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We sailed Princess in the Caribbean in March, and there were no testing requirements, or immunization requirements either, if I remember correctly. So I suspect it is more a matter of the requirements of the destination countries being visited. I would suspect, though definitely don't know as a fact, that both Princess & HAL would end up with the same requirements for the same cruise destinations/times. You should be able to find their current requirements on their websites--although we had friends who were going to sail on Royal Caribbean in March transatlantic, and it was buried in the fine print that the transatlantic cruises required vaccines, even though everything on their main sites says they don't. They only found out a couple weeks before departure, so they ended up having to cancel last minute--thankfully, RCI gave them full credit. How soon are you thinking of sailing?

We just completed online check-in for our Aus/NZ cruise this coming Nov/Dec on Noordam. So far the only question they ask during the check-in process is if you had full vaccination + at least 1 booster. But they say they do not yet have specific requirements for that cruise yet. Probably too far out to know for sure if they will require any testing.

Thank you!

We are trying to decide on an Australia/NZ cruise this winter/spring, and are having trouble finding out what Sounds in Fiordland Holland America's Noordam sails through. The itineraries on HAL's site just say "Cruising Fiordland"; while other companies, like Norwegian, specifically list that they sail through Doubtful, Dusky, and Milford Sounds. Has anyone been on a Holland New Zealand cruise recently, that could tell us which Sounds in Fiordland they cruised through? Thanks!

Has anyone done SeaTrek in Aruba and or Curaçao? We would like to try it on our upcoming cruise in March; trying to figure out if one island or location is significantly better than the other. The one in Aruba looks much more popular, but doesn't look like there's much aquatic life to actually see (looks very busy and commercialized as part of a water park).