Cruising after covid is going to change forever. We're not talking about things like
social distancing and face masks. These won't be around forever. These are the eight changes
we expect to stay around after the pandemic and you might be surprised. Stick around to see what
they are. Well ahoy there cruises. Welcome to this video with us cruise with ben and david.
We say it every week but guys please make sure you do hit that subscribes button.
Crazy that most of you that watches are not subscribed. Absolutely crazy. So number one
is a mandate from the u.S government to add new regulations to the law for cruise ships in 2021.
It's the first time it's happened in over 10 years. How crazy is that? A few extra things
are now required on every single cruise ship. The first is that there has to be a doctor on board
at all times. And then something must be added to the muster drill to give details of the medical
centre and the doctor as well as the location of the medical centre. Next surveillance cameras
must be installed in every single public area onboard and the footage must be kept for a minimum
of 20 days. Most cruise lines are actually doing this already and have a doctor on board but now
it's the law. So every single cruise line must do this. And really it's a win-win as it makes
cruising safer for everybody. Number two is about vaccinations. Most cruise lines are requiring
vaccination to travel on cruises and we can see this becoming even more common. Royal Caribbean,
celebrity, p&o, Cunard, princess and more are requiring the vaccine before you board a cruise.
Some cruise lines are allowing people on board that can't have the vaccine including children.
Whilst others like p&o cruises, princess and saga have a strict no vaccine, no sailing policy.
You may even have to have an immunity passport or card to travel on a cruise. Things will change in
the future though. But for at least the next year, two or maybe even three years we think
it will be a requirement for most cruise lines to require proof that you've had the vaccine.
So far MSC is the only cruise line not requiring vaccines. They just require a negative test before
departure. Number three is much cleaner air. We know we've seen a lot of comparisons with
aircraft. Well, you're going to be really pleased to hear that most cruise ships are now using
new filter and air technology. As well as brand new air purification technology. Some cruise lines
are even installing UVC technology to kill all bacteria and viruses and there's also one company
developing an indoor cleaning system that can zap away 99.9% of airborne virus particles from
any indoor space within 30 minutes. Crazy. Royal Caribbean says that its HVAC system continuously
supplies 100% fresh filtered air from outdoors to all indoor spaces. This continual intake of fresh
air replaces the air in any space with a total air change up to 12 times an hour in staterooms
and about 15 times an hour in large public areas. This is really good and making them just as safe
as aircraft. And most ships have been retrofitted during the pandemic so they've used this time
really wisely. One of the best ways to combat any illness is better air circulation. So like we said
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annual subscription. That's great. Now back to the show. Number four is a new approach to dining on
board. We think we're going to say goodbye to self-service buffets. This is always something
that we've had an issue with and it's clearly the area where you'll be most likely to pick up an
illness. We've witnessed people drop tongues and put them back as well as picking up food
with their hands and then replacing the food. It's disgusting. We've mentioned this on a video before
we actually witnessed a guy pick up a piece of food look at it and go no I don't want that
and then replace it. Shocking. Snap. We did not rehearse that. Buffets will now only be handled
by trained crew members. You will point out what you want and then they will serve it for you.
So there'll be no more people touching tongs and then moving on to something else. The same goes
for self-service ice cream. It'll be served to you by a crew member. Instead of you helping yourself.
Don't worry about this guys. This is just like going into a cafe saying I want that piece
of cake. No, I want the whole cake! You know. They'll still hand it to you. Just think of all
the people that touched the tongues and did not wash their hands. And we have seen that too with
people walking straight out the bathrooms after doing their business and not washing their hands.
So this is going to be, in our opinion, one of the best changes and we don't think we'll
see it come back anytime soon. Maybe it'll never come back. Who knows. So number five
are some of the protocols that will outlast the pandemic. Health and safety is the biggest issue
onboard and that's going to be at the forefront of everything. With better cleaning protocols.
They're going to be very stringent. There's also going to be emergency contingency plans in place
and better medical facilities with extended things like better equipment and medication. They're
basically going to be onboard hospitals with doctors and nurses. So the lack of preparation for
emergency procedures of things like illnesses on board was something that was lacking a little bit
at the beginning of the pandemic. This won't happen anymore. They will be fully prepared
for everything. You're also going to see extra cleaning and sanitizing stations and more wash
stations around the ship as well. That's something that's going to be a big thing now. Number six is
the return of the health screening. Now, this is something that used to happen but before the
pandemic, it was sort of getting less and less. It was more of a thing you signed and then it was you
didn't sign it, it was sort of implied. So it kind of got forgotten about. But I think now it's going
to come back to the forefront and we already know that when the cruise does return you will have to
fill out a health card saying that you feel well and you do not have any symptoms of sickness.
We think the health card is going to be back to stay and you're going to have to fill it out
before you even get on the ship. We might even see temperature checks in ports stick around after the
pandemic. And if you lie on your health decoration card, if you say you feel well, when you don't
feel well there could be big legal consequences. From new york now. Yes, I'm a new york lawyer.
Yeah guys there could be big legal consequences. We've already heard from cruise lines that they
are taking these health cards very seriously now. So you should never ever lie on that health
declaration. So seven is breakouts on board. We've mentioned this a little bit earlier but if there
is any breakout of viruses or illnesses on board the action will be very very swift. All the cruise
lines are going to have really in-depth and strict procedures that will be put into place.You're
probably even going to be locked down in your cabin if this happens. You may need to be tested,
temperature checks have taken again and the ship will probably return straight to port. But don't
worry too much because all of the cruise lines that we're talking about, most of them anyway,
need the vaccine. And the vaccine may only be like 70 to 90 per cent effective in stopping at all
but it's a hundred per cent for the Moderna and the AstraZeneca and something like 98.7
per cent for the Pfizer vaccine in stopping any type of severe illness or hospital admission.
So it's probably not going to be a serious thing but they're going to do everything they can to
stop the spread on board. And this links on quite nicely to the next point. Because you're probably
going to want to pick a certain type of cabin. Yeah absolutely. Number eight is all about cabins.
People will probably want to stay in balcony cabins just in case, the slim chance, that you do
have a lockdown on your ship. So this means that more people booking them means that they're going
to become more expensive. It's a supply-demand guy. They could be selling out even quicker
and staying in a cabin with access to fresh air will be the top of most cruisers agenda. At first,
anyway when cruising does first resume. Most people do not want the possibility of being stuck
in an inside or an ocean view cabin with no fresh air if things do go wrong. Most cruises right now
are not even selling ocean view or inside cabins. You can only book a cabin with a balcony. But, of
course, as things do return back to normal other cabins will open up to be booked. But this could
see a change in cabins on future cruises. Could we see more cruise lines putting more balcony cabins
on their ships and relying less on inside cabins? It was already a trend that was happening before.
Princess's newest ships are almost all-balcony cabins anyway. So I think that'll just elevate
that trend that was happening. Personally, we would pick a balcony cabin at this time
anyway at least for the next year or two. Just at the threat that you could get locked down.
It's really not going to happen. It really isn't not going to happen very often but just in case.
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