Covid 19 WBPC cruise

[Naeher]

Get well soon @o&smom . Let DCL know too.

 

[FigmentSpark]

Thank you. Yes, so mild and not what you hear to look for that I had NO idea!

How did you get tested? Just at your doctor's? Or were you allowed a test because you'd just come back from the cruise? So many people are just told to assume they have it, but with mild symptoms like you have, it's really beneficial to know you have it, if for no other reason than you're over that fear/worry.

 

[o&smom]

How did you get tested? Just at your doctor's? Or were you allowed a test because you'd just come back from the cruise? So many people are just told to assume they have it, but with mild symptoms like you have, it's really beneficial to know you have it, if for no other reason than you're over that fear/worry.

I was quite shocked how easy it was from our nurse practitioner. I was originally looking at drive through options or labs that could do it. Then I just decided to call, and they said to be there at 12:30 and wait in the parking lot. She came out decked in PPE with a cart of supplies and swabbed us for flu and Corona per area health care guidelines. I still am in shock that I do not just have a sinus infection. The only reason I decided to even try to get us tested was being overly cautious just because I knew our exposure history, and our “quarantine” time was set to expire. And I just thought it would be nice to be safe for anybody that we may come into contact with.

 

[o&smom]

Get well soon @o&smom . Let DCL know too.

Yes. My husband wants to wait until we get all of our results before we call Disney. Hopefully we will know by Monday.

 

[AquaDame]

I was quite shocked how easy it was from our nurse practitioner. I was originally looking at drive through options or labs that could do it. Then I just decided to call, and they said to be there at 12:30 and wait in the parking lot. She came out decked in PPE with a cart of supplies and swabbed us for flu and Corona per area health care guidelines. I still am in shock that I do not just have a sinus infection. The only reason I decided to even try to get us tested was being overly cautious just because I knew our exposure history, and our “quarantine” time was set to expire. And I just thought it would be nice to be safe for anybody that we may come into contact with.

My understanding is if you are confirmed to have been exposed it is easy to get the test... I'm glad you are having mild symptoms and hope the rest of your family are doing ok! Get well soon!

 

[KVH]

Most recent outcome of the last cruise here. Staff are under a gag order to not communicate with the media.

 

[jenmsmith]

I was quite shocked how easy it was from our nurse practitioner. I was originally looking at drive through options or labs that could do it. Then I just decided to call, and they said to be there at 12:30 and wait in the parking lot. She came out decked in PPE with a cart of supplies and swabbed us for flu and Corona per area health care guidelines. I still am in shock that I do not just have a sinus infection. The only reason I decided to even try to get us tested was being overly cautious just because I knew our exposure history, and our “quarantine” time was set to expire. And I just thought it would be nice to be safe for anybody that we may come into contact with.

Thank you for sharing this. I came home from our Fantasy Cruise on March 7 with a cough and later what I believed to be a sinus infection. I didn’t ever run a fever, that I noticed, and it was when the guidance was you had to have a fever for it to be COVID-19.

Your symptoms sound so similar to mine. If mine was COVID-19, then I was lucky with relatively mild symptoms (cough is still hanging on, but nothing like what those who have been hospitalized are going through). I do hope there will be an antibody test at some point, so I can confirm whether I did have it.

Bless you and healing to you.

 

[Ccll4]

More confirmed cases on the wonder

 

[BartmanLA]

More confirmed cases on the wonder

Not confirmed "reportedly", this site is a legal firm trying to drum up business to sue the cruise lines for their alleged misconduct or legal issues.

 

[OKW Lover]

Staff are under a gag order to not communicate with the media.

Disney has ample, dedicated staff to communicate with the media. Its not up to the crew to speak for the company.

 

[planecrazy63]

Disney has ample, dedicated staff to communicate with the media. Its not up to the crew to speak for the company.

Also this is a standard part of their contract not a gag order. Most public companies make you sign a piece of paper when you join that says you won't talk to the media.

 

[o&smom]

Most recent outcome of the last cruise here. Staff are under a gag order to not communicate with the media.

Wow! We now know what seemed like our safe, little bubble was not. Praying for full recovery for all.

 

[teruterubouzu]

Disney has ample, dedicated staff to communicate with the media. Its not up to the crew to speak for the company.

They should be able to speak of the circumstances of their own medical condition should they choose to without punishment.

 

[Adventurelawyer]

They should be able to speak of the circumstances of their own medical condition should they choose to without punishment.

They signed a non disclosure agreement which is a very real and very enforceable contract. Also very standard. The problem isn’t their medical issue, its how it was acquired, which reflects on DCL.

 

[ivanp91]

They should be able to speak of the circumstances of their own medical condition should they choose to without punishment.

The problem with that is it's too easy for the media to misconstrue what they've been told, which could make innocent comments seem anything but. It's standard practice that anything occurring in the line of duty is covered by a media policy of some sort.

 

[ScooterScott44]

Interesting list of cruise ships/cruises from the CDC website.

Cruise Ships Affected by COVID-19

Ship name	Voyage Start Date	Voyage End Date
Carnival Imagination	5-Mar	8-Mar
Carnival Valor	29-Feb	5-Mar
Carnival Valor	5-Mar	9-Mar
Carnival Valor	9-Mar	14-Mar
Carnival Vista	15-Feb	22-Feb
Carnival Vista	29-Feb	7-Mar
Celebrity Infinity	5-Mar	9-Mar
Celebrity Eclipse*	2-Mar	30-Mar
Celebrity Reflection	13-Mar	17-Mar
Celebrity Summit	29-Feb	7-Mar
Crown Princess	6-Mar	16-Mar
Disney Wonder	28-Feb	2-Mar
Disney Wonder*	6-Mar	20-Mar
Grand Celebration	22-Feb	24-Feb
Grand Princess	11-Feb	21-Feb
Grand Princess*	21-Feb	7-Mar
MSC Meraviglia	1-Mar	8-Mar
Norwegian Bliss*	1-Mar	8-Mar
Norwegian Bliss	8-Mar	15-Mar
Norwegian Breakaway	29-Feb	7-Mar
Norwegian Breakaway*	7-Mar	14-Mar
Norwegian Pride of America*	29-Feb	7-Mar
Oceania Riviera*	26-Feb	11-Mar
RCCL Explorer of Seas	8-Mar	15-Mar
RCCL Liberty of the Seas*	15-Mar	29-Mar
RCCL Majesty of the Seas*	29-Feb	7-Mar
RCCL Oasis of the Seas*	8-Mar	15-Mar
RCCL Symphony of the Seas*	7-Mar	14-Mar

The most interesting item is the asterisk.

*CDC was notified about COVID-19-positive travelers who had symptoms while on board these ships.
For all other ships, CDC was notified about travelers who had symptoms and tested positive for COVID-19 within 14 days after disembarking. Since these travelers’ symptoms began after the voyage, the traveler might have contracted COVID-19 during the voyage; however, other sources of transmission after the voyage cannot be ruled out.

Since it is not next to the first Wonder cruise it indicates that the report of the case was after the cruise. The asterisk next to the WBPC cruise indicates that a case was reported by the end of the cruise. So was it DCL that reported the case?

 

[Naeher]

The most interesting item is the asterisk.

Very interesting. Didn’t the captain say they had no reported cases in the announcements?

 

[DisBNewB]

Very interesting. Didn’t the captain say they had no reported cases in the announcements?

I don’t know about that either way, but I read the text by the asterisk as meaning when the onset of symptoms was - not necessarily meaning they would’ve gone to health services and whether the ship would’ve known. i.e. Somebody started getting a sore throat and lethargic, or a low fever the last day or two and shrugged it off, but then the symptoms later got worse and they got diagnosed. (Obviously it would also include those ships where the crew was aware; just noting that I didn’t read the text as necessarily meaning that they were.)

 

[ScooterScott44]

I don’t know about that either way, but I read the text by the asterisk as meaning when the onset of symptoms was - not necessarily meaning they would’ve gone to health services and whether the ship would’ve known. i.e. Somebody started getting a sore throat and lethargic, or a low fever the last day or two and shrugged it off, but then the symptoms later got worse and they got diagnosed. (Obviously it would also include those ships where the crew was aware; just noting that I didn’t read the text as necessarily meaning that they were.)

Agreed. While I wasn’t on the cruise, I did travel home from San Diego with a number of airline passengers that were just from the Wonder. So asking those that were there. It could be self reporting or DCL, hence the question was anyone made aware, before or after debarking that there was a suspected or confirmed case.

 

[mab2012]

Very interesting. Didn’t the captain say they had no reported cases in the announcements?

At the time of debarkation, the ship was thought to be free of COVID-19. It wasn't until shortly after debarkation that some began seeing obvious symptoms that clearly pointed to COVID-19 onboard. Some of us are aware of more specific details, but in the interest of protecting the privacy of fellow passengers, I won't discuss them here.

Agreed. While I wasn’t on the cruise, I did travel home from San Diego with a number of airline passengers that were just from the Wonder. So asking those that were there. It could be self reporting or DCL, hence the question was anyone made aware, before or after debarking that there was a suspected or confirmed case.

DCL notified all passengers by email on March 27 (one week after debarkation) that "a handful of guests have shared with us that they began feeling ill after returning home and have since tested positive for COVID-19". The email went on to confirm that DCL had shared those reports with the CDC.