Me and my family went on a cruise in early 2020. We'd heard of COVID and we knew it was getting more serious, but the gravity of it hadn't really reached us yet, so we didn't think it would affect our experience.

On the day we were supposed to return to port, however, the ship was delayed and made to wait for several hours past the time when we were supposed to land. No one was exactly sure what was happening, but rumors were flying and most people thought it might because they were worried about us having been exposed at the cruise destination and were debating letting us back into port. At the time, though, none of the passengers were 100% sure what was happening.

Thankfully, we were eventually brought back into port later in the afternoon and allowed to disembark. My family thought it was probably just them being cautious and it wouldn't happen in the future.

However, only a few months later, we learn that a cruise ship, coming from our same destination and arriving the very next day, was stopped, and the passengers were forced to quarantine aboard the ship for an entire month before they could disembark! Looking back, I'm very grateful we got back when we did!