanks Margi 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🌺
I’m sorry to hear you had a difficult time. We just got boosters and unfortunately it seems late for you guys. Hope next time it is better
We aren’t having any more shots as Norm got a reaction and ended up in hospital 🏥 plus guess we now have natural immunity Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
Norm, that is why they stocked your fridge full of alcohol: you are supposed to stay plastered in order to ward off catching Covid! Nice (too few) pictures of Greenland! We shall stick to cruising the duck pond in canoe.
Greenland 🇬🇱 was lovely place to visit, we won’t be cruising anytime soon Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
Sorry your trip did not work out as well as I’m sure you hoped. That was a lot of money to pay to just get sick. I am not a person for a cruise anyway because I would be sick from the waves and movement. I do, however, want to go to Greenland.
Greenland 🇬🇱 was beautiful we hope you get to visit one day Tanya have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍷
Did the cost you quoted include flights and other transportation required? Also, excursion costs on cruise?
We didn’t include flights we did say how much the bus transport was from the airport to Reykjavik, we didn’t do any excursions we just walked around the towns Christine Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
Ok. Thanks alot. We enjoy watching your videos!
Thank you 🌺
I know 3 couples either currently on a cruise or just returned home. They all have covid. Cruises! Oy! At the best of times viruses run rampant!
Thanks for sharing Sandra it does seem to be the Norm these days Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Thanks guys much appreciated. So sorry you got sick. That was our fear about cruising. Prior to Covid we loved to cruise. We finally bit the bullet and took a 12 day cruise on Carnival Pride to Iceland in August. Covid did not cross our minds until day 17, the last day of our trip. We felt a little under the weather on the way home. We tested negative after a day so but tested positive around the third day home. I think it’s rampant on every ship now but no one seems to bring it up anymore. Prior to departing Mid August it was as if Covid was a thing of the past.
Even my 84 year old mom caught it for the first time about a week after we got home and she lives 672 km from us. She got very sick but is on the mend since we arrived to visit her last week.
Hope your back 100 per cent soon. All the best and keep up the great work.
So sorry you caught Covid Todd, we agree the cruise companies think it no longer exists have a great weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
So sorry to hear about your illness. I hope you both are doing better now! Have you guys tried loading up on antioxidants before/during travel? I don't travel much because I'm still working full time, but whenever I do I always take double doses of vitamin C, vitamin D, Zinc and B Complex for a few days before departing and throughout the trip. It works like a charm for me. Also, I work in a hospital, ground zero for covid-19, and I take all of these supplements regularly. I have never had covid which is hard even for me to believe given my work environment. I really am convinced that these simple over the counter supplements are very effective at protecting me from the virus and illness in general.
Actually we do take Vit C and Vit D all the time before we went and through our trip ( guess this time it didn’t work ) we do try our best to protect ourselves Cheers 🦃🥂🍁😎
There's been an uptick on Covid-19 cases and it's running rampant on cruise ships. Who in their right mind would want to cruise having to wear a mask 24/7 and the fear of people coughing and sneezing all the time. The fear of catching Covid-19 would drive anyone nuts. I'll stay home and watch Scotty grow thank you.
Thanks for sharing Lucy it now does seem that Covid is taking over on cruise 🚢 ships have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🌺
love that song.......Lucy!
it's still hit and miss though. We have friends who have been on three cruises this year. First they caught nothing. Second they both caught covid towards the end. One had already had covid last year, but not her husband. Third cruise, end of August this year, they went with another couple and none of them got covid despite long haul (24 hour) flights either side of the cruise. All four have had covid before, two recently and two over a year ago.
Just watching back this video. I have cruised in March 2024, Celebrity Apex, and just now on Holland America Volendam and have caught covid on both. I feel it's just a given now. Covid isn't going away any time soon. Michigan and Ontario are having a huge breakout right now.
Hi Tina and Norm, so sorry to hear you both got sick. I have just completed a 10 day cruise through the Greek Islands on Celebrity Reflection with my 81 year old mother. There were over 2,500 passengers and crew on the boat. Prior to this we flew from New Zealand and did 4 weeks in Spain and France. We are now currently on a small cruise ship in Croatia 37 passengers. We have had no illness, so I do think it was just very bad luck you caught Covid. Norm don’t be put off and take Tina on another cruise, it’s a great way to travel and quite luxurious. Love watching your videos, thank you.
With your 81 year old mother? How irresponsible is that? Shaking my head here.
That’s great Karen we are so glad you and your mother haven’t got sick , personally it was very frightening to have caught Covid and been in the middle of the ocean 🌊 obviously luck wasn’t on our side . Enjoy and take care on your cruise 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
@@lucypenney1170What's wrong with that!?? Age has nothing to do with it.
When you're that age, do you want yr family to leave you home? All alone??
And here I am reading this post and thinking, FANTASTIC, way to go Mom!! My mom passed 22 years ago and I wish she was still here because I would’ve loved to take her on vacations like this and she would’ve loved every minute of them too! You’re a good daughter and I love that you’re looking after your mother so well.
@@missbiggs9437 Thank you SO much!!
Thank you for being so thorough in you discussion and review of your experience. $17,000 for the experience is frustrating. Hugs to you both! 🤗
Your very welcome glad you enjoyed it Rusty have a great weekend Cheers 🇮🇸🙂🚢🇨🇦🍻
@@ThisIsOurRetirement Thanks! 🌸🌻😃🛳🇨🇦🍁 Have a wonderful weekend you 2 as well!
I really enjoyed this so-honest video. I was worried at first that it might be just a commercial after a freebie holiday - but that certainly wasn't the case. It was very well balanced. Norm is often good for a sharp punch line in these videos. This time, for me, it came at 20:51 " I don't want to go on another cruise ship...because the other passengers are not playing the game." So true - so often when we travel, regardless of management's best efforts, so much depends on the quality of our fellow travellers. I like how it was revealed that Norm and Tina sometimes differ in their likes and dislikes. Bur, marriage is a compromise, eh ? I say this as a husband recently returned from a two-day shopping trip to Michigan. I would have preferred to stay home to clean bathrooms and scrub floors for that time, but sometimes you just have to go !
Thanks so much Steve, we don’t get freebies on travel, so our comments are what we experience and on our dime. We appreciate your comment greatly.
Hello Tina & Norm, I think Cruise Ships are not the only risky modes of transportation to catch COVID. We flew to Spain arrived here on 27th and I immediately started feeling sick with exactly the same symptoms as you. Extreme throat pain last night. Today, I took COVID test which came out positive. The urgent care doctors here don't consider Diabetic/Heart patients as risky and they refused to prescribe anti viral medicine. You are lucky you have it behind you- almost!
So sorry to hear that you are not well Suleman , guess planes ✈️ and cruises 🚢 all put us at risk . Hope you feel better soon take care 🌺🚢✈️
So sorry that you got Covid on an expensive cruise! I also love to cruise but am not planning anything at the moment. It seems too risky.
Thank you perhaps it was too soon but we were just trying to get back to living after not being able to travel for so long Rosemary Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Hey 👋 Norm & Tina!
Glad you’re feeling better and were able to enjoy many aspects of your cruise. I’m glad you shared your experience with hurricane Lee, and covid. It was not ‘negative’ at all to express your thoughts. I view it as a positive to be prepared for the future. Thanks!
Thanks so much , we hope you both are feeling better , we just have the coughs left we won’t be cruising anytime soon in the future Eric Cheers 🇺🇸🚢🇨🇦🍻
Stay SAFE and warm! ❤
Sorry you got sick 😢 Yup, still nothing appealing to me about cruising 😜 Stuck in a tin can with a bunch of people (‘the general public’😳) just doesn’t do it for me. At least your cabin was nice 😁
The cabin was great probably the best we have had , but we won’t be cruising in the near future Fiona have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
The main thing is that you both got home safe and sound with the exception of Covid but that will pass eventually. Stay safe. Thank you for all your videos. Greatly appreciated.
Thanks Mike we are feeling better , glad you enjoy our videos Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍁🍻
Sad, but predictable to hear of the issues with COVID on your trip. Could you please take some time to discuss at some point what would have helped to mitigate the amount of infections so the rest of us can better figure out how to handle these trips responsibly and safely?
There were several points in your video where it could have been useful to highlight the potential issues with illness that you ran into. For example, I liked your comment about people taking personal responsibility before getting on-board and using their insurance. At that point, however, you knew COVID was likely on-board with you and could have mitigated the effects on you personally. What did you know about the ship (and your room) ventilation, for example? When you started to feel predictably ill, what did you do to protect the other passengers? (By the time you showed full symptoms and were positive on the RAT test, that was likely at least four days in where you were transmitting to others).
Not really we didn’t think it would be on board , we researched a smaller ship thinking as there was far less people we would be safer as it was our first cruise in 4 years . We wore masks getting there , had antiseptic wipes , sanitizer everything we do at home . We booked a room with balcony that we opened the doors every day for fresh air we discuss in the movie all the other measures we did .🌺
Sad it happened to you, however great to see you did enjoy whatever you could. I think it could have happened on any current cruise ship, regardless of size, passenger capacity, or sailing area. It is like driving, you have to do the right thing but you must check on what other drivers are doing. Did you report your positive status? Most cruise lines would have provided medicine and even compensation, although you would have asked to stay in your cabin for five days. It happened to me with Celebrity.
In terms of pricing, I find that extremely expensive, unless they paid for your airfare.
Don't give up on cruising Norm! Wrong attitude. Just prepare to deal with irresponsible and selfish human beings, as when you go grocery shopping 😊 I just came back from a HAL 14-day packed with people older than us...coughing like crazy! But I saw people of all ages doing the same on other cruise lines.
No flights were not included, luckily we are over the illness with no lingering effects. 🚢🛳️ Thanks for watching.
I think it was very selfish and inconsiderate for people to get on a cruise ship or any vacation spot knowing they are obviously not in optimal health. It ruins so many plans for people and could endanger them if the staff becomes sick.
But Norm is no different, he will still be travelling and not getting further Covid-19 vaccinations?
Your opinion of the vaccine might be different if you had a reaction to it and ended up in hospital 🏥 as Norm did , we have both had three of them .
Thanks for your comment Lynn have a great weekend Cheers 🇨🇦🚢🇮🇸🙂
Greenland sounds so interesting.. I’m jealous of you two!
So sorry to hear you got sick! It is shocking the indifference of others to illness. Pandemic has taught nothing!! Frustrating!
But hopefully you both will bounce back quickly. I hope you take plenty of time to rest!
Now we need a video of travel pictures 🎉😍..I love other peoples vacations😄
Take care of yourselves!
Greenland 🇬🇱 was beautiful true Pandemic has taught nothing Barb Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂🍻
Awesome video! confirms what I already knew even before the planneddemic... I do not ever want to pay to cohabitate on a germ incubator with several hundred sick humans......LOL! My wife must be part mushroom because she loves it!
Glad you enjoyed it! although we got sick we have some wonderful memories from this cruise 🚢 Cheers 🚢🥂🍁😎
We were in Portugal (Porto & Algarve) for close to 3 weeks and we were sick. Every few days, we were looking for a "pharmacia" to buy cough medicine and cold pills.
So sorry to hear that hope you are both feeling better Cheers 🇵🇹🍁🇨🇦🙂
Did you wear masks on the plane? on the cruise ship? Did the coughing passengers wear masks? Glad that you are feeling better.
We did wear masks on the plane and at the airports, no coughing passengers on the ship were not wearing masks.
What an expensive failed trip. They call it "COVID in a can". So many horror stories. Why are people still cruising?
We don’t know we won’t be cruising anytime soon , we did have some highlights with nice memories on the trip so all was not lost Gary Cheers 😎🥂🍁
No cruising for me - too many people and too little space. Did you mask whenever you were indoors or in a crowded area outdoors, seeing as you saw that people (staff and guests) were coughing right at the beginning? Travel is risky, but then again, who wants to continue living in a bubble? I have now booked my winter sojourn in Portugal (Jan-March) and will just continue to be careful and take lots of masks, sanitizer and test kits with me. We only live once, so sometimes we just have to take chances but do our best to be careful. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
We wore masks on the tenders but just avoided going to lounges and bars etc where they were crowded Sharon, we have booked our first month in Portugal 🇵🇹 need to decide on the second month Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Enjoy your Portugal trip! It's an awesome country with excellent food, as you know. I have never eaten so well as last year for 3 months on their Mediterranean diet - and came home 13 pounds lighter! All that fresh seafood and none of the awful carbs we tend to overdo here in North America. Roll on January!! Can't wait. Meanwhile, stay safe.@@ThisIsOurRetirement
Hope you feel fully well soon! The prospect of being in a crowded group indoors for days given COVID and Norovirus has put us off cruising right now.
We understand Sam and we are giving cruising a miss too!
Wow if you can afford Windstar you're in the BIGBUCKS! I'm going to the Marqguesas Islands New Zealand Australia 32 days, all inclusive, everything you had. Same price. Twice as long. Small ship but you were crammed
We hope you have a great time Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
I just came off a Holland America cruise to the inside passage of Alaska. Same thing, people coughing away, no masks and nothing from the ship on protocols.
Thanks for sharing Donna it seems to be everywhere especially on cruise ships 🚢 Cheers 🦃🥂🍁🙂
Sounds like they should give you your money back. You guys are troopers, but I think I’ll pass. You are the canary in the coal mine for me.😉
You don’t get money back , it was unfortunate we got sick but we still enjoyed the best we can of our trip Gail Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦
Thank you for your condor, we can appreciate your experience, as we just came off a 7 day cruise Canada/. New England out of Boston. After just 3 days on the ship ( 2, 500 people) , we both came down w/ Covid. Like yourselves, we have not been ill since the pandemic started in Mar 2020. After a week, we are still struggling w/ waves of symptoms although not bed ridden. We too would think twice about taking a cruise in the near future. Love hearing about your experience on this smaller ship. Thanks for sharing..
We are feeling a lot better now Jasmine we have been home two weeks , so sorry you also caught it after we had all been so careful . We hope you feel better soon ❤️🩹take care 🚢🍁🥂
We just returned from a med cruise , I got COVID and was confined to my cabin for 4 days on a 7 day cruise , lots of this new strain of COVID circulating.
So sorry to hear this , we hope you get better ❤️🩹 soon it is no fun being sick on a cruise Cheers 🚢🙂🍁🇮🇸🇨🇦
You always look like you are having a good time,no matter what you get up to. I have several friends who go on cruises minus their husbands who aren’t interested in the experience. Be careful Norm……
Thanks Anne, maybe Tina should be careful 😂😂
That would put me off on going on another cruise. Especially for that expense!
Wont be cruising anytime soon Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Sorry you got Covid, but good you’re on the mend. Maybe you’ll have good immunity against another bout of Covid for a few months. Cruise ships have always been a Petri dish on the sea but we love them anyway.
Hoping the immunity is a plus of being sick Elizabeth have a wonderful day 🥂🍁🦃
So sorry you were sick on your cruise and thankful you are recovering. I’m not sure I’ll ever get my husband back on a cruise ship, but I appreciate your review.
We are feeling a lot better Patsy thank you and we too won’t be cruising anytime soon Cheers 🥂🍁🙂
So sorry you got so ill, not what you want by any means. Do you think masks would have helped?? Anyway, speedy recovery !
We wore masks on the plane ✈️ and in crowded areas but no don’t think it makes any difference David Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
I am surprised you would ever consider a cruise again! People should test negative before they can board a ship , what happened on board is not keeping customers safe. You are lucky you are basically healthy enough to recuperate from such a potential disaster. Glad you are well and can keep living a good life.
We probably won’t do another cruise Beth , once really sick on one draws your attention to perhaps what could of been a lot worse Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍁🙂
So sorry you got sick on your cruise guys. Glad you are on the mend. Thanks for your honest review of the cruise. Between motion sickness problems and risk of other illnesses, cruising is too risky for me. Hubby and I just got back from a road trip and will be sticking to those in the near future. Take care of yourselves.🇺🇸😊🇨🇦☕️
Road trips 🚗 are great Cherry that’s what we were doing till we took a cruise 🚢 but we have to keep living so trying to find a happy medium Take care Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🌺🍷
Too bad. My brother came back last week from an Alaska cruise with Covid as well. He sounded terrible and miserable. His wife was fine.
So sorry to hear about your brother hope he gets better soon Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🙂🍻
That’s too bad you got sick! For all this time you’ve been so careful and then bam!😢
In many ways yes it sucks !! we are so trying to get back to normal Grace ( whatever that is ) Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Glad you were well to go…probably the plane….first of all …then the ship. Hope your insurance will pro rate a portion of your cruise due to Covid. Most policies now do. Do try. Destination trips are better. E.g. Budapest Prague and Vienna. Train in between. Stockholm Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Really use n95 masks on your plane to Portugal. Best travels
Thanks for watching Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
We were in the jewel of the sea started from Amsterdam to iceland, greenland, new foundland end in new jersey 3 weeks ago. Only a few people have cold and others were very healthy so the trip was a good one. Sorry to hear that you had sick
That was great for you, maybe a larger ship is better!
I’m so sorry you were sick. I have been tempted to cruise again but you remind me that, at this time, it is not worth it. There are so many other ways to see the world.
Thanks Jody we won’t be cruising anytime soon Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
So sorry you got sick. Tbh that cruise sounds like a total bummer.
It wasn’t all lost we did enjoy some really nice parts of the trip Nikki we will remember it LOL 😂Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸
Unfortunately our resistance to things like the common cold has diminished due to the pandemic isolation so we should expect that we will catch illnesses quicker. Also, you may have caught the bug in an airport, airplane or even your pre-cruise hotel…anywhere! I’m glad you still enjoyed it the best you could. Thanks for the tips. I don’t think small ship cruises will be my cup of tea.
Yes we do realize we could of caught it before Judy and we won’t be cruising anytime soon either Cheers 🍁🙂🍷🚢
Thank you for being so candid and truthful about your experience cruising. I can always trust your reviews. A friend of mine just returned from a Mediterranean cruise where half of her travel group came down with Covid. It really is off putting for me. I would still like to go on an Alaskan cruise one day. It’s on my bucket list!
Our pleasure! glad you enjoy our videos Kristin have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🙂🇨🇦
Thank you so much for this report with the relevant information - especially the Covid update and overall comments on the state of health awareness by the company and fellow travelers. We are just starting to venture out on driving excursions but being very careful to avoid being sick. Haven’t been sick at all in 3 years. Your report helps us to make the best choices for ourselves and our situation.❤
Your welcome we too have hardly travelled in the last 3 years , good luck with your driving excursions Cheers 🚢🙂🍷
Honestly , I find you can get sick just from your plane ride to your port city . Covid or any virus . It happened to my hubby and myself every time we travel and we travel a lot. It doesn’t really matter what size the cruise ship . We took a river cruise with 163 people in 2016 and the flu was going around the ship . So it doesn’t matter how careful you are .
It does to be a thing if you travel , but even going to a restaurant or filling up with ⛽️ gas you can catch it Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
Agreed.
Also, bus tours are driving Petrie dishes. Out of 5 Trafalgar bus tours over the years, I came down with colds on 3 of them. It inevitably began by 1 person coughing on the bus, and before you knew it, almost everyone got it eventually.
Did you have your Covid shots? We just got our Flu and Covid shots today.
We have had 3 Covid shots , but we have decided we aren’t having any more Norm had a reaction to one and ended up in hospital Cheers 🙂
Wishing you both a speedy recovery from Winnipeg. You are still the cutest couple ever! Thank you for your ETIAS show. And thank you so much Teen for pronouncing it, on for scone not cone for scone. I wouldn’t mind a sailing cruise sometime that looked nice, but probably more expensive than your cruise. Good for you for getting a good deal. I went to Tenerife and stayed at a hotel last Christmas and most people were coughing and hacking and did not get sick. Make sure you keep up with your vitamin D. You need more in the winter months and more than a multivitamin can give you. Take care Rosanne Mary
Thanks Rosanne, we are taking 5,000 iu per day now, we did cut down in summer, we are taking K2 to help take calcium from vitamin D to the bones.
What a nice video. Almost like sitting with you in person and having a conversation. Sorry you had to deal with sickness while on your bucket list cruise. If you had to be sick, it was great that you had such luxurious surroundings in which to isolate, along with room service. We're leaving in a week for a cruise to Canada and New England. Hoping we stay healthy.
We wish you a great cruise ( just as a precaution take Tylenol and Advil , cough drops and Syrup and a Covid test kit ) have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢😎🥂🍁
This cruise sounds like a nightmare...neovirus and Covid! I could not sit there and give a cruise like this a good review. WhaT? I have gone to great lengths to not get Covid, but you 2 paid to get real sick and it was COVID. OMG You 2 are a bit strange. I commend you for not raving, angrily BUT you are sitting there saying how you ENJOYED the cruise. That cruise line sounds dreadful, not safeguarding passengers at all.
It definitely was very unfortunate we got Covid after three years having not had even a cold !! but we had never seen Greenland 🇬🇱 so you do try to make the most of things in life no matter what curve ball you get Cheers 🇨🇦☕️🙂
I agree germs shouldn’t be shared , stay home. Perhaps the people didn’t purchase Insurance.
In these days no one should travel without insurance Mike Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
For the money sounds like it wasn’t all that great. Sorry you two got sick . Very expensive, but I haven’t been on a cruise in years . I’m sure prices have risen. Sounds like you had some good days . Get well soon ❤smart town USA 🇺🇸
We think that cruise prices have gone up since we last cruised in 2019 , lovely to hear from you Cinde have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🇺🇸🚢🇮🇸🍷🙂🇨🇦
Have you booked your winter stay in Portugal yet?
We are working on that Cheers 🇵🇹✈️🇨🇦🙂
Glad to hear you are feeling better now! Thanks again for another great video. We currently prefer the 2-3,000 size cruises (HAL and Celebrity). I think 300 with little entertainment and less stabilisation would be too much for us.
We have always liked HAL but we thought we would be safer on a smaller ship 🤔have a great weekend Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸
My wife says we just google it and stay safe....................thanks for the warning
Wished we had just Googled to stay safe Cheers 🚢🌺
Glad to hear you’re getting better! Take good care ❤
Thank you! 🥂🍁🦃
Tina and Norm, many thanks for your review. From a UK perspective everyone I know is now getting COVID. I last had it in April 2023 for the third time, each time it is milder. But what I see is people going out and mixing with others even if they have symptoms. I am old enough to have the option of a COVID vaccination, but younger people don't have that option but are still keen to carry on with their lives, thus lots of spreading the disease at the moment in the UK. Hope this doesn't put you off cruising.
Thanks for sharing sorry to hear you have had it three times ! we are definitely off cruising for a long time ! Cheers 🇬🇧🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
I think you should ask for a partial refund.
Not even worth the effort 🙂
Glad you enjoyed the trip, but sorry you were ill. Thank you for the information.😊
Your welcome thanks for watching Alan have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🇮🇸🚢🇨🇦🍷🍻
My son was traveling in Iceland. He brought wonderful videos and photos from there. Glaciers, a thermal lake, waterfalls - it all looked like fantastic alien landscapes, especially glaciers and coastal icebergs. He was in Iceland in July 2019, but even in July he took a warm jacket with him, which he had to wear. He was on a round trip plane from Toronto. Unfortunately, people can become infected on an airplane.
Iceland 🇮🇸 is a wonderful place to visit Glad your son enjoyed his visit Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
You both look very refreshed. How awesome. What an interesting choice of a cruise 🛳. I love the Mediterranean only...lol 😊. I will go again soon. That bathroom looks better than mine. 😮
Thanks so much! 😊 it was a great itinerary the bathrooms were lovely Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍻
It’s a real shame that 3 days into your cruise you became sick. Passengers should be checked at boarding, and denied boarding if they are already sick. It’s truly irresponsible of them to carry a contagion on board. It’s not a cheap cruise, $12k after all.
Yes, I am with Norm and am put off by that too.
Thanks for sharing we won’t be cruising anytime soon Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦
This vlog confirms that I will never take a cruise. Much rather organize a trip on my own than paying $8000 Canadian for a floating hotel. Thanks for sharing!❤
We also love to plan ourselves Sandra but to see Greenland 🇬🇱 you can only fly from Reykjavik or Copenhagen and the internal flights are very expensive so actually we thought the cruise 🚢 was a great way to see such a wonderful and unique place Cheers 🚢😎🥂🍁
Oh no, that’s a real shame you both caught COVID on your cruise. I wish they would test everybody before embarking so healthy people like yourselves don’t end up getting sick. I think we’ll hold off before doing another one.
It really surprised us Danielle, there is no testing on embarking or any Covid requirements Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
Glad you enjoyed yourselves! But hardly any entertainment? Not a fan of that. Too much money
For me and you got sick as well! Sorry to hear that.
Thanks for watching have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍻
Great that you are on the mend! That is really too bad that you got covid after being so careful about it for the last 3 years.We just came back from a bus tour from Ottawa to crowded NYC and was pleasantly suprised that we didn’t get covid. I love how you get in depth about your travels and make us better informed. Thank you!
Your very welcome glad you enjoy our videos have a great weekend Cheers Suzie 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍷
The cold added to the likelihood you did catch Covid.
Maybe
At least you didn't get food poisoning too!
Guess that was a plus LOL 😂
Thanks for your candid review. We were ready to try cruising right before Covid hit. Hubby now has reservations about cruises and perhaps it’s better to wait a bit longer. We really had wanted to do the Alaska cruise. Maybe for now we should just fly to Iceland and check it out.
We have done an Alaska cruise 🚢 and it was wonderful ( before the Pandemic) Iceland 🇮🇸 is a wonderful but expensive place to visit . You can get deals of flights hotels etc we did one a few years ago and loved it Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦
We got Covid on our last cruise, but the version of Covid active worldwide is very mild. I had light cold symptoms and my wife was non-symptomatic. Everyone says Covid is here to stay and we need to Learn to live with it. This is true.
Very true David
Globally, nearly 1.5 million new COVID-19 cases and over 2500 deaths were reported in the last 28 days (10 July to 6 August 2023), an increase of 80%. It might be mild but still dangerous.
It is a Coronavirus. In other words, a cold.
Did you (or anyone else) wear a mask?
We did on tenders , planes etc , no one else was Carol 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
Thank you . Good info. We are weighing our options and the more we look a cruises the less we are interested. What you get for the money vs what you can do traveling on own own.
We still think cruising is a great way to see a lot on a budget, we do love the concept, but the risk is getting sick, even with that we had a great time.
I've only been on one cruise, and it was to Alaska, and we had 12 foot swells, and at least half of us were sick. The things you wear on your wrist helped me. I also caught Covid. This was September 2021. There were tons of precautions being taken against the virus, but it didnt matter. So i just dont think it was the fault of the ship. Sorry you got sick, tho!
Sorry to hear that Cathy , we think precautions have lapsed Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸
Good Day, Your sharing is interesting and helpful . It is a very good overview of the cruise experience. We have not cruised. Did anyone wear masks? Also, given you were sick did you miss out on sights and port excursions? Did the ship make an announcement that there was Covid-19 on the ship? We are most pleased you are safely home. Again, thank you for sharing.
No people weren’t wearing masks , yes when we knew we were sick we didn’t visit the small towns in Greenland 🇬🇱 also had our meals as room service to avoid others Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸🙂
I asked my question more along he lines of was your trim diminished. We just hope you were able to enjoy yourselves!!@@ThisIsOurRetirement
Sorry to hear you were so sick on the cruise. As mentioned before (previous videos) I am not too crazy about cruises. Give land and I will be a happy puppy! I do agree with Norm. The only trip I took (my arm was twisted ) was over ten years ago in one of the Disney's cruise ship that left cape Canaveral to some Islands near Florida. The food was delicious and plenty. No restrictions on what to eat. Our dinner partners were cattle ranchers from Montana so the husband would have two steak dinners per night. The ship was extremely clean as you would see the cleaning crew all day doing what they do best. The swimming pool was great with party every night with fireworks over the water. The only thing that was unusual was that there were too many children. Which is expected. I am happy that you are feeling better. Double Cheers. 🍷🍷
Thanks so much Tony glad you enjoyed your one and only cruise 🚢 LOL 😂Cheers 🚢😎🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦
Tina & Norm, WOW! If you want my advice that was a pretty expensive ticket to go on a cruise & to catch COVID & get stuck in your room the whole time. 😮 From now on always carry on your trips lots of Vit C, Vit D, zinc, & hydro sense, & whatever else you want to add. I hope you both are feeling much better now. As for a cough, hot lemon & lots of honey. And wear your mask while you are traveling & wash youe hands. Sounds like the cruise ship was lacking in their house cleaning. Norm is right. No more cruises. That was a lot of money to get sick. 😥😥😥
Thanks for your advice Louise 🌺👍👍
@@ThisIsOurRetirement They say, to take Vit C, 1000 mg, time release 2x's a day. And Vit D, 10,000 IU a day. But whatever you feel is best for you. I take a few other supplements also. Bromelain & NAC & chewable Vit C, is good to take with you also. I hope this is behind you now. Stay Healthy! 😊😊😊
We do take Vit C and Vit D daily and take with us on our trips yes we hope it’s behind us as we are feeling a lot better 🌺🍁
@@ThisIsOurRetirement ,I forgot to mention. If Norm is still coughing. Get him some blueberry juice. It is good for cough & digestive. I make my own every morning. It is so good for you. I take half cup 2x's a day. And a apple everyday. 😊 They say, it keeps the dr away. 😊 I hope that will help you & Norm. Be well.❣❣
Intersting. We are back from 10 day Alaska Sept 16-26, 2023 Majestic Princess. We got Covid about day 4/5 into our 10 day. We were 3500 passengers. So we think we got it on board. Like you many were coughing, hacking during first few days. The food on board was good but the covid thing has ruinned it. We are still positibe 7-8 days after first. Home now. Been thinking smaller cruise line ship next IF we cruise again like Oceania or HAL. Well see. Like you guys went all Covid with nothing. Go figure we get it on a cruise ship & Princess nontheless. They are bsically ignoring it now is my feeling. Love the video's.
So sorry you too caught Covid hope you get better soon we won’t be cruising anytime soon Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍻
We aren't widely experienced travellers so choose our trips really carefully. I had thought about doing a similar cruise to this one but after reading about your experience, I'm so glad we didn't book one for this autumn. Big bucks for the Canadian dollar only to get Covid? I wondered about the lack of testing for people boarding, and also about those contaminated folks taking the virus into communities in Greenland and Iceland--did the ship not impose a quarantine for them so they didn't pass along the infection at various ports? Once again, we've enjoyed your thoughtful and even-handed analysis of your experience. We'll carry on with downsizing and purging for now, your other videos we follow and enjoy!
On Windstar there is no Covid requirements to board , once we knew that Norm tested positive we didn’t get off in Greenland 🇬🇱 at the ports where there is such a small community of people .Have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂
So sorry to hear you got sick. Yes, those who know they are sick should stay away.. I do love to cruise but have been afraid to since Covid. Maybe again soon. I do hope you got well enough to enjoy sometime out of you room. Thank you for your honest updates.
Your welcome we still did manage to enjoy some of the trip despite getting sick Cindi Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🙂🌺
Oh boy! We are packing to head out on a Viking ocean cruise of 900 passengers. We have been traveling since Covid on the smaller Viking river ships. We did France in 2021, SE Asia in 2022 and Portugal/Spain earlier this year. Viking we felt did a good job of keeping things clean and healthy. This is a good reminder to us to be vigilant. Sorry you had to get covid on your cruise.
We hope you have a great time Joan where are you going 🤔just in case we suggest taking Covid test kits, Tylenol, Advil and cough drops and syrup as a precaution and self medicate if you don’t feel well Cheers 🚢🇮🇸🇨🇦🍻
All good reminders. I hope that you are fully recovered soon.
Thanks 🌺
You’re very calm about this experience and it’s a situation where you really were thoughtful about the post Covid realities . I think unfortunately despite the real risks to health existing out there many people have written off any caution. In fact we have to protect ourselves because avoiding inconvenience and denial are behaviors a lot of people are going to exhibit during travel.
Just curious…. Are you vaccinated ? Good time to travel now that you have immunity. Nice video!! Thanks for the update.
Yes we are we have had three but won’t get anymore Margie Cheers 🚢🇨🇦🇮🇸
@@ThisIsOurRetirement same and me neither !! Caught Covid on a trip to Ireland . Not much fun when you’ve paid all that money to just sit in your room.
We agree that sucks we were actually looking to going to Ireland 🇮🇪
@@ThisIsOurRetirement highly recommend Ireland. Ate mostly in pubs. So I guess no surprise I caught Covid :) loved it.