If you don't mind, please tell me about what it was like on-board. I've not seen many detailed cruise reviews since relaunch.
I sailed on the Adventure of the out of the Bahamas both times. Royal required all adults to be fully vaccinated. On the August cruise they also required us to take a covid test no more than 3 days prior to boarding.
Everyone on board that was vaccinated had to wear purple bands. There were areas in the ship that were only accessible to those wearing bands.
In the Windjammer crew members served food and drinks. Tables were labeled with RESERVED signs in order to maintain social distancing. The Windjammer was only open for lunch and dinner.
The Main Dining room didn't have the RESERVED signs but tables were spaced for social distancing.
Entire rows of sets in the theaters were covered with RESERVED signs in order to maintain social distancing.
In August we had to wear masks when in doors unless we were eating or drinking. This policy was not in place in June.
Masks were not required at Coco Cay.
If we returned to our cabins while they were being cleaned, we had to remain in the hall until they were done.
If you ordered room service, the tray has handed to you at the door. They wouldn't enter the cabin and place the tray down for you.
On embarkation day, there were several masks and a bottle of hand sanitizer in the cabin.
When entering and exiting the Windjammer, they scan your cabin key. They also did this when entering Blue Moon. This was done primarily for contact tracing purposes.
Once we were on board,, we had to register to take a covid. Both cruises testing was on the day before the last port day. Testing is done in the main Dining room. You receive an email and a hard copy of your test results. Testing was free.
If you're doing a back 2 back, you are tested again on the last day of the cruise.
If someone has a postive result, they start their contact tracing procedures and give those guests that may have come in contact with the postive person a second test. ( this happened to someone on my 2nd cruise).
That's all I can think of right now. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask.
