windjammers

Back from our cruise! For anyone searching on this subject, I can report a dPLF was not needed for any of our cruise stops in early May 2022 (Marseille, Genoa, Naples, Sicily, and Malta). Note since we were flying into Spain, the SpTH was needed.

Thanks for the reply. It will be interesting to see if anyone checks it at all. But I guess it is better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it!

Hi All,

I'm traveling MSC Seaview in May—Barcelona roundtrip with stops in France, Italy, and Malta.

Since I'm flying into Spain, I will need the SpTH completed.

I don't think I will need the dPLF for Malta.

This is from Malta's Health.gov.mt website:

"Travellers travelling with a cruise ship who will remain on the cruise ship need not submit a dPLF and will need to submit the dPLF prior to disembarkation in the final destination country (end of cruise). "

I'm guessing "remain on" means that you can get off the ship in Malta but will get back on the ship for the remainder of your cruise.

From what I can tell I will need it for Italy (Genoa, Naples, and Sicily); although, that may change after 30 April 2022. 

It looks like I might need it for France (Marseille), too.

I might just fill one out with Italy as my final destination even though that isn't the case but what can you do, right? Does anyone have first-hand experience at cruise ports of these countries where they are checking for the dPLF?

Thanks