Have been on one Royal Caribbean cruise on Odyssey of the Seas at the end of October, and have another cruise booked on Seabourn for end of March. The Royal cruise was a last minute out of Miami (I got a new job, had a week off in between, and figured why on earth not!), we put in a crazy low bid for a Grand Suite and got it! PCR tests were done here in NYC at a lab prior to our flight to Miami, and no issues getting on the ship at all. Since the cruise was round trip Miami, no need for another COVID test to get off the ship.

Actual COVID protocols were....strange. Vaccinations and a COVID test were required for adults, and technically masks were required anywhere indoors. That said - there were ABSOLUTELY crowds of people without masks on in places like the buffet, bars, theater and elevators. "Social distancing" was hit & miss, definitely easier to do off ship than on, even with the low capacity. Coco Cay, for example, was fantastic. Mask enforcement was hit & miss with some people embracing the chin strap life. But - in terms of what we had to do for their regulations it was all pretty simple.

I think we would have been miserable if the ship had been at full capacity, we've just been too spoiled by other cruise lines. But - at 40% capacity it was pretty great.

Our cruise in March will be a bit more complicated with us flying into Barbados, out of Aruba, and needing PCR tests for Barbados entry, to get on the boat a few days later, to get off in Aruba (I think? Maybe not since we're vaxed), and to get home. I haven't started figuring out details yet because who knows how things will change by then, but I'm anticipating needing to find test places in Barbados and Aruba.