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At home, a hotel room, or a qualified COVID testing site. I'm not trying to be snarky, without more information the number of possibilities is staggering. Are you asking about testing sites in Vancouver?

Puerto Rico is a US destination. As per CDC guidelines, flying from outside the US requires a negative COVID test taken no more than 1 day prior to the flight. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html If you are flying from a US airport no test is required. Based on your outline, a test taken locally on Thursday could be used for the Friday flight and Saturday boarding. This presumes your cruise line allows tests up to two days prior to boarding.

A single ArriveCAN submission is required for the described cruise.

I haven't used cash more than once or twice in the last few years. Where tips are expected or wanted machine provides an opportunity for entry before tapping / entering a PIN. I've recently migrated from a card to my phone, Google Pay. Very convenient. Apple has a similar feature.

Currently Vancouver is GMT-7 (UTC-7), Pacific Daylight Savings Time.

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Thanks for the detailed report. I'm disgusted that a cruise line knowingly ignores government regulations. I guess it figures that unless the affected report the avoidance of responsibility, GOC will do nothing.

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This morning, someone posted their ArriveCAN experience cruising from a US port to Vancouver. (Sorry, don't recall the thread.) They had to present their ArriveCAN QR code at check-in and were advised that it would have to be presented disembarking at the first Canadian stop. Apparently CBSA did not ask to see the QR at the first Canadian port of call.

Traveller information is retained between submissions. When you create a new trip, at the point of entering traveller data you will be presented with a list of travellers. Just select the travellers on that trip. Easy peasy.🙂

The explanation above the question indicates 14 days prior to entry which I would take to mean the 14 days prior to the first Canadian port following the last foreign port.

The lounges are the red circles on the map https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/fly/at-the-airport/airport-information/toronto-pearson-international-airport/us-int.html#/ Business class ticket holders can use the lounges, see https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/fly/premium-services/maple-leaf-lounges.html#/.

It's not the small number that matters so much as the number of infections that result afterwards. Sadly we have no actual data that could inform us of how much more or less likely one is to be infected by cruising.

Auto adjusting cameras are pretty common in the consumer world. I wonder why GOC chose not to use the technology.

Eliminating the app would slow things down considerably as everyone will have to produce a proof of vaccination that must be examined at the booth rather than being pre examined when submitted through ArriveCAN.

The one that has the GOC logo.

I think it prudent to board with test kits that can be proctored. Administer the test the day before disembarkation when the ship is at sea. The written test report will then have a date and time stamp that confirms one tested positive / (hopefully) negative while onboard. A positive test can then be reported prior to disembarkation so that the cruise line can make appropriate arrangements. If one is fully vaccinated, not experiencing symptoms, and travelling within Canada there is no need to test or quarantine.

There have been posts about airlines refusing test results. Generally due to inadequately trained counter staff. I don't think there is any way to avoid these situations.

That may be its thinking. But the fact remains that if one tests positive pier side, one must have been positive while aboard. Some posters have indicated their intention to take test kits with them and test the day before disembarkation. A positive test could be reported and the cruise line would have to at the very least administer a confirming test.

According to https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/diseases-conditions/entering-leaving-canada-cruise-ship-covid-19.html cruise lines must arrange and pay for this. There is an account posted earlier today of cruise line resistance, but as you will read a little persistence paid off.

Your itinerary departs Vancouver, ends in the US and has no Canadian ports?

Thanks so much for posting details of your experience.