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milkman55

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  • Location
    Canyon Lake, TX
  • Interests
    Woodcarving
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Azamara, Celebrity
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Norway

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  1. I changed from AA to Air Canada after I read about all the positive tests on the cruise. It’s just made sense to not take any chances on testing since I knew they had a 10 day quarantine (really 12 days as the test day is day 0 and you don’t get the pass to fly until day 11). We stayed in Amsterdam for 5 nights after the cruise and I was following all the issues that were posted on FB and CC. My AA flight was refundable.
  2. Exactly why this pre-flight testing is crap. Millions more fly without testing all the time within the US, yet our current administration thinks we need to be tested if outside the “safe” confines of USA. I hate to tell them but there are a lot of places safer than the US in more ways than one. Cruising will not return to normal until this testing requirement is dropped.
  3. Random Covid test by who? Canada or Celebrity? When we went through Canadian customs, I didn’t see anyone picked for testing (pink sticker instead of green sticker). Also, what I read was they would contact you within 3-4 days if positive. We were in the US at the Buffalo airport in about 2 hrs after landing.
  4. We were on the Apex April 30 TA and saw people dropping like flies with Covid. I think they announced 61 at one time, but I am sure it was much higher. Never saw anyone with a deck 6 room key so that was the “Covid” deck. Celebrity had the Infinity anchored off of Ft Lauderdale and dropping off Covid crew on their way into port. We heard they dropped off about 60 crew from the Apex heading into port before the April 30 TA. It’s hilarious that Infinity shows as “Green” status on the CDC dashboard when it is the hospital ship and not in service. ALL Celebrity and RCL ships are now Orange (3%+ Covid) on the CDC list. We were not rolling the dice on a Covid test and had no symptoms, so we didn’t test at all, flew to Toronto on Air Canada, drove across the border at Buffalo and flew home. Canada has no pre-flight testing if you are fully vaccinated, but interestingly they require a mask on all flights and in the airports. The other benefit is the Air Canada flight was barely 1/2 full and $1,000 cheaper than our AA flight for the two of us. We had nobody else in our aisle of the plane. We will not be taking anymore overseas cruises until the US lifts the pre-flight testing for fully vaccinated. The sooner we realize Covid is another viral illness like the flu and get on with life, we would all benefit. The Norovirus has worse systems than Covid if you are fully vaccinated (unless you are immune compromised). This was our first cruise post pandemic and will be the last until things get better. Too many places we can travel in the US in our RV to worry about others having control over your life like we have read in this thread.
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