Lets CRUISE! What It’s Like Cruising Now In 2022 | This Needs To Change On Royal Caribbean Ships..
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You're having a pretty standard pre-2020 cruise experience. ships are 90-100% full, lines are usually long everywhere, reservations needed for most everything, gotta get there early for seating for shows, etc. There are lots of videos pre-2020 about cruising you should watch about ships you may go on in the future
A reason you don’t take a last minute cruise!
Longtime cruiser here. The issues with testing and lines are avoidable with advance planning. Crew and passengers also may not wish to be filmed as witnessed on this cruise.
You’re certainly right. But to be fair, I never had this issue when I had a set time or if I had a reservation for my time dining. He unfortunately learned the hard way that you can’t just walk up on MTD.
I'm a nurse and I have a personal story for you:
I was vaccinated as early as it was possible. I've been woking with COVID patients since August (when I got my first job as a nurse) and I've been ok the entire time... until June 15th. I felt horrible and I tested positive for COVID. The feeling of being sick came on pretty quickly and when i think back I think of all the people I'd been around and I didn't have a mask on. I was working but I was asymptomatic which can have been from 3-14 days. (I always wore a mask when interacting with patients).
In a way, having a COVID test before a cruise isn't a perfect solution to keeping everyone safe, but it's going to catch the people who are positive and asymptomatic. So, imagine going on a 3-5 day cruise, everyone's fine, nobody is sick... but someone was positive without symptoms and now everyone's been exposed.
Now imagine that asymptomatic person was you. If you were on the Adventure and it was at 100% capacity you would have exposed 4,058 passengers and 1,180 crew. Not all of those people are in perfect health. How many would go home, get sick, and not make it. How many would go home, give it to family and friends?
Yesssss. Came here to write a similar comment.
I’m an RN also. I feel you. Trust me I get it! But seriously how long can we go on like this. I think that’s kyles point.
Agree 100%
Yeah my aunt went on a cruise recently and they did t require test. She cane back with covid and infected both her daughters. One daughter even missed her graduation for getting her Doctorate of medicine because she cane down with covid because my aunt went in a cruise and caught covid from someone. That’s a big moment to miss out on and it’s not every day someone in your family becomes a doctor.
Do you regret getting that first vaccine now that it is pretty worthless?
I agree with Lora, the tests should 10000000% be included with the cruise!!! 💕🤘u guys rock!
@@mikegruber172 well like optional. If you can’t do covid test prior to embarkation date for some reason, Getting it done at the port would be a good idea.
If included can you imagine the queue?
I'm a healthcare provider and I've managed to dodge covid for 2 1/2 years...until today. I'm sooooo sick. This new strain evades current vaccines and boosters, so I believe they do still need to test, but I don't believe passengers should have to pay such a high price to get tested since it's mandated. I believe it should be part of the cruise price.
Making the cost of the cruise $105 dollars higher would force everyone pay the rate for last-minute testing instead of incentivizing them to be tested prior to arrival. Kyle clearly states they could have been tested ahead of time, but then goes on to complain about the on-site rates. It makes absolutely no sense and people like you validating his baseless complaints doesn't help anyone
Making you regret taking the first,second, third vaccine?
Having caught covid on a ship and seeing MANY friends catch it on other cruise ships, anything that reduces the number of infected passengers helps. It's quick and easy and doesn't really cost anything if you set up testing ahead of time. I think they should keep the testing until after the next winter wave.
I’d rather them keep the testing but drop the vaccine requirement.
Unless they require boosters of having your last shot within a certain time frame, it’s completely moot since the vaccine does basically nothing to slow the spread after a year or more from the last dose.
I agree
Drunk Kyle is fun. Drunk Laura and Kyle is double trouble! Have fun you two! 💚💚💚
I'm glad I can live vicariously through you guys! My social anxiety could never with a cruise! Have a good time!
I think the testing is more to protect the crew, cruise lines can't risk to have their whole crew catch covid and be forced to close business. Passengers go home after a few days but the crew is there with a 4 to 8 months contract and even if tests stop being required in the US it will still mandatory for other parts of the world and that includes many independent islands.
Bingo. Kyle didn’t think this one through.
it isnt
i mean everywhere in the world had drop the mandates and even planes as well. so cruise ships are the only companies that you need vaccine.
I think the point that Kyle was making is that if we just stopped looking for Covid, we would not find it anymore. Then we could move on with our lives.
@@dougronald561 lookin away won't make the cruise line economically stable, preventing their employees from getting the virus is what worked. That's why many of the staff still use mask and it has obviously worked.
Watching Lora and Kyle!!!! Whoppie fun!!!!...lol..Come on Down!!!
Come on down
@@ChinaDollTravels YESSSSSS!!!!
Come on down!
Happy Sunday-Fun-day Mr. Pallo and family! 💝🥰💕
Dad! You need to go on a cruise with Kyle!!!
Medical lab scientist here…. Reagents used in the testing are what make covid tests so expense. Those “free” test have expensive reagents in them too. 😀
Agree- I know it’s frustrating, but saying $105 for a cotton swab is not quite the whole picture- the testing is really pretty complex and we are lucky to have the ability to test.
So sweet to get to see ChinaDoll!! Sorry I missed the livestream, but work-is-work. You and Lora are so much fun to watch together…good friends…loving having fun!!
It was so great running into you guys on this cruise. Every time we saw y’all it was like a celebrity sighting for my kids 😂. Our family loves your videos.
Great seeing you on same cruise 🚢 thanks for featuring me on livestream and vlog
😻😻😻
Thank you for actually showing the process. I'm going on Independence in September and I've watched every video I can find and no one shows anything. Just ship tours
China Doll...Are you watching Kyle and Lora so they can be safe and still have lots
of FUN???...lol
Yes watching them now
@@ChinaDollTravels Are you guys having fun too???
@@daddaddad595 yes we are in Bahamas 🇧🇸
Yes @China Doll Travels ! Keep an eye 👁 on Kyle and Lora n keep them out of too too much trouble!!
Kyle, the Walgreens right there in Windermere does Covid test. You can make an appt. a week prior to whatever day you need to take it. I took one just last week to go on Disney Wish. Took it and got results in about 45 min. The best part = it was FREE!
Did you do the rapid naat test? Or rapid antigen?
@@tamikas9425 Did the NAAT one.
Their ship, their rules
My time dining is great, but you need to make sure you book a time and not just show up without a reservation. Cruising used to have a 6 and 8 seating and that was all you could choose from. Then Royal created the my time which made it so you could eat when you wanted from 5:30 to 9ish, but it is always best to book the time you want to eat! meaning you can book a 5:30 one night and then 6:45 the next, but if you don't book the time you want in advance and just show up when everyone else is ready to eat and also did not book, then you may have to wait until a table becomes available!
My opinion is the same as Laura, they should include the covid test price in the cruise package and do it themselves! 100 dlls for a test we get for free is outstanding and helping those companies take advantage of the situation...
Just to let everyone know: THERE WERE OTHER PLACES TO EAT THAT HAD NO WAIT. There are the "fancy" dining areas where you pay up to $50/PER PERSON to eat; and there are the FAST FOOD ALWAYS AVAILABLE. My son and I are not fussy, and eating pizza/pasta/burgers/fries every night was fine with us; if we were told the alternative was a 2 hour wait. Again, there are (were) alternatives to waiting 2 hours.
Hi Kyle, I'm with Lora, it would be nice for the test to be included in Cruise price. Having to get tested before boarding adds an insane amount of anxiety for me. I can't get over that ship - beautiful. Lora finished her drink before you, what?! HOW, how do you only have a back pack!? Wow, nice room, lots of space 👍 Long wait for dinner but a nice table by the window & the food looked delicious. Great kick off to the series!!
Hey 👋🏻 Kyle. My 2 cents on the COVID testing…I think it’s great that they’re still doing the tests because they’re allowing cruisers to be maskless. However, charging customers a whopping $105 bucks for the test is kinda ridiculous. They’re just robbing from ya.
All the shows on Royal Caribbean ships are really good the last time I was on it. They really do have great productions.
Man oh man on the dinner waiting time!!! That’s crazy. I’m glad we know what my time is like from your experience the next time we cruise.
Can’t wait to see your next day’s Vlog. Catch you tomorrow, Same Kyle Time, Same Kyle Channel!!
I do agree it should be included but it is needed. COVID is still here and plenty are catching it on the ship. I keep saying just because we are over COVID doesn't mean it over us. We are in a middle of a surge right now even if you not seeing it I work in healthcare so I am seeing it.
Lora is so much fun 🤩 Ship looks nice…it is super packed though!! We’ve been so spoiled with the lower capacity 😫
Cruising is definitely back. It’s summer and a packed cruise. Just like the old days!
Sounds like a fun cruise! Looking forward to the Wish😊👍❤✌🛳🛳🛳🍹🍹🍹🏝🏝🏝🌊🌊🌊🎊🎉🎊
Fun dynamic between you and Lora. I too wish covid restrictions would change up. That's what is preventing my foray into cruising.
Same here, and it makes me so sad. I canceled a cruise today.
Kyle didn't split the beds. LMAO
NCL is going to be dropping the covid test for its sailings in other countries, but no the US. I wonder how much longer it would take for everyone to get on the ship if we all tested at the port. Less stressful to get tested before hand, but great to have the backup plan of testing at port. Despite the long dinner wait, it looks like you to are having a great time. Can't wait to see CocoCay! Hoping to run into you guys in a couple of weeks at Disney.
You can still get COVID so there should be testing. I got COVID at Disney in May. I avoided it for over 2 years and let my guard down on a packed Disney bus. I forgot my mask! Ugh!!
Love seeing Kyle cruising content! Hope to see more cruise content in the future !!
Loved this! Y’all were trashed 🤣. We cruised in March on Independence and it was Spring break...we experienced the same issue with the dining and just hit the buffet instead. I can’t wait to see part 2 you’re having so much fun! You needed this cruise Kyle
I hope your having a great time!!
Here's a tip some cruise TH-camrs have done. You can go online and order a set of home tests with remote proctoring for something like $120 for 5 tests and you can just keep those on hand. Whenever you need a test you open their app and it'll connect you to a nurse that will monitor you as you test - this is every bit as official as going to Walgreens or getting the test in front of the cruise terminal and it comes out to around $24 per test this way.
Those aren't the same as the free ones we receive in the mail. Honestly, I feel safer with the testing especially since you are on a ship with all these other people with no where else to go. I do agree that it should be included in your cruising price.
I forget how easy I have it in NYC, there's places for me to test on pretty much every corner. Have a great cruise!!!!
You are likely paying the high price because the cruise has to pay the staff and pay for their PPE. Covid tests will probably stay cause any outbreak affects their bottom line . You wanna cruise got to play by their rules!
Always choose the early or late standard seating! My time is always crazy. Too many people choose it.
Went on Independence in March, and loved it! Harmony in Sept and Allure in Oct! This is my year of cruising. Love your videos Kyle!
Always gotta love my daily dose of Kyle!
I also cant wait for testing to go away, but more ready for the need for the testing to go away. And as a big fella who could never fit all his clothes in a backpack I'm kinda jealous of you being able to pack like that. Oh and since you mentioned it a while back that he reads the comments... DAD!
So excited to be on independence of the seas in 2 weeks!! Thanks for showing me around the ship!!
The days of cruising on a ship that’s only half full are gone it does look like a lot of fun I know it’s a lot of food lotta drinking you’re going to have a wonderful time and it’s great to see it you do such hard work I know it is thank you Kyle for all that you do
You should do a symphony of the seas or harmony of the seas! keep up the good work and I love your cruise video!
You said just be vaccinated to cruise. It wouldn't help to just be vaccinated. You can still have covid and spread it. So you have to be tested.
I was thinking the same thing
Yup. You can be vaccinated AND still get COVID and test positive and NOT able to board.
I always do my time dining, you have to make reservations on the app so that you get sat faster
The test is expensive because they have to process it so quickly. Also, being vaxxed is no guarantee with the B5 version going around. Why complain about something that is stated upfront and you agree to when booking?
He has done it since he started cruising. I think it his thing 🤷🏾♀️.
I think if he didn’t have to worry about keeping viewers his comments would be much different. He tries to add in “I understand why they do it” to avoid backlash but it’s pretty obvious what his real thoughts are.
Cause it’s Kyle and he complains about everything. Very tiring. I’ve no not watched a video in ages cause of it but thought give this a shot. Still same. If he did research before hand he’d know these things he’s complaining about but I think he just enjoys it.
Full capacity. 1st day. You can switch if you want. You can get perm reservations in anytime before you board or day of down at guest services. Older ships sometimes have plumbing issues.But this ship was built in 2007 15 years ago. Refurb in 2018.
Love the video!!! Hope everyone who is reading this is having a lovely day 😊
You should have taken Nick with you. You guys have chemistry.
Enjoy your cruise have an amazing time 👍🏻🍿
WOW!!! It is soooooo packed!!!! INSANE!!! Not ok that u guys had to wait that long to be sat! Good advice…. Never get that “any-time dining”.
Covid truly isnt even bad anymore, its like i just get a cold
We are going on this exact cruise and ship 9/12-9/16 and have an over the water cabana if you want to film it! (Just the two of us and we can get up to 8 in the Coco Beach Club/Cabana)
Duh get a reservation don't expect to just waltz in at your own convenience and be seated in 2 minutes..never eaten our before??
I have been watching for awhile. I think you got used to cruising near end of pandemic and ships were still limiting passengers. Now they are back to full numbers and this is what comes with that. Crowded everything
My time dining is GREAT! You just need to pre book your “my time” even on a full ship it totally works great. You have still reserve a time on the website before you even board.
Laura is such a looker and fun she is my fav.
Well, we are not out of the woods yet so I think testing should still be required but I agree with Lora, the test should be included with your price. You are paying for the cruise, you should have it included. Glad you are enjoying your time on the cruise. Not my thing, but you enjoy these. Looking forward to your trip to Hawaii . Enjoy your day/ evening. 7. Looking forward to your next vlog.
What makes you say not out of the woods? Just curious
My time dining would have missed me cuz I’m ordering room service ✌🏽. There’s no patience when I’m hangry.
Yay!!!! LOVE ur cruise vlogs!!!! 👍😆💕 have an AMAZING time guys!!! 🥰🥰🥰
With no testing required for anything else, it’s time for it to go.
Laura is gorgeous and perfect! if Kyle doesn't wife her up, i may need to go down to Florida with a ring!
Kyle is his happiest self on a cruise. Love it. Makes me smile xoxo
Love the content and LO space RA is becoming a great sidekick can't wait to see more. Keep it up!
Love having LO RA in the vlogs!
There’s only two chargers in the room but on the side of the bed that doesn’t have one, there is a phone w a ubs outlet to charge a phone
I don't think I'd go on a cruise right now if they didn't require COVID testing. I've had way too many friends who are fully vaxed and boosted but still get COVID in the past couple of months that it's just too much to risk. There was even a cruise vlog recently where someone got COVID while on a cruise ship, essentially their entire floor got it, COVID can spread so fast when people are all packed into these spaces and so many people aren't willing to get vaccinated that I personally wouldn't feel comfortable going on a ship where people weren't required to at least get tested.
The booze, the food? What’s the fascination with cruising. Is the entertainment worth it? The cramped rooms, the exposure to germs? Why do this? I’m considering cruising one day, so I’m asking in all sincerity. Thanks!
We don’t eat in the dining room anymore. We just go to buffet or specialty dining.
If you’re getting rid of one of the two why would it be the testing and not the vax? You had covid while being fully vaccinated and it went through your whole apartment. Travel is a luxury, and it always comes at the risk of getting sick. That’s just reality. We should be free to assess the risks on our own at this point.
Totally agree. The testing doesn't bother me as much as the vaccine requirements.
I'm a new subscriber and really enjoy your videos. Thank you!!
Welcome!!!!!
Thanks for showing us the MyTime dining thing! We are taking our first cruise in November, for our 28th anniversary, and I was planning to choose MyTime dining.
Laura's romper is 🔥! Enjoy your cruise!
Thanks for a great video!
Loving your videos, your excitement is infectious.
Pro tip, I never eat in the main dining room in a cruise ship. I always just go to one of the restaurants that are included or the Windjammer. Also you can pick a dining time and not go if you don’t want to.
First cruise video! Loved the live, hope you guys have a great time.
You can still make a reservation for a time even though you have any time dining. Just book it through the app. Thats what i do.
Kyle have you ever done an all inclusive resort trip before ?! Highly recommend!!
When you got off this cruise, I was boarding a 4 night cruise on Virgin Cruise line. My cruise was full but night and day customer service compared to your experience. First there are no kids allowed (18 and over cruise), specialty dining is included so I got to have a different 4 star dinning experience every night, lots of staff there to accommodate you with drinks or food. No one stood in any lines for anything (not even a drink). You need to do a Virgin cruise and you will never want to cruise Royal or Carnival again. Not to mention Richard Branson boarded the cruise at the end and brought everyone a shot in the restaurant he was eating at.
I love royal carribean , been on 3 cruises already with them
Covid isn’t going anywhere so the tests shouldn’t be going anywhere lol. It’s really not as big of a hassle for the tests (if done timely) but it should absolutely be included in your cruise fare. It’s just a new way of living.
Here's a tip some cruise TH-camrs have done. You can go online and order a set of home tests with remote proctoring for something like $120 for 5 tests and you can just keep those on hand. Whenever you need a test you open their app and it'll connect you to a nurse that will monitor you as you test - this is every bit as official as going to Walgreens or getting the test in front of the cruise terminal and it comes out to around $24 per test this way.
I agree with requiring covid test to get on the ship but it should be included in the price. I feel it is kinda unethical for them to price hike the price of the test.
Yep, with My Time, you need a res or it's first come first serve. It's either first seating or the buffet for me.
Norwegian does this the best.
Agree with LO-RA, if mandatory then they pay. I say keep ‘em, keeps people honest, stay home if sick.
Just catching your VLOG! Sailing in May 2023....testing no longer required (hip hip hooray!!!)
Looking forward to watching your cruising experience👍🏼I’m hopping on an RCL ship next month🕺🏻Can’t wait!
Love Independence of the Seas. Itvwas my first cruise and I had so much fun. Thanks for sharing. Love your channel.
You were right, they just need to get rid of the test crap.
I think it should still be going. With the numbers climbing again better to be safe. I do like the idea that it should be included in the price.
I agree they should go . But what we will have to keep in mind is that certain ports may still require testing and vaccination.
Hi Kyle! Hope you hav a great cruise day! Have fun, sorry I missed the stream because I was busy
LOVE u and Lora’s energy!! U guys are sooo silly n joyful!! Thanks for bringing us along on ur FUN adventures !😍😍😍
Great video. Looks like tons of fun. Really appreciate the amount of work it takes to edit and upload content while on the cruise. Looking forward to a cruise for the first time in November. Love all the tips and advice.
I love My Time dining, but we often book a time to ensure we get a table and tend to eat earlier so maybe that’s makes a difference.
Not splittin the bed... you dawg.
You again! Agreed, I feel like that’s so messed up considering he was just with Sam like yesterday
You may be making some incorrect assumptions.
@@chrishebert5672 I mean… you may be, too. Lol.
The tag line for this cruise is.. this place is packed, lots of people, it’s packed. Though most of his cruising has been during the pandemic soo this is more normal
Love the video, glad you having fun!! Enjoy my guy!!
You've gotten me sooo hyped for my first cruise in three years in a couple of months. Great video
Hi Kyle ,FYI if you kept your receipt you can file it with your insurance and they will reimburse you for this. I did it when I was traveling out of the country.
Great to see you cruise. Like Royal, but hope you try some of the other cruise brands soon like Virgin, Norwegian, and Celebrity