Great time to grab a deal. I was thinking about it myself. I think Florida to the Caribbean is probably relatively safe and I was thinking of maybe just doing one of those quick cruises. It depends on how much time my husband can take off from work.
I think off of the west coast of America it might be more risky since those cruise ships tend to have a lot of people from Asia, and I don’t know how controlled all the Asian countries are now regrading travel. I don’t think America is doing anything extreme yet to evaluate passengers on ships that dock in America.
The flu usually goes from Asia onto Australia, North America, Europe, and then later into South America, so if this coronavirus follows a similar pattern (I have not idea if it will) then you might be relatively ok going to Mexico, but off course there are no guarantees. Flipping cruiseships get norovirus! Ugh, the worst. I’ve never become sick on ship though, thank goodness.
When I sailed with Holland America, the first 48 hours we could not serve ourselves from the buffet, the employees did all of the serving to curb the possibility of illness spreading, not all cruise lines do that.
When the health organizations track the flu every year they watch it come across on the cruise ships from Asia. I think only go last minute, don’t plan ahead, because restrictions might change without much notice with what is going on now.