San Juan PR requirement change

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Received this today. FYI 
 

Updated health and safety protocols for San Juan, Puerto Rico Departures

For sailings departing on or after January 9, 2022

The government of Puerto Rico has recently advised of some changes to their travel regulations for cruise passengers. Below are some important updates to consider for your upcoming cruise. For the full Health & Safety Protocols for your sailing, please be sure to visit our Healthy Sail Center.

Travel Declaration Form

Entering by Air: All guests must complete the TravelSafe Declaration Form when arriving to Puerto Rico by air. Vaccinated travelers will need to upload their proof of vaccination.

Debarking the Ship: Residents of Puerto Rico and any non-residents extending their stay in Puerto Rico, regardless of vaccination status, must complete the TravelSafe Declaration Form after departure. Guests flying home on departure day are not required to complete the form after their cruise.

Testing

Entering Puerto Rico by Air: Guests 2 years of age and older must provide a negative result from a PCR or antigen test for COVID-19 taken within 48 hours prior to entering Puerto Rico, regardless of vaccination status. If you’re traveling from outside the United States, you must provide a negative result from a PCR or antigen test for COVID-19 taken within 24 hours prior to boarding a flight to Puerto Rico.

Boarding the Ship: You'll need to bring a negative test result to the cruise terminal to board the ship. This test must be taken on your own and at your own expense, but can be the same result used to enter Puerto Rico, provided you time it right.

• Vaccinated guests must show a negative result for a PCR or antigen test taken no more than 2 days before boarding day. Kids age 5 to 11 who have been vaccinated may present proof of full vaccination and follow the testing protocols for vaccinated guests.
• Unvaccinated kids age 2 to 11 must show a negative test result for a PCR test (not antigen) taken no more than 3 days before boarding day — but not on boarding day, as this may affect the results of the complimentary embarkation day test required to be taken at the cruise terminal.
• Guests under 2 years of age do not need to complete a pre-cruise test.

Post-Cruise: In addition to pre-cruise testing requirements, residents of Puerto Rico ages 2 and older must take a COVID-19 test, at their own expense, within 48 hours of the ship’s return and upload their results on the TravelSafe Declaration.

Non-residents ages 2 and older extending their stay in Puerto Rico after the sailing ends must complete a COVID-19 test within 24 hours of the ship's return and will be provided with a test kit to meet this requirement. The results of the test must be uploaded to the TravelSafe Declaration Form within 24 hours.

Note: Failure to submit COVID-19 test results within the timeframe will result in a $300 USD fine by the government of Puerto Rico.

Quarantine Requirement

The government of Puerto Rico now requires all unvaccinated guests entering by air or ship to complete a 7 day quarantine period if they intend to remain in Puerto Rico for a time outside of their cruise. Unvaccinated guests arriving into Puerto Rico on the cruise boarding day, or departing Puerto Rico on the same day of debarkation after the cruise ends, will not be required to complete the 7 day quarantine.

Pre-Cruise:

• If you arrive to Puerto Rico to join the ship on boarding day, you may go directly to the ship from the airport.
• If you arrive in Puerto Rico 1 or more days prior to your cruise, any unvaccinated guests in the travel party must remain in quarantine for those days. These guests may only leave to head directly to the cruise terminal for check-in on boarding day.

Post-Cruise:

• All unvaccinated residents must quarantine at home for 7 days upon returning from the cruise.
• Non-residents flying home on departure day do not need to quarantine. You must head directly to the airport.
• Any unvaccinated non-residents extending their stay in Puerto Rico post-cruise must quarantine for 7 days. If your flight departs prior to the completion of the 7 day quarantine, you must remain in the hotel and may only leave to proceed directly to the airport on the day of your flight.

For full protocol details, please click here. As always, health and safety protocols are subject to change.

If you have questions about these protocols, please reference our FAQs for details or contact us at 1 (866) 562-7625 or 541-285-9150 for assistance. If you prefer to not sail as a result of this change or would like to reschedule your cruise, please contact your Travel Advisor or give us a call at 1 (866) 562-7625 or at 954-628-9290 for our international guests. Looking forward to seeing you onboard!

[BSocial]

This quarantine requirement will surely affect families with unvaccinated kids who have pre or post cruise plans in San Juan.   
 

Thank you for sharing.  

 

Edited January 9, 2022 by BSocial
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