Celebrity Rapid Antigen Test

[stones902]

We recently ordered and received our Celebrity issued Rapid Antigen test kits. Since it’s a self-administered test that is “supervised” by a health care professional via video, I am a bit concerned about any glitches that might pop up given the right 48 hour window that we have to produce a negative test. If you’ve used one of these test kits did you have any issues getting a live person on line to walk you through the test?  Thanks in advance!

[Arzeena]

1 minute ago, stones902 said:

We recently ordered and received our Celebrity issued Rapid Antigen test kits. Since it’s a self-administered test that is “supervised” by a health care professional via video, I am a bit concerned about any glitches that might pop up given the right 48 hour window that we have to produce a negative test. If you’ve used one of these test kits did you have any issues getting a live person on line to walk you through the test?  Thanks in advance!

Kurt and Gina,

Hi from your roll call.

What is the expiration date on the box you received?

[stones902]

1 minute ago, Arzeena said:

Kurt and Gina,

Hi from your roll call.

What is the expiration date on the box you received?

12/31. We purchased 4 kits - 2 for the Oct cruise and 2 for December.  

[Arzeena]

5 minutes ago, stones902 said:

12/31. We purchased 4 kits - 2 for the Oct cruise and 2 for December.  

Sounds good. We want to get to cover the Oct and Nov cruises and hence was wondering what the exp was.

Thanks.

[Turtles06]

There are many threads and videos about using these kits; start with the one linked below, in the Celebrity forum. (And to be clear, the kits are not "issued" by Celebrity; Celebrity and RCI have merely created a link to one of the on-line vendors, Optum, for folks to purchase these test kits.  They can also be purchased on eMed.com, the folks who actually proctor the tests.) 

 

 

[stones902]

8 minutes ago, Turtles06 said:

There are many threads and videos about using these kits; start with the one linked below, in the Celebrity forum. (And to be clear, the kits are not "issued" by Celebrity; Celebrity and RCI have merely created a link to one of the on-line vendors, Optum, for folks to purchase these test kits.  They can also be purchased on eMed.com, the folks who actually proctor the tests.) 

 

 

Thanks for the info. 

[cruising in mn]

It was easy peasy! Hubby and I did ours at the same time, make sure to donwload the Navica app. You call in from your phone, its not a Dr, its a live person though. It truly was very easy. Since its using the phone, not data, there should be no glitch's. 

[jelayne]

The tests don’t come from  Celebrity,  they provided a link to a supplier.  The test is proctored by eMed and they are available 24/7.  The vast majority have had no problem but a few have had kits that had problems ( solution bottle dry or solution  just fizzed) .  We ordered 6 kits from eMed and split them with another couple who live near us so we each have a spare.  We are also booking appointments for tests just in case.

[RichYak]

I ordered a 3-pack to have one extra test kit, just in case. Like @jelayne, I'll also be booking afternoon appointments at a nearby CVS--again as a backup. If all goes well with the home proctored tests in the morning, I will cancel the CVS appointments.

[conodor]

11 hours ago, cruising in mn said:

It was easy peasy! Hubby and I did ours at the same time, make sure to donwload the Navica app. You call in from your phone, its not a Dr, its a live person though. It truly was very easy. Since its using the phone, not data, there should be no glitch's. 

I want to just confirm. more than 1 person was able to do the test at the exact same time?  So you had 1 video chat and both you and your husband were able to get it done in 1 shot deal?

 

Thanks!

[RichYak]

40 minutes ago, conodor said:

I want to just confirm. more than 1 person was able to do the test at the exact same time?  So you had 1 video chat and both you and your husband were able to get it done in 1 shot deal?

 

Thanks!

2 video chats using 2 different devices logged in to 2 separate Navica accounts would be required.

[fstuff1]

On 9/18/2021 at 11:45 AM, stones902 said:

12/31. We purchased 4 kits - 2 for the Oct cruise and 2 for December.  

how much?

[bigbenboys]

We plan on testing tomorrow. Has anyone used their laptop to do the test? Thanks

[stones902]

19 hours ago, fstuff1 said:

how much?

$140 ($70 per set of 2 kits). 

[LJJQ]

We are presently on the Summit that left on 9/25 from Miami. We did the drive from NY visiting friends on the way & booked the antigen test at a CVS in Orlando for evening of 9/23. We had the results by both email and mychart in less than 15 minutes .  Checkin at Miami was so fast and we only have 245 passengers. Tomorrow cruise at this time has only 170 passengers all vaccinated. The crew is tested each week and have been 100% covid free!