Making sure I understand this..

[Cruizin for a Bruizin]

If we fly to the port and test positive for COVID during the cruise, we finish our quarantine at a location (hotel) arranged by Carnival at our own expense before we can fly home. 

 

If we drive to the port and test positive for COVID during the cruise, we can get in our car and drive home to finish our quarantine. 

 

Is this correct?  Does it matter if the drive to/from the port is 12 hours?

Edited January 23, 2022 by Cruizin for a Bruizin
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[Guest BasicSailor]

41 minutes ago, Cruizin for a Bruizin said:

If we fly to the port and test positive for COVID during the cruise, we finish our quarantine at a location (hotel) arranged by Carnival at our own expense before we can fly home. 

 

If we drive to the port and test positive for COVID during the cruise, we can get in our car and drive home to finish our quarantine. 

 

Is this correct?  Does it matter if the drive to/from the port is 12 hours?

That's right. If you need to stop for rest, you should tell the hotel that you have covid. It's called testing you honor.

Edited January 23, 2022 by BasicSailor

[beerman2]

13 minutes ago, BasicSailor said:

That's right. If you need to stop for rest, you should tell the hotel that you have covid. It's called testing you honor.

If it’s a 12 hour drive , although exhausting, in can be done in 1 day.

[Guest BasicSailor]

3 minutes ago, beerman2 said:

If it’s a 12 hour drive , although exhausting, in can be done in 1 day.

Thats why I stated if you need to stop.

[scpirate]

3 hours ago, BasicSailor said:

Thats why I stated if you need to stop.

What do you do at rest stops?  You know ,if your honorable.

[Guest BasicSailor]

3 minutes ago, scpirate said:

What do you do at rest stops?  You know ,if your honorable.

Hang it out the window 😲

[SNJCruisers]

4 hours ago, BasicSailor said:

Hang it out the window 😲

Easy for just under 50% of the population, but the majority would be out of luck.

[RWolver672]

7 hours ago, scpirate said:

What do you do at rest stops?  You know ,if your honorable.

 

Stay as far away from any other people as you can.  And make sure you wear a mask.

 

[Guest BasicSailor]

6 hours ago, SNJCruisers said:

Easy for just under 50% of the population, but the majority would be out of luck.

Thats correct, although some questions should be obvious.

[Guest BasicSailor]

10 hours ago, scpirate said:

What do you do at rest stops?  You know ,if your honorable.

There's always this 

[Babr]

CDC guidance says that positive passengers are not allowed to have interaction with the public upon disembarkation, including rental cars or restaurants. Passengers being released from quarantine on the ship are escorted off separately and met by port authorities. What happens after that is up to them.

 

I have read reports of people being taken to their cars, but I have not seen any of people being dropped off at a car rental agency. Maybe someone with first-hand experience can tell us how it works.

[Buckeyefrank100]

10 hours ago, scpirate said:

What do you do at rest stops?  You know ,if your honorable.

The CDC definition of "close contact" is 15 minutes within 6 feet of someone...  I don't know about you, but a bathroom break doesn't generally take 15 minutes.... and if it does, chances are there is nobody hanging around you for 15 minutes.

 

[asalligo]

This has been a funny distinction for me for a while. I know a couple who were tested positive on the ship returning to Port Canaveral and talked about their careful removal from the ship as Carnival led them off separate from the rest of debarkation and then they rented a car and just continued their vacation once debarked. They were all about quarantine until it was them. When called on that point, they were of the opinion that there is so much Covid out there now that it could be anywhere. They even questioned if the testing was accurate since they were nearly asymptomatic. Just another example of cruise lines being held to such a higher standard than everywhere else right now. 

[Babr]

7 minutes ago, asalligo said:

This has been a funny distinction for me for a while. I know a couple who were tested positive on the ship returning to Port Canaveral and talked about their careful removal from the ship as Carnival led them off separate from the rest of debarkation and then they rented a car and just continued their vacation once debarked. They were all about quarantine until it was them. When called on that point, they were of the opinion that there is so much Covid out there now that it could be anywhere. They even questioned if the testing was accurate since they were nearly asymptomatic. Just another example of cruise lines being held to such a higher standard than everywhere else right now. 

 

It is up to the port authorities and the local health department once passengers are disembarked. If passengers are released to go about their business as usual, then it is because of lax enforcement by local authorities. The guidelines still advise against public contact.

 

 

[beerman2]

3 hours ago, BasicSailor said:

Thats correct, although some questions should be obvious.

Nothing is obvious any more. Can’t “Assume” these days. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
People need to say what they mean and mean what they say!

[Buckeyefrank100]

7 minutes ago, beerman2 said:

Nothing is obvious any more. Can’t “Assume” these days. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
People need to say what they mean and mean what they say!

Unfortunately, that's not allowed anymore

[beerman2]

1 minute ago, Buckeyefrank100 said:

Unfortunately, that's not allowed anymore

PC is a PITA! I liked the good old days better.

[teknoge3k]

You can fly home. Not saying you should, but you could. You do not need a Covid test for domestic flights. 

[SNJCruisers]

4 hours ago, Buckeyefrank100 said:

I don't know about you, but a bathroom break doesn't generally take 15 minutes.

 

Occasionally there is more paper work involved than you thought there would be. 🧻

[simplelife]

On 1/23/2022 at 9:28 PM, scpirate said:

What do you do at rest stops?  You know ,if your honorable.

Wear a mask.  Distance. Limit your contact with others

[ScottsSweetie]

On 1/24/2022 at 8:14 AM, Babr said:

 

It is up to the port authorities and the local health department once passengers are disembarked. If passengers are released to go about their business as usual, then it is because of lax enforcement by local authorities. The guidelines still advise against public contact.

 

 

I know that the cruise line has to notify the CDC, but are we sure that they are legally bound to notify the port authorities and/or the local health department? I'm pretty sure that my local health department was not notified when I tested positive (other than recording me as 1 positive case). No local authorities checked to see if I was leaving my house, or if I followed any guidelines or regulations. How would local authorities even begin to enforce?

[BlerkOne]

5 minutes ago, ScottsSweetie said:

I know that the cruise line has to notify the CDC, but are we sure that they are legally bound to notify the port authorities and/or the local health department? I'm pretty sure that my local health department was not notified when I tested positive (other than recording me as 1 positive case). No local authorities checked to see if I was leaving my house, or if I followed any guidelines or regulations. How would local authorities even begin to enforce?

That would depend on the prevailing local laws (if any exist).

[Guest BasicSailor]

9 minutes ago, ScottsSweetie said:

I know that the cruise line has to notify the CDC, but are we sure that they are legally bound to notify the port authorities and/or the local health department? I'm pretty sure that my local health department was not notified when I tested positive (other than recording me as 1 positive case). No local authorities checked to see if I was leaving my house, or if I followed any guidelines or regulations. How would local authorities even begin to enforce?

 I don't feel that the local authorities would even bother to try. Normally I would post a photo of a guy in a suit with dark sunglasses 😎 and ask, have you had seen this guy hanging around your house.

😇. But you get the idea.

[Babr]

1 hour ago, ScottsSweetie said:

I know that the cruise line has to notify the CDC, but are we sure that they are legally bound to notify the port authorities and/or the local health department? I'm pretty sure that my local health department was not notified when I tested positive (other than recording me as 1 positive case). No local authorities checked to see if I was leaving my house, or if I followed any guidelines or regulations. How would local authorities even begin to enforce?

Pretty sure. It is part of the process of free pratique. The captain has to report any disease on board - not just COVID - in order to get permission to enter the port and to disembark or embark passengers. What the local authorities do with that information depends on them.

[BlerkOne]

3 minutes ago, Babr said:

Pretty sure. It is part of the process of free pratique. The captain has to report any disease on board - not just COVID - in order to get permission to enter the port and to disembark or embark passengers. What the local authorities do with that information depends on them.

To notify the CDC... It is the CDC's job to try to keep infectious diseases out.