it was safe. we had a good time. we'll do it again. >> i couldn't even go in the pool the whole time. we didn't touch that pool because everybody is in there all over each other. nobody is 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 impact of cruises represent only a small fraction of the dozens of cruise ships that are throughout -- that have sailed throughout the month and the disruptions are certainly a far cry from what happened in march 2020 when the entire u.s. cruise industry had to shut down because of the pandemic and there were weeks where there were efforts to get passengers and crew on board those ships to get them home as ports were closed or vessels that were hit by outbreaks of covid. alison kosik, cnn, new york. rising number of cases across the u.s. have impacted at least five bowl games in college