I am on board the Fantasy. A lot of the above is not accurate.
Edge and Vibe were open on Sunday evening and then closed all day Monday and Tuesday and part day Wednesday- they opened as we were leaving Tortola Wednesday afternoon. They are open but don’t have planned activities for the teens. The teens are happy to have a place to hang out
as far as I know there was only one of the smaller entertainment items cancelled. Not sure if it was quarantine related or if the performer could not board at St Thomas. All the big shows have been running as planned. And there have been plenty of other things. Trivia, musical acts, tastings etc. as always there are more things to do than we can get to.
We docked an hour early at castaway cay today - no delays getting off here. The planned time to start disembarking was 9:30 and they gave the all clear At 8:30.
I have read other rumors about Palo and Remy being closed. Those rumors are also not true. We have done Palo brunch and Remy dessert tasting.
what has changed:
After the denial at St Thomas there have been more announcements about mask wearing
The big change is that you must keep masks on for any photos indoors: with characters, at backdrops and even in the dining room when you already have your mask off for eating.
Deck two and the aft of deck 5 appear to be the quarantine floors
There were two fireworks shows for NYE and then three countdown parties: tube, DLounge (I think), and on deck which we attended and seemed like a good old deck party
We were told by our head server that the passenger count was just over 2000 which was a big drop from expected. Based on our cruise group, a lot of people dropped due to positive tests before even leaving for port and the positive rate at the port was higher than previous cruises which makes sense with omicron.
The weather has been incredible and my family is having a great time and very happy to be here after all the cancelled trips over the last almost two years.