DCL cruise to nowhere this summer!

[MJ6987]

Guests no longer expected to socially distance according to reports. Makes sense given the increased capacity now.

[LOU LOU DISNEY]

Originally Posted by disneypars

Glad you had a great time.

Can I ask how you managed to get tested at the arena and not the car park where we all experienced delays.

Great photos by the way.

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I didn’t drive as we came over from Belfast. We walked into the arena for 1.00 PAT & it was very quick process. Hubby’s vaccination wasn’t showing on their system but I showed them his QR code saying approved so the fixed it, that was our only hold up of about 10 Mins. Then only 15 min wait on email for negative LFT. The bus should of been 5 mins drive but the roadworks held that up. We were on the ship for 2.45, which I was pleased with!

[assos]

Originally Posted by MJ6987

Guests no longer expected to socially distance according to reports. Makes sense given the increased capacity now.

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Ooooh - do we know if they're still separating people at dinner? I'm going solo, not sure if I want company or not!

[gismo1554]

Originally Posted by assos

Ooooh - do we know if they're still separating people at dinner? I'm going solo, not sure if I want company or not!

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They are on current cruise yes so don't think they have got rid of it entirely like some people are claiming. Also they have not opened up new availability for the shows so again I think things haven't changed much at all. The official government rules do say 1m social distancing I believe and 50% capacity so I think there will still be some. No one I know on current cruise (know 3 groups) has noticed any differences since first cruise.

[HansysMum]

I did notice increased restaurant capacity on our second night. 18/7 we ate at animators pallet and tables socially distanced. Night 2 at rapunzels all tables were seated.

[MJ6987]

Originally Posted by gismo1554

They are on current cruise yes so don't think they have got rid of it entirely like some people are claiming. Also they have not opened up new availability for the shows so again I think things haven't changed much at all. The official government rules do say 1m social distancing I believe and 50% capacity so I think there will still be some. No one I know on current cruise (know 3 groups) has noticed any differences since first cruise.

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Haven’t the 1m rules gone in England now? I thought that’s why nightclubs were able to open etc?

[Gill H]

Originally Posted by MJ6987

Haven’t the 1m rules gone in England now? I thought that’s why nightclubs were able to open etc?

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The ship can set its own rules. Many people booked precisely because of the restrictions and will not like the goalposts changing.

[gismo1554]

Originally Posted by MJ6987

Haven’t the 1m rules gone in England now? I thought that’s why nightclubs were able to open etc?

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In the UK yes but not for cruising industry. The rules for this are different. They are still having caps on capacity and other restrictions. Also your point is this is England based, and the Staycations are UK based. The rules are produced by the Cruising Association and the Cruise line itself based on not just England rules but other aspects too so it would not follow suite that if England changes the cruises will. They were devised with very strict rules to ensure that whatever happens in anywhere in the UK they can try and carry on sailing so I wouldn't expect to see many if any changes in response to England's changes. The capacity change means it can be higher capacity but that's probably going to be the only change for awhile. I don't think social distancing and mask wearing will go any time soon.

[disneypars]

The only social distancing we experienced on our staycation cruise from Liverpool was at the show, dining and shopping. Only one party per lift and masks inside.
No social distancing when boarding or elsewhere on the ship.

[dippiedawnie]

We experienced social distancing in all indoor venues on our Liverpool cruise including bars, restaurants, lifts, theatre, cinema, nos allowed in shops, guest services Q etc. They even wouldn’t let us watch the show on deck unless we were socially distanced. The only areas where we didn’t experience it was when the crew weren’t in control like walking to our cabins in the narrow hallways, as we all arrived for food for our dinner seating. There were crew outside the toilets at busy times limiting the number of people. Considering I think they did very well without annoying us about it. There were only 980 of us on board though and I can see how this would get tricky in some areas the higher number of people onboard.