Grand New England Cruise this month or early July?

[jagoffee]

6 hours ago, twototravel said:

@jagoffee I think they are encouraging passengers to be vaccinated, but not mandated. They said if you are not vaccinated, you must submit negative PCR test results beforehand and then take the rapid test again with all those vaccinated. 

Thanks.  It gets a little confusing. 

[twototravel]

 

@tango223We went ahead and purchased at home rapid covid test from Walgreens. Both were negative so we feel much more confident. Does the welcome packet you receive at the hotel have the time that the medical team begins checking cards and doing rapid tests, or did you just find out when you went down to breakfast? Do you disembark on Friday or early Saturday? We embark on Saturday, at around 1130 I think. Hopefully the airport transfer will go more smoothly than previously reported. Thanks for the info on the Wifi. We have pay as you go phones so we will add more data to be on the safe side. Safe travels for the rest of your cruise.

[tango223]

9 hours ago, twototravel said:

 

@tango223We went ahead and purchased at home rapid covid test from Walgreens. Both were negative so we feel much more confident. Does the welcome packet you receive at the hotel have the time that the medical team begins checking cards and doing rapid tests, or did you just find out when you went down to breakfast? Do you disembark on Friday or early Saturday? We embark on Saturday, at around 1130 I think. Hopefully the airport transfer will go more smoothly than previously reported. Thanks for the info on the Wifi. We have pay as you go phones so we will add more data to be on the safe side. Safe travels for the rest of your cruise.

When you check into the hotel, they will give you a folder with your name tags, luggage tags & times for breakfast & the testing, what time to leave your luggage etc.  You will get an embarkation group number card inside as well which tells you what time to meet in the lobby.
 

For breakfast, they had a private buffet  on the 2nd floor…the testing was in one of the rooms on the 2nd floor as well.

 

We will disembark Sat morning.  We asked them to call us a cab as we have an early flight.

 

Have a great trip!