Arizona Wildcat

Many things like messed up drink packages, wifi and stuff like bed configuration easier to fix on boarding. Or for drink packages waiting toll no line at guest relations.

Rapidtestandtrace.com also uses GMT and will show your local time zone at the time of the test if requested. Makes no difference where the proctor is located

I alway wear socks with my sandals for dinner. Need to have a bit of class

You need a different TA unless you booked more than 30 days ago. In that case it is too late to transfer.

It will be interesting. Have seen the confusing changes and disagree in the correct interpretation. Pretty sure if taken to a dining room there will be a corkage fee - always has been one. Guess the solution is to make it really good wine so if charged $25 it is worth it.

You download the app. Fill out the traveller information ONCE. Covid and passport. Then before you board a cruise ship of otherwise enter Canada- fly, drive, walk - you enter the date and entry point as an update EVERY TIME YOU ENTER CANADA. Takes 2 minutes or less.

You missed the point. ArriveCAN provides Canada with passenger passport and covid data that Canada requires for EVERY entry. Celebrity is required to prepare a passenger manifest with the names and passport data for everyone on board. Thus nobody needs to check at the ports. Already done.

You will need to take the 20€ taxi. Not much compared to the cost of your cruise.

You cannot see any of the Lava flows near Reykjavik unless in a helicopter. They have closed the airspace and are not allowing anyone to hike into the area. Area is all Lava flows. Some of them from last year that are still hot. The Iceland Public owned TV has good pictures and there should be good ones when it gets a bit darker.

Go read the FAQs for cruising. Answered there. And not exactly clear.

Changed too many times to know. We have an upcoming cruise with FCCs from 6 cruises. In the past, no difference. Now????

They also voided and bonus FCC amounts.

Actually not unusual. Just go to the pier with your confirmation. Drop off the bags at the pier and get your boarding pass inside. Absolutely positively not worth either concern or spending more time trying to get them on line.

Italian customs on debarking the ship in Civitivecchia is usually non existent. Zero. Nada. Zip. You do immigration entering or leaving the EU.

Celebrity agreed they state either an antigen or PCR and that is in conflict with Canada rules. Will clarify today or tomorrow. If testing is required for B2B cruisers (like Summit August cruises) then Celebrity will test those people at their expense on board. ArriveCAN is required for each entry into Canads. Thus if B2B2B then need to submit for first cruise. Then simply update and resubmit for the next two. Again detailed guidelines supposed to be posted very soon. Phillip requested all passengers receive an email with FULL details. We will see.

Passenger vessels are required to dry dock twice every 5 years to inspect the hull. When was the last dry dock?

Gerry where are you cruising? If a country requires testing then not dropped. Thus it all depends on that and what Celebrity does.

There are a few games. Just a few. You cannot count on any game being there or that it will be complete. I would bring my own travel Scrabble as on board games were always missing letters.

I think you misunderstand. ArriveCAN is required for anyone entering Canada via anything from walking to flying. It has nothing to do with cruising. It preclears you with Canada customs by providing required info to enter. We lived for a while near the border and filled out an update every time we crossed. Only took 5 minutes to set up and 1 mi use to update Also the cruiselines cannot legally share personal covid and passport data with Canada. The PROBLEM - There is no mention of it by Celebrity. Agree some Alaska boarding in Seward and Seattle have not been good. Any confusion is the fault of Celebrity. For example the Celebrity website gives no info on my upcoming Iceland cruise. Zero. Nothing about any requirements. Why? Several have email the CEOs office. No reply yet

If it doesn't sort out I would wait till on board and the customer service line is short - like early the 2nd day. It will usually sort. If the specialty dining is from your TA it will not show until maybe day 2. Bring documentation.

OnPoint had lots of problems when testing was required for flying internationally. More business than they could handle. Since they were doing some 10000+ tests a day there had to be issues. Fighting to get a $20 refund probably IMO not worth it. OnPoint getting lots of business now as they charge about $15, but testing numbers much much smaller. Rapidtestandtrace.com (they use Microsoft Teams which is also a free download) charges about $20. They had appointments for tomorrow. Customer service a bit better at Rapid Test but no preference I can see. As Jim said I would try testing and use the COR as a fallback.

Acculab is a great company. They do a PCR test that requires about a 24 hour response time where the antigen test is minutes.

I used Rapidtestandtrace.com. They use Microsoft Teams. It was easier to download first. Called them and they did the tests right then. They walked us through everything step by step. Do have your passport numbers as they can enter (not required). Both of these companies are reputable and things easier today as testing not required to fly most places.

Since tests for travel are now considered not essential, locally in Arizona the in person tests vary from about $70 to $128. They are not free. Since you have a smartphone truly suggest you or have someone else call OnPoint or Rapidtestandtrace.com. They will talk you through exactly what you need to do. I had never used Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Both were downloaded at the app store for free. Using free government tests they spent some 15 minutes walking us through a practice test. It was new to me. My DW had used Zoom before. Both companies charge under $20. There are others both Canadian and elsewhere. The two I mentioned are reputable and not a scam. Also a heads up that you will need to complete ArriveCAN to return to Canada. It involves some uploading that you can do before you fly to Florida.

It all depends on where you are cruising. Lots of places still have testing requirements in place. As to testing for the 10 day cruise in November? Need to ask in October. You need a Magic 8 Ball to know what will be in place 4 months from now.