Our family was supposed to board the 12 night Mediterranean cruise but sadly, the night before, I tested positive. I had a fever and was not feeling well. The day before I had a runny nose in the morning and thought it was just allergies, and tested negative. The rest of the family tested negative, but then a few days later everyone came down with it. It was a crushing disappointment after so many months of planning. As I type this, we have been quarantined in an AirBnB in Rome for the past week, and plan to stay a few more days until we hit our 10 day mark and can travel to Barcelona to finish out our trip for a couple days. All of our symptoms are mild now, just cough and runny nose.
Following our Facebook group, several other families tested positive after being on board for a few days. They are quarantined to their rooms and say Disney is treating them very well.
I sometimes think what would have happened if I had tested positive just one day later. There are pros and cons to being quarantined on the ship vs. on land, but overall we are just still so sad and disappointed. This is our family’s first time catching Covid and it came as a big shock.
If you’re able to do just carry-on luggage, we did two rolling luggages and two large carryon sized backpacks and that worked well for us. We had to pack much lighter than we ever have in the past, but I’m glad we managed it somehow, as it was good to not have to deal with lost luggage.
I’m very thankful that a negative test isn’t needed to travel back home or we may be stranded here for quite a while… my heart is still so sad, but trying to plan a “redo” cruise for next year and hope for the best.