cnn in a statement that the variant may shape how some destination authorities view even a small number of cases. now, carnival cruise ship "freedom" was one of the ships impacted over the past week with what carnival calls a small number of passengers testing positive for covid. that ship docked, as planned, in miami on sunday. and the passengers getting off the ship after their eight-day voyage had very different experiences. listen to what they had to say. >> we've heard varying stories. we we've heard five. we heard 12, we heard 25. >> they quarantined them. i mean, it was safe. we had a good time. we -- we'd do it again. >> i couldn't even go in the pool the whole time. we didn't touch one pool on that ship because everybody's in there, all over each other. nobody's wearing masks. it was disgusting. nobody cared. >> reporter: although, there is an uptick in the number of cruises that have had to alter their itineraries, the impacted cruises really only represent a