Hoosierpop

I’ve seen references to hours vs days in terms of testing. And maybe I’m missing it on Carnival’s site, but it says vaccinated but not boosted can test two days prior to a sailing. So if a sailing is on Sunday, vaccinated guests can test Friday. I take that to mean anytime Friday. So if someone tested at 12:01 on Friday that would be more than 48 hours before a Sunday sailing but still within Carnival’s two day rule. Where is the number of hours coming into play here?

Skip all questions that you can until you get to the check in time question.

Holland America is definitely a higher service level. Not sure why if that’s your favorite you’d go on Carnival. I’ve never thought Carnival caters that much to frequent cruisers. While HA has a lot of positives, the two cruises I’ve done on it, the casino and night entertainment was dead. But yes, if that’s your favorite, I totally understand not wanting to go on Carnival.

Agree with others that without proof of the positive Covid, you’ll need to take the test. That’s why if I tested positive, I would make sure I went to a lab/pharmacy or doctor to get that proof. Get outta taking those tests then.

I would assume there is Covid in every cruise ship. Of all the cruises, doing one where I’d have to fly back to the USA is out for me. Covid is here to stay so until policies catch up with the science that it’s here to stay, just not worth getting stuck somewhere. Caribbean works just fine. Not because there’s no Covid, but because it’s not going to strand us somewhere.

Question about the comedy if you went. How was the seating? Easy or hard to get seats?

They are definitely cutting back on stores that offer the rapid tests. The ones near me offer PCR but no longer do rapid tests.

To me, I don’t feel the chefs table or Cucina are cutbacks. Cutback to me is something built into the base price. If people like those things, I can see why they would be disappointed. If people like them enough to rethink going on Carnival, they probably should go on another cruise line. And pay that extra price. Seeing people complain about little things makes me happy in a way. Means we are getting back to normal after a couple of long years.