Ragnar Danneskjold Posted May 14, 2021 #526 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Did I mention before that Viking needs to fire their web manager. And his/her/it’s chain of command? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Danneskjold Posted May 14, 2021 #527 Share Posted May 14, 2021 I managed to get on for about 20 seconds before the site crashed again, managed a quick look at two days’ shoreex - donkey rides 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRGACRUZR Posted May 14, 2021 #528 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, CatefromNH said: I agree with Stempy. Unless Bermuda’s pre-trip testing rules change, I don’t see how the Tuesday arrival will work. I’d been feeling positive about this trip until I realized how complicated the 3 day window will be for the timing of Viking’s embarkations. In reality, it's a 2 day window because you need all of 24 hours of the 3rd day to submit your test results and visit request. Edited May 14, 2021 by MRGACRUZR Spelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychler Posted May 14, 2021 #529 Share Posted May 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, Psychler said: Yeah, still the same error messages. Will keep checking and report back when things change. Able to get ONE page to load and book, but multiple error messages. It helps to keep trying to reload pages, and I get one step further, then error messages again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRGACRUZR Posted May 14, 2021 #530 Share Posted May 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Ragnar Danneskjold said: More likely toxic waste.... In California wouldn't finding water to fill the pool and enough consistent electricity to run the filtration be preferable to gold?😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Ave. Mayhem Posted May 14, 2021 #531 Share Posted May 14, 2021 I just spoke with a Viking rep. She said the shore excursions are still being loaded into the system. Her time frame was at 10:30. Let's see how this goes. All this pre trip drama is definitely stressful. I'm praying the three day testing fiasco will be put to rest before our June 29 sailing. Once onboard, sitting on a buttery leather chair in The Explorers Lounge, all will be forgiven 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRGACRUZR Posted May 14, 2021 #532 Share Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Azulann said: The June 15 travellers and passengers will indeed lead the way for the rest of us going to Bermuda. Here is my speculation: One positve test for Covid yesterday in Bermuda, local transmission. The total number of active cases are back to March level. Vaccinations for some age groups are near or over 70%, per Royal Gazette today. Therefore, I think Bermuda will either drop its pretest for vaccinated persons. or go back to five day before arrival within the next month. Once at airport with large crowds on Viking Tuesdays and RCI sailings on Saturdays, it will overwhelm the airport and their testing capacity. I think Viking will herd us off the plane , get us to dock and pretest us. They will do the lab work. We get on board, in a orderly fashion, get our glass of bubbly . Go to our cabin, or with mask , stroll to the Aquavit Bar or Explorer lounge, take off mask , and wait for our results. By my dinner time at 8 pm , we will be seated at a nice table for two in Restarant and enjoy the Welcome back dinner! If only😲 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stempy Posted May 14, 2021 #533 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) Just got off the phone with a Viking supervisor. Booked our shore excursions on My Viking Journey and saw that there will be a mandatory health survey to be completed 8 days prior to cruising . Hence my call. I explained that it is impossible to get a PCR test and an Authorization Form in our timeframe. Super stated to ignore the Bermuda government site or any other site other than Viking. Viking made a stipulation with Bermuda to bypass arrival testing and obtaining Authorization Form. This is granted since we are all vaccinated already. Daily testing will be done on the ship. This information will be posted under the Health category in My Viking Journey. So all we are responsible for is get a rapid test if your airline requires it for international travel. Super also said that this information was just given to them this morning and Viking wants to insure safe entry for all its passengers. Hope this helps! Edited May 14, 2021 by Stempy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bafinegan Posted May 14, 2021 #534 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Stempy said: Just got off the phone with a Viking supervisor. booked our shore excursions on My Viking Journey and saw that there will be a mandatory health survey to be completed 8 days prior to cruising . Hence my call. I explained that it is impossible to get a PCR test and an Authorization Form in our timeframe. Super stated to ignore the Bermuda government site. Viking made a stipulation with Bermuda to by pass arrival testing and Authorization Form. This is accomplished since we are all vaccinated already. All that will be done on the ship. This information will be posted under the Health category in My Viking Journey. So all we have to do is get a rapid test if your airline requires it for international travel. Super also said that this information was just given to them this morning and Viking wants to insure safe entry for all its passengers. Hope this helps! Great, just need that in writing now-lol. And wonder if the airport will allow us to get on the plane without that paperwork? Hey which date re you booked? Edited May 14, 2021 by bafinegan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Ave. Mayhem Posted May 14, 2021 #535 Share Posted May 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, Stempy said: Just got off the phone with a Viking supervisor. Booked our shore excursions on My Viking Journey and saw that there will be a mandatory health survey to be completed 8 days prior to cruising . Hence my call. I explained that it is impossible to get a PCR test and an Authorization Form in our timeframe. Super stated to ignore the Bermuda government site or any other site other than Viking. Viking made a stipulation with Bermuda to bypass arrival testing and obtaining Authorization Form. This is granted since we are all vaccinated already. Daily testing will be done on the ship. This information will be posted under the Health category in My Viking Journey. So all we are responsible for is get a rapid test if your airline requires it for international travel. Super also said that this information was just given to them this morning and Viking wants to insure safe entry for all its passengers. Hope this helps! Fantastic news! I feel like I just popped a 10 mg. Valium! Let's see if this becomes official. Whew, it's all a step in the right direction. Thank-You. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Danneskjold Posted May 14, 2021 #536 Share Posted May 14, 2021 And what about pax arriving a few days early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted May 14, 2021 #537 Share Posted May 14, 2021 42 minutes ago, Ragnar Danneskjold said: I managed to get on for about 20 seconds before the site crashed again, managed a quick look at two days’ shoreex - donkey rides 😞 Poor, poor donkey 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stempy Posted May 14, 2021 #538 Share Posted May 14, 2021 I am on the June 15th cruise.... supervisor stressed that Viking would be responsible for all testing for its passengers and handle entry regulations into Bermuda.We do not even need a Covid test at the airport upon arrival from Bermuda officials. Mandatory Health survey will be posted on My Viking Journey 8 days before sailing. This finally makes the most sense. just wish it was posted previously to avoid all this anxiety. Need an Ativan refill! Both Bermuda and Viking want operations to start up and revenue flowing for all parties concerned. As it does not pertain to me, do not know about those coming into Bermuda early other than sailing day. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Azulann Posted May 14, 2021 #539 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Stempy,That is great news. Thank you so much for posting. And the above post , Ragnar called me a dreamer. LOL This does make perfect sense. Viking and Bermuda want this to work. Lot of money invested and to be made so they figured out how will work. It was fun for all the attorneys, accountants and systems folks ,on this thread, who have been pulling their hair out as to how it would work under the current Berumda rules Wonder if they will have lobster on menu the first night for the Welcome Back dinner? Please Stempy let us later cruisers know. Cheer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What was that? Posted May 14, 2021 #540 Share Posted May 14, 2021 48 minutes ago, Stempy said: This information will be posted under the Health category in My Viking Journey. Pardon my ignorance, please, but could you direct me to the "Health category “ you mentioned? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Azulann Posted May 14, 2021 #541 Share Posted May 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, What was that? said: Pardon my ignorance, please, but could you direct me to the "Health category “ you mentioned? Thanks. Go to your MVJ and look under Before you go category. There is a section tha tis currently empty with only bullet points. Viking will have us all do a health survey and show them our vaccinations etc. here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triptkr Posted May 14, 2021 #542 Share Posted May 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, Stempy said: I am on the June 15th cruise.... supervisor stressed that Viking would be responsible for all testing for its passengers and handle entry regulations into Bermuda.We do not even need a Covid test at the airport upon arrival from Bermuda officials. Mandatory Health survey will be posted on My Viking Journey 8 days before sailing. This finally makes the most sense. just wish it was posted previously to avoid all this anxiety. Need an Ativan refill! Both Bermuda and Viking want operations to start up and revenue flowing for all parties concerned. As it does not pertain to me, do not know about those coming into Bermuda early other than sailing day. Stempy, I was told by a Viking TA that we needed a covid test prior to our flight to Bermuda from the US since it's international. Is this what you know to be true? (Sorry if you've already gone over this but I was considering the June 15th sailing too and getting conflicting info. ) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bafinegan Posted May 14, 2021 #543 Share Posted May 14, 2021 22 minutes ago, Stempy said: I am on the June 15th cruise.... supervisor stressed that Viking would be responsible for all testing for its passengers and handle entry regulations into Bermuda.We do not even need a Covid test at the airport upon arrival from Bermuda officials. Mandatory Health survey will be posted on My Viking Journey 8 days before sailing. This finally makes the most sense. just wish it was posted previously to avoid all this anxiety. Need an Ativan refill! Both Bermuda and Viking want operations to start up and revenue flowing for all parties concerned. As it does not pertain to me, do not know about those coming into Bermuda early other than sailing day. Thanks Stempy! Will be very interested to read about your experiences. Hubbs and I are on the July 13 cruise. Have fun!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatefromNH Posted May 14, 2021 #544 Share Posted May 14, 2021 If accurate, that is wonderful news! (And I have little reason to doubt it, as it is the probably the only way these cruises will come to fruition.) Thank you for the good news. I was feeling very anxious overall, as well as somewhat irritated with the person living in Vancouver who said there is no reason I shouldn’t be able to find a rapid PCR test in my town. Not everyone lives in or near a huge metropolitan area! Anyway, I suspected Viking had to work something out with the Bermudian government, as most, if not all, of their Bermuda cruises embark on Tuesdays. Now I feel much better about forking over even more money to Viking today (golf - sigh...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stempy Posted May 14, 2021 #545 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) Under Guest Information on My Viking Journey is a drop down where health survey will be posted. We are flying Jet Blue from Boston. Airline requires Covid test on return, but still researching if test is required on departure. Supervisor did not mention Covid test needed for airline departure .Guess it depends on the individual airline. Edited May 14, 2021 by Stempy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne Ardis Posted May 14, 2021 #546 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, MRGACRUZR said: In reality, it's a 2 day window because you need all of 24 hours of the 3rd day to submit your test results and visit request. It is possible, but you have to be tested on Saturday and go to a clinic that will give you test results in 24 hours or less. Then complete the Travel Authorization form online on Sunday. It is a tight schedule but it can be done. We just have to do our homework first and find a good lab. Good luck everyone. We are on the July 20 cruise. But, this may all be mute now thanks to Stempy. 1 hour ago, What was that? said: Pardon my ignorance, please, but could you direct me to the "Health category “ you mentioned? Thanks. Log in to MVJ, click on Guest Information, then click on Health Survey. Edited May 14, 2021 by Dwayne Ardis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammthm Posted May 14, 2021 #547 Share Posted May 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Psychler said: Able to get ONE page to load and book, but multiple error messages. It helps to keep trying to reload pages, and I get one step further, then error messages again. So back to the excursion issue...I was finally able to get to the point of booking them only to find that several are sold out. In fact all of the ones for both days in St. George are sold out! I admit I was late - had a 1PM appointment that I could not miss - so after trying for close to 45 minutes, I left for my appointment. We're on the 6/29 sailing. I'm hoping Viking will manage to add more. Anybody on other sailings have that issue? We can always jump ship & go another time!😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What was that? Posted May 14, 2021 #548 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Dwayne Ardis: got it! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacruzr Posted May 14, 2021 #549 Share Posted May 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, ammthm said: So back to the excursion issue...I was finally able to get to the point of booking them only to find that several are sold out. In fact all of the ones for both days in St. George are sold out! I admit I was late - had a 1PM appointment that I could not miss - so after trying for close to 45 minutes, I left for my appointment. We're on the 6/29 sailing. I'm hoping Viking will manage to add more. Anybody on other sailings have that issue? We can always jump ship & go another time!😉 We are on the first cruise and signed on as soon as they got the excursion posted and most of them were sold out including St George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammthm Posted May 14, 2021 #550 Share Posted May 14, 2021 43 minutes ago, gacruzr said: We are on the first cruise and signed on as soon as they got the excursion posted and most of them were sold out including St George Thanks, Sue! Guess I won't switch to that one - lol. Might be lots of folks left on the ship those days. Glad I love 'sea days'! Hope the spa is open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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