MartinsCruise

5 minutes ago, canderson said:

We know what you meant! 😮

LOL...I was trying to figure out what you meant by this.  We want NEGATIVE tests!!!  My excuse is that I'm having sail away wine for the Equinox when I should be cooking dinner. 

4 minutes ago, aly7859 said:

Would you please report back your wait times for those of us leaving in a few weeks?  

Yes, I will try to remember to do this.  

3 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

We may just to have a scavenger hunt on the island.

Doug used to have MGB's and we would go on road rallies in our younger years.  Those were a lot of fun but we would sometimes end up getting lost.  For better or worse he has moved on to Corvettes.  This may help with racing. lol

Just now, Mark_T said:

You can have a proctor race 🙂 see who gets finished first.

 

Given the potential wait times I don't see how any other route makes sense for a couple, or a whole family for that matter...

If I hear that wait times are long close to the time we need to do this, we may stay up late the night before and log on after midnight because that would technically still be two days before we cruise.

3 minutes ago, Mark_T said:

That isn't going to work, best bet is to each use your own device to log in and complete the test at the same time, in different rooms if necessary.

 

Otherwise you'll have to log in for the 2nd one and wait for a proctor again...

Thanks!  We'll do that.

1 minute ago, Turtles06 said:

Some folks using CVS have reported that their appointments have been canceled at the last minute, either because of a staffing issue or test supply issue. So even appointments need a backup contingency plan. 🤣

That is what we ran into for the rapid tests so decided to do the BinaxNow tests.  Fingers crossed we'll both have positive tests on the 15th before we fly. 

Do they still have Evian in plastic bottles and Perrier and San Pelligrino in glass available?

4 minutes ago, Silkroad said:

That's not how I read it. Just my WAG, but it seems as though they're trying to make it easier for all the people who remain confused about which tests are acceptable. This is a complicated time to travel, and people want travel to be easy. If it's too difficult, people will cancel. I guess we'll find out on the 8th. Too bad we can't set up a betting pool😂

I agree with you.  There will be too many who have already purchased a test which is approved by Celebrity for them to suddenly say it cannot be used.  I think that Celebrity is just adding another option to make it easier for passengers to get tested in a shorter time period. 

1 minute ago, fstuff1 said:

at 5pm, the cruise director came on the speaker and said 67 people have not done the muster drill. (sail is 6pm)

 

they were supposed to have completd the muster drill by 4pm.

 

also, unlike the 8/27 cruise, there's no more stickers on the card to prove you've done the muster drill.

 

wonder why they got rid of the muster stickers.

and for that matter, no longer use the tracelets???

 

Do they have another way of tracing those who are possibly at risk because they were close to someone who tested positive or are they just giving up on quarantining? 

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

Thanks for the information.    I jotted it down and will make sure we enjoy those first couple beaches.   Is it pretty safe to drive a golf cart around.    Iain thinks I'm nuts... but we all knew that already .

We are still up for the golf cart race.  😄

Bon Voyage!  I'll happily be watching sail away knowing that we'll be on the next time it leaves FLL.

2 hours ago, aly7859 said:

As @helen haywood mentioned you need 2 separate Navica accounts.  I tried to share with my husband but the proctor would not allow this when we did our tests so my husband had to disconnect, create his own Navica account, then log back in to start the process again.

If he had his account set up beforehand, would they allow you to do one after the other?

18 minutes ago, Mosttoyswin said:

Could you share with the expiration date on your six pack is when you get them?  We have cruise scheduled in November, January, and February. One six pack would solve all my problems if they don't expire until February.

If you don't need them until Nov, I would wait.  The ones we received last week expire on Jan 5 so they'll get us through Sept and Nov cruises but will expire before our trip to Aruba in Feb.

On 8/31/2021 at 10:13 AM, lovrccl said:

I checked in for November 28 cruise on Equinox at 1:30 am. I got a Noon arrival time. 🤷

We're also on this cruise and I thought it was interesting that they only had three time slots open which are now gone.  Our Sept Equinox cruise had openings from 12:00 until 4:00 from the start and later added 11:30.  It's good you found another cruise after having the Summit canceled. 

Sue

5 minutes ago, dazey said:

Our ship leaves on a Saturday.  We leave 6 AM Thursday to fly to Ft. Lauderdale.  How am I ever going to get a test??  I am realizing for sure that I may have to cancel. I would have no way of testing once at our hotel.

 

I am so sorry that this may occur.

 

 

If you purchase the home tests, you can take them with you and complete the test when you're in your hotel.  The biggest problem would be if you test positive and you're already down in FL.

6 minutes ago, Ipeeinthepools said:

A question for everyone that has just received their tests from eMed.  What is the expiration date of your tests?  I have heard some complaints that the tests expire quickly.

We got a 6 pack from emed earlier this week.  It shows an expiration date of Oct 5 but it's extended by three months until Jan 5.  I called to verify this.

7 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

This is my favorite patch of the trail. 

Beautiful!  If I had a trail like this I would walk much farther.

17 minutes ago, paulh84 said:

 

That's probably what you should be doing regardless of a 2 or 3 day window. 

 

In addition to catching obvious positive cases, hopefully the test requirements makes people become a little more cognizant and aware of their actions before they cruise. Maybe this year isn't the year to spend your usual XX days pre-cruise in a COVID crockpot like Florida. 

We fly on the 16th so we plan on doing pre-testing.  We've been very careful when around others and will be extremely careful during our one night in FL.

13 minutes ago, oskidunker said:

Good to know. Someone comes to  your hotel and does the test?

You do the test yourself while being monitored online so it can be done at home or at your hotel.  The tests arrive sealed with instructions not to break the seal until you are being monitored.

5 minutes ago, Silkroad said:

@MartinsCruisewell I guess we knew this would probably happen, but it certainly adds an unwelcome timing issue for those of us who don’t live near the port! We had debated whether to drive (from Maryland) to avoid flying, or fly to avoid extra exposure at hotels en route. 

We thought about driving for about 5 minutes and both decided it wasn't worth it.  We'll drive to BWI where we can get a non stop flight.  The problem is if you can't get results before flying, you're stuck in FL if you test positive.

Just now, oskidunker said:

What is the cost?

We got a six pack from emed for $150 plus tax and shipping.  I think it came out to around $180.  They had smaller packs from Optum but they were out of stock when I ordered.

1 minute ago, djh said:

At least they are giving you the home test option.

We have ours ready to go.  I'm glad we got them because getting PCR results before we fly and maybe before we sail would be very iffy.

Celebrity has changed their testing requirements from 3 days before boarding to 2 days.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGkbDftqMHmSTLFPQdrCWVvKHQZ

EDIT:  Printed out below.

3 minutes ago, goofysmom99 said:

Seems I'm one of the unlucky people exposed to covid positive pax.  Waiting in my room for nurse and security.  Great. 

 

Security has come to make sure I'm me.  His list had quite a few names.

I hope you have a negative test and can get on with your cruise. 🤞

Thank you for helping us pass the time until we join you on the 17th!  I always loved reading your reviews but I'm going to enjoy this one even more.  Wishing you and Lain safe travels. 

Sue