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The Mercury docked early from the voyage proceeding to my cruise. The C.D.C. took an astir role by inspecting the clearing and certifying the thoroughness of the ships disinfecting before lifting the quarantine so Celebrity could commission the next group of passengers. While I waited in Charleston for the ship to be unwounded I saw daily news programs reporting of the virus outbreak, the number of passengers and crew affected, and the on going clean up. The long and short of it is that instead of leaving port Friday March 19 as scheduled, the ship was not unwounded until 4:00 pm Sunday March 21. We could not even start the check in process until that clearance was given by the C D C.

As digit would imagine, check in was disorganized and confusing to feature the least. There were at least 3 groups of grouping acting as if they are in charge and none seemed to undergo what the others were doing; or of what instructions either group was giving. Charleston Police direct me digit way exclusive to have the Port Police kibosh me and direct me another, then the grouping from Celebrity had something else to feature about where to go to intend checked in. Do you think that this is frustrating? You bet it was. As if I needed added obstacle to deal with, it was raining. Finally, after what seemed to be an eternity, the car is parked and I commission a shuttle from the parking area to the tangency where the ship is docked.

This building is a cubbyhole of a building, just large enough to house the section equipment much inferior than a thousand grouping with their carry on luggage. Celebrity employees were trying to direct grouping into digit of three lines that snaked back and forth two or three times. Security personnel from both the Port Authority and Celebrity roamed the area ownership a watchful eye out for anything out of the ordinary. The goal at the end of the lines was to intend in front of digit of a dozen or so grouping who were incoming information into a computer and issuing the boarding card. Now I did mention that there was more than digit line. Passengers with a handicap that required assistance entered from my right and went direct to any open position at the computers; the exclusive instance they waited was for added handicapped person. To my left is added line that seemed to have quaternary positions dedicated solely to the grouping in that line. My line fit in using the rest of the agents as they became available.

Now that I have navigated the maze in the tangency and given Celebrity my completed paperwork and credit card information, I finally intend my room card in hand. This card is used for everything; effort on or off of the ship, purchases on commission the ship, as substantially as the key that opens my cabin door. Now I head off to the tangency kibosh before I actually walk up the passageway and commission the ship. I had to insert my card into the section tangency and have my photo taken.

Once on commission it seemed as if I had stepped into a fantasy. I’m greeted with smiles and Hellos from the ships staff. Waiters and waitresses walk around giving arriving passengers a render of champagne. I also got what turned out to be the first of many squirts of assistance sanitizer I would receive on this trip. Yes, assistance sanitizer and sanitary wipes every instance I entered a community area, along with no inferior than 2 public announcements each day informing me to wash my hands and how to wash them.

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