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  1. BartmanLA

    Why is DCL still showing Grand Cayman for cruises in Jan-Mar 2022?

    This was what I found on the Gov't of Cayman Island's website yesterday. I was checking for the WBPC 2022 sailing in March. As has been stated repeatedly, DCL probably is hoping things will open up, but they've already sent a credit for Port Fee's for the guests on the WBPC 2022 this week. It...
  2. BartmanLA

    Return of Sail Away party

    No the Palo brunch is still under Covid protocols, in otherwords table service off a menu, there is still no self service buffet.
  3. BartmanLA

    Dining Rotations Will No Longer Be Shown on DCL Key To The World Cards

    This isn't something DCL did on a whim, or to reduce contact points (Covid), this was probably under study for a long time, they know the direction technology is going and they are just slower on the cruise ships to adopt them, but many other cruise lines have done away with cards as well. The...
  4. BartmanLA

    EBPC is a GO, no under 12s

    Most likely, they decided to move the Wonder to the West Coast in order to resume somewhat normal operations, and let guests get used to her itineraries again, also, I suspect personally that this move is to get us used to the idea that the Wonder might end up on the West Coast permanently or at...
  5. BartmanLA

    Somewhere to get food 24 hrs?

    Actually as has been revealed in the upcoming Magic UK Staycations, room service will NOT be 24hrs, so plan accordingly if this crosses over into the US cruises on DCL. They're evolving the protocols on the ships every week and this was something I noticed about the changes on the Magic's...
  6. BartmanLA

    Videos and Updates From Disney Magic At Sea UK Cruises - Post Five New Vlogs From London Tilbury Cruises

    This is becoming industry standard now to go virtually contactless, even in the shops on board, you no long will hand your KTTW to the CM handling your purchase, it's a touch pad that you put your card on, so you never give it up, I believe that the servers for drinks on deck carry a contactless...
  7. BartmanLA

    Panama Canal cruise

    We're on the 2022 WBPC, and when booking opened last year it literally filled up and went sold out with in a week of the Silver Castaway Club members were able to book. A few openings come around if someone decides to cancel and they free up their staterooms but for the most part they're snapped...
  8. BartmanLA

    Disney Cruise Line: Simulated Test Sailings With Volunteers Beginning June 29

    Consider this, the tests appeared to be faulty or at the least flawed, returning false positives, as was eventually discovered, BUT under the Current CSO if they were to sail on the test cruise and they got postive tests returned during or at the end of the cruise, the CDC would "fail" DCL on...
  9. BartmanLA

    New Muster Drill Experiences

    There will always be come kind of attendance mandatory for muster drills, the cruise lines have no say in this, it's law. But I think the changes proposed might fully meet the attendance requirement for the drill. Whether there is a video watched in your stateroom or a smart device, there still...
  10. BartmanLA

    Disney Wonder West Coast 2021

    Unless they can arrange very soon to sail out of Seattle for an abbreviated Alaskan cruise season, it's unlikely they'll spend the money on tolls to bring the Wonder through the Canal for just the Mexican Riveria cruises. Apparently they've slated the Magic to spend time this winter in...
  11. BartmanLA

    Anyone used DCL transportation from hotel to port in New Orleans?

    The Omni Riverfront is listed as temporarily closed, not sure what the status will be by March 2022, but the key to remember is that while there is a walking "path" to get from the hotel side of the riverfront (where most of the hotels are) to the port bring with it the difficulty of bringing...
  12. BartmanLA

    2 passengers test positive

    Consider the ODDS of 2 people having been vaccinated having a break through positive case of Covid. Even if they're related (couple) the sheer incidences of both of them experiencing a "break through" case is so infinestimally small, yet apparently they've both tested positive 2 times now...
  13. BartmanLA

    2 passengers test positive

    I'm going with either they lied about being vaccinated or they used fake vaccine documents.
  14. BartmanLA

    Will Disney follow Royal and not require vaccines?

    There's a lot about your statement that doesn't work, first off Cabanas won't be a buffet style service anymore but cafeteria style, studies have PROVEN that touch contact is extremely low risk for transmission of the virus. MANY other venues besides the SPA offer potential for cross...
  15. BartmanLA

    Disney Cruise Line: Simulated Test Sailings With Volunteers Beginning June 29

    Keep in mind that this was taken from an INTERNAL memo, something that wasns't originally planned to be released to the public at this time. This might happen as stated but it also might not, everything is fluid in these times and there could be a complete change of plans. A lot of information...
  16. BartmanLA

    Disney Cruise Line restart of sailing Health Policy (US cruises)?

    I just don't see them switching to Magic Bands for ship board matters in their current iteration they would need to be significantly enhanced, currently they can't be used like the KTTW cards are now use to exit and reboard the ships at ports, they also are limited in ability to provide the data...
  17. BartmanLA

    DCL Make a decision please!

    That's probably the primary reason they haven't made any announcement, I think, even though there's a calendar out there from the Alaskan Cruise Tourism Agency saying that the Wonder will sail out of Seattle on July 7, it probably won't happen. IMHO I think they're waiting for the Pfizer to...
  18. BartmanLA

    Does DCL ever switch Magic and Wonder’s itineraries?

    Actually the Magic has done Alaska before, however since the addition of the AquaDunk to the Magic and also her bouyancy compensator (duck tail), and the fact that a portion of the slide extends out past the side of the ship, they couldn't send her through the Canal at that time because the...
  19. BartmanLA

    Other Triton ship updates?

    Apparently it was reported in multiple places that the Fantasy's drydock in Brest, France late last year was supposedly to take care of the vibration issue, they either replaced the prop and/or the entire prop shaft to eliminate the vibration. There's no reports if the repairs actually worked...
  20. BartmanLA

    Test Cruises from Port Canaveral

    I believe that the CDC is making allowances for cruise lines that meet the CDC's 95%/98% mandate for vaccinations in order to bypass the Test Cruise requirement.




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