palolake

I can't say for sure but he was our captain the second and third week in January.  We love him!  

No Covid test after disembarkation!

1 hour ago, Shelly97060 said:

@palolake where are you disembarking?   San Fransisco has made some changes for passengers who have not had their Covid booster shots, perhaps that’s where confusion is coming from?  Here’s an article related to that https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ruby-princess-docked-san-francisco-184232088.html

 

Ft. Lauderdale 

This question had nothing to do with a back to back cruise so forget that I said that 🙂 I have no questions about turnaround day. 
 

My only question is wondering if we have to have a Covid test after disembarkation if we are US citizens. Because that is what two different employees told us. Is there anyone who recently disembarked a cruise in the US that are US citizens that had to take a Covid test?

We had our Covid test this morning on the first day of our second cruise. 
 

The first employee we spoke to only knew that we were wondering about a tour in Florida after disembarkation. He said we needed a Covid test after leaving the ship. 

Yes we had our Covid test this morning for our second cruise.

We first learned of this when we were talking to the shore excursion desk about getting a Florida tour when we get off. He was telling us that we had to collect our luggage, go outside and then have our Covid test. I told him we were US citizens and he asked what state we were flying to. And then said you have to get a test because you’ve been out of the country. So then we went over to passenger services and asked them and they also said we had to have a Covid test. We will try to investigate further but I was wondering if anyone else had had this happen to them. And we are vaccinated and boosted. 

1 minute ago, PacnGoNow said:

Where are you disembarking?

 Ft. Lauderdale 

We are on a BTB cruise and this is our last week. We were told by 2 different Princess employees yesterday that a Covid test was required of US citizens after getting off the ship. Is this true? Is this new?

2 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

Yes agreed!  I don’t understand why there are only a few on here that have reported issues.  I wonder if it is a particular phone type involved?  Did you call emed and report it?  Apply for a refund?

This is a big issue, because it’s my backup. 

 

No I didn’t report it because it has already been reported to them. And we were able to use our laptop. We have an iPhone 13 promax. It doesn’t sound like it’s the phone, it’s the operating system.

6 minutes ago, PacnGoNow said:

Well, that isn’t good.  Did you try yours?

Need a backup for a backup! Uggg

 

No, I didn’t try because I have 15.2. And then I found out that the camera has to be pointed at the test the entire 15 minutes. So I figured that would be easier anyway just to lean the screen down on our laptop. But it stinks that they aren’t letting people know!

We just took the home test yesterday. We have iPhones. My husband hadn’t updated to the latest version  yet so he tried to use his phone.  He has 15.1.1. So it’s not just 15.2. He was unable to use it. I’m so glad we knew about the issue before hand. 

Just now, pathi said:

Usually the hours are 12:00 to 1:30. Try Alfredos. Usually no crowd at all 1st day.

I was also wondering about the dining room.  It used to be that Alfredos wasn't busy day one.  I think that's because some people didn't realize that it was free.  We haven't been able to get a seat on our last two cruises without a very long wait!

1 hour ago, chamima said:

 

Have fun!!!!

We're supposed to be on the Caribbean on Sunday but who knows now?

Fingers crossed!  Seems the whole world is letting us know what the CDC says!!

I'm going to be on the Sky January 8th!  I just read that there are currently more cases on land vacations than cruise ships.

1 hour ago, Clownfish Cruiser said:

Thank you for the responses! I have explored options in Fort Lauderdale and found out there is a clinic  within walking distance to the Embassy Suites. I'm just paranoid with the new variant that we won't be able to get a test locally or in Fort Lauderdale. I'm going to order 2 of the home kits today...kind of like "insurance," so we won't be scrambling around trying to find a test at the last minute! 

 Could you tell me which clinic that is?  We have the home kits but I'm paranoid about them since I've read the liquid in some came dried up, etc.  Would just like a backup 🙂

4 hours ago, caribill said:

 

The airline changed the flights. Since you are now ticketed, call the airline and tell them the flights they switched you to are not acceptable. I do not know about how it works in Canada, but in the USA with a change of time as large as you had, the airline will do its best to switch you to better flights at no charge.

 

Calling Princess would probably be an exercise in futility. They would likely offer the option to switching to different flights at today's pricing, not what you paid.

This just happened to us.  Princess changed the flight to the one that was closet to the original flight cost but it was unacceptable to us.  They would only change it if we paid a difference of $200.  We called American and asked if they would change it and they did.  The problem is that American took over the flight and now, if we have problems getting to the cruise, Princess won't help because they say they aren't responsible any more.  I'm rethinking using EZ air.

On 12/7/2021 at 8:24 PM, Shmoo here said:

Define "near".  It's approximately 2 1/2 miles between the cruise terminal and the Marina District.  In a straight line.

 

May I ask where you got this map and what the numbers mean?

Can you tell me if the Sky is doing the thing where you try all 11 drinks at Good Spirits and then get a T-shirt?  A friend on the Majestic said they aren't doing it right now.

It's been great reading these posts!  The Sky was the last ship we were on in January right before Covid, the ship were were supposed to be on last year and the ship we'll be sailing on in January.  Less than 2 months and I can't wait!!

I do have a couple questions.  Can anyone tell me when you were able to put in your arrival time?  Also, is Captain Tuvo on the ship?  He's our favorite.  He took our breakfast order and then signed it and gave it back to us 🙂

28 minutes ago, victory2020 said:

There is a testing site at the Iowa but I don't know the details. There is a place called Total Testing Solutions with many locations around LA that have both tests for free. You can make an appointment for many weeks in the future. I have used them for PCR & got results in about 30 hours. I will be using them for rapid for my upcoming cruise.

I'm confused what you're saying.  Where in Iowa did you get tested?

On 6/12/2021 at 3:13 PM, NCteacherlovescruising said:

What are you wearing to dinner the other nights?  

We've been on 27 cruises.  We took a Princess ship to Alaska and it was the most casual dining I've ever seen.  Lot's of sweatshirts.  I'd brought all my dress up clothes and gave up half way through and joined the sweatshirt crowd 🙂

I've read that AT&T is about the only service that works in Alaska.

I am trying to decide which side of the ship to pick for the best viewing.  We're looking at a roundtrip from San Francisco cruise.  When it starts out and the ship is going north, are you close enough to see land or more out to sea.  The pictures of the map look like you'd be farther away.

https://www.princess.com/plan/cruise-with-confidence/cruise-health/frequently-asked-questions/?fbclid=IwAR3Bj7ywtS6oCSCOKNptNtaoQLHYjc0sMQ6MrNqRUtncsm-BEkvJpV6EYgk#:~:text=There%20will%20be,are%20required%20immediately

I'm really hoping Capt. Tuvo is on when we cruise in January.  What a nice guy!  He came around many mornings at breakfast to ask how we were doing.  He took our order one morning and they gave it (the paper he wrote on) to us before we left.