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Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

A look back at the Coronavirus scare on Anthem of the Seas

Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

Matt Hochberg

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Kids & Family, Royalcaribbeanblog Podcast

4.9663 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

A few weeks ago, Anthem of the Seas was delayed multiple days due to a false report of guests on the ship infected with Coronavirus. The attention it caused forced a number of delays, as well as a shortened sailing.

One guest who was onboard talks about what the experience was like, and shares tips for anyone who might be on a sailing impacted by similar circumstances.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a week weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

0:23.4

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 343.

0:27.1

When we plan a Royal Caribbean cruise, the notion of your cruise being interrupted doesn't usually

0:31.2

cross our minds, but on rare occasions it can happen.

0:34.7

You may have read a few weeks ago about one anthem of the sea sailing

0:37.7

that ended up being delayed for a few days due to a false report of coronavirus being on board.

0:43.3

One cruiser who was booked on this sailing shares what the experience was like and what to know

0:47.8

if your cruise is ever impacted by a major delay. Here we go.

0:54.8

When we plan our rural Caribbean cruises, we all have to hope and expect, quite frankly,

0:59.0

that everything is going to go as smoothly as possible and really anticipating problems

1:03.3

is probably one of the last things we consider.

1:05.3

But on some rare occasions, it does happen.

1:08.6

And on this week's episode, we're actually talking to a friend of ours who experienced

1:13.2

something like this to kind of hopefully share with all of you some good points and things

1:17.9

to look at if this were to ever happen to you.

1:20.6

And joining me back on this episode is Mr. Kurt Pressure joining us back here.

1:25.0

Welcome, Kurt.

1:26.0

Hi, Matt.

1:29.6

And, Kurt, we have you on here because you were on the Anthem of the Seas Cruise that a number of weeks ago was impacted by a

1:36.9

coronavirus scare. And I'll post a link in our show notes at real cream blog.com to the articles

1:43.0

that kind of lead you through what happened over there.

1:47.5

But in a nutshell, Anthem of the Seas was returning to Bayonne, New Jersey, as per usual, from our cruise.

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