Taking a Cruise During the Pandemic

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Would you take a cruise during the pandemic? We did.

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In November of 2021, my family of four, which included 3 fully vaccinated people over the age of 12, and one partially vaccinated child under 12, took our chances on a 5-day Royal Caribbean cruise from Tampa to Cozumel, Mexico, with a stop at the cruiseline’s private island, Coco Cay.

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I’ll detail how things went, what safety precautions were in place, and what limitations we experienced traveling as a family that could not yet be fully vaccinated.

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Stick around to the end for information on a couple of cruises we’ve got booked for 2022. While we don’t plan any formal group cruise, we would welcome readers to book the same itinerary for a casual meetup.

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The Cruises the Pandemic Took Away We had an epic trip planned. 30 days from Los Angeles to Shanghai with stops in Hawaii, Guam, Japan, South Korea, and several stops along the coast of China in the fall of 2020. After five months of self-guided travel through southeast Asia and possibly New Zealand and/or Australia, we would cruise back from Japan to Vancouver, stopping in Russia along the way, returning in late spring of 2021.

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None of that happened, obviously. The exact ship that was to be our slow boat to China ended up stranded off the coast of California for a couple of weeks with hundreds of COVID cases before the passengers were allowed to quarantine at a military base.

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Taking a Cruise During the Pandemic

Would you take a cruise during the pandemic? We did.

In November of 2021, my family of four, which included 3 fully vaccinated people over the age of 12, and one partially vaccinated child under 12, took our chances on a 5-day Royal Caribbean cruise from Tampa to Cozumel, Mexico, with a stop at the cruiseline’s private island, Coco Cay.

I’ll detail how things went, what safety precautions were in place, and what limitations we experienced traveling as a family that could not yet be fully vaccinated.

Stick around to the end for information on a couple of cruises we’ve got booked for 2022. While we don’t plan any formal group cruise, we would welcome readers to book the same itinerary for a casual meetup.

None of that happened, obviously. The exact ship that was to be our slow boat to China ended up stranded off the coast of California for a couple of weeks with hundreds of COVID cases before the passengers were allowed to quarantine at a military base.

Read The Full Article By Clicking Below

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