LHARTWICK Posted February 18, 2022 #51 Share Posted February 18, 2022 20 hours ago, jalves said: My prediction will be the day after my next cruise. So, plan on April 4th. LOL! Your luck sounds like mine! In that case, plan on April 10!! 🤣 Seriously, I hope it's sooner rather than later, but my gut tells me it will be later. But who knows at this point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted February 18, 2022 #52 Share Posted February 18, 2022 17 hours ago, lenquixote66 said: I cannot fathom a society in which opinions are frowned on. Well my opinion on the best school to send my kid to, yes it matters, my favorite restaurant to eat in, yes it matters, my favorite wine, sure, those are my opinions. Opinions on CC of when testing will not be required are like a fart in a greasy skillet, science and facts will determine not our cruise lust, just my lil ole opinion. 😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starry Eyes Posted February 18, 2022 #53 Share Posted February 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, LHARTWICK said: LOL! Your luck sounds like mine! In that case, plan on April 10!! 🤣 Seriously, I hope it's sooner rather than later, but my gut tells me it will be later. But who knows at this point! I share the sentiments, but the cruiselines have much to lose if there are substantial outbreaks on ships including PR. RCI also bears increases costs for every cases detected on board (quarantine costs on ship plus potentially post cruise). The precruise testing is one of the few ways ways to decrease the number of asymptomatic (or fibbing symptomatic) people bringing the virus on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare exm Posted February 18, 2022 #54 Share Posted February 18, 2022 This might be mentioned here, but don't forget that certain countries have specific restrictions. In the Caribbean RC needs to follow the Bahamas' requirements unless they don't want to stop at Coco Cay (and Nassau) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted February 18, 2022 #55 Share Posted February 18, 2022 23 hours ago, DukeASUGirl said: It's not just what the CDC says, but the cruise lines still need to follow the requirements of the countries in which they port. Wouldn't make sense to drop the testing requirement to board if it means that many passengers wouldn't be able to get off the ship on port days. True. Grand Cayman which requires land stay guest to test every other day, was trying to get cruise ships to test every passenger when they left the ship for the tender as a condition to allow cruises back in. San Juan is still requiring testing and limiting ships with cases. Plus we now know that vaccines and masks do not prevent you from catching COIVD. Only reduce symptoms and lower hospitalizations and deaths. In China, (realize they're a dictatorship and most Chinese just go along with what the Party tells them to do) they still test whole cities despite lower cases. So testing will most likely go on long after mask mandates and vaccine mandates end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted February 18, 2022 #56 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Probably Sunday since I go to get tested tomorrow😇 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 18, 2022 #57 Share Posted February 18, 2022 41 minutes ago, exm said: This might be mentioned here, but don't forget that certain countries have specific restrictions. In the Caribbean RC needs to follow the Bahamas' requirements unless they don't want to stop at Coco Cay (and Nassau) The Bahamas rule is was a result of cruise lines wanting to get around Florida's no vax mandate rule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibe Posted February 19, 2022 #58 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Carnival Opts In for New CDC Cruise Program; Mask Requirement Dropped - Cruise Industry News 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4 Posted February 19, 2022 #59 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Carnival just announced a change to their pretest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted February 19, 2022 #60 Share Posted February 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, D4 said: Carnival just announced a change to their pretest I'm hoping RCI starts allowing this for my March cruise from San Juan. That would make testing time frame so much easier !! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted February 19, 2022 #61 Share Posted February 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ashland said: I'm hoping RCI starts allowing this for my March cruise from San Juan. That would make testing time frame so much easier !! Well, Michael Bayley's announcement did say they were working through other protocols and would be making updates by 25 Feb so it's a very likely outcome. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4 Posted February 19, 2022 #62 Share Posted February 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ashland said: I'm hoping RCI starts allowing this for my March cruise from San Juan. That would make testing time frame so much easier !! Me too. We are flying 2 days before the cruise and we have an early morning flight. We don’t want to fly if we can’t cruise. We have been planning on staying up after midnight to do the proctored home tests, but that isn’t ideal. We have to get up about 4am to get to the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted February 19, 2022 #63 Share Posted February 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, D4 said: Carnival just announced a change to their pretest Come on RCI get with this update too !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted February 19, 2022 #64 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 minute ago, D4 said: Me too. We are flying 2 days before the cruise and we have an early morning flight. We don’t want to fly if we can’t cruise. We have been planning on staying up after midnight to do the proctored home tests, but that isn’t ideal. We have to get up about 4am to get to the airport. Same with us...this is so stressful !!! We fly out early morning of March 18th for a March 20th cruise. I would love to be able to go to my local CVS March 17th. So easy to have it done there.....Haven't done a proctored test and I'm stressed !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4 Posted February 19, 2022 #65 Share Posted February 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ashland said: Same with us...this is so stressful !!! We fly out early morning of March 18th for a March 20th cruise. I would love to be able to go to my local CVS March 17th. So easy to have it done there.....Haven't done a proctored test and I'm stressed !!!! I’m also terrified of catching Covid on the first of our B2B cruises. The second cruise is our whole reason for going. It is a special group cruise which costs about 4 times as much as the first cruise. We have the same cabin for both cruises. The first cruise was just an add on, because we like B2B cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted February 19, 2022 #66 Share Posted February 19, 2022 We drive to the port, and testing is available in our area of S.C., but it's still stressful. I hope it goes by way of the dodo bird before our March 25th cruise on the Wonder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starry Eyes Posted February 19, 2022 #67 Share Posted February 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, Ashland said: Same with us...this is so stressful !!! We fly out early morning of March 18th for a March 20th cruise. I would love to be able to go to my local CVS March 17th. So easy to have it done there.....Haven't done a proctored test and I'm stressed !!!! If you are that stressed over the idea of a proctored test, order an extra one or two now. When it comes in, do one of the proctored tests for practice. The practice run would allow you to work out the best way to set up your equipment and work the actual kit with the proctor. I suspect the test run will go well and you will be far less stressed afterwards. An elder in my family was resistant to that testing method, but felt better after watching me do a test run with a proctor (he did not want to do the test run himself). I was standing by when he did the proctored test 2 days before sailing; next time he will be confident alone, I think. The extra confidence was well worth the cost of a test kit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare marielco Posted February 19, 2022 #68 Share Posted February 19, 2022 CDC rules not relevant here in Europe where many countries are now dropping mask mandates and testing. If this continues then maybe by May the cruise lines might relax their requirements too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted February 19, 2022 #69 Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 hours ago, deliver42 said: We drive to the port, and testing is available in our area of S.C., but it's still stressful. I hope it goes by way of the dodo bird before our March 25th cruise on the Wonder. you and me both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karena1 Posted February 19, 2022 #70 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 3:08 PM, klfrodo said: as long as no new variant pops up, I would expect testing requirements to stop in 2 - 3 months. god i hope so. So tired of having to get the stupid test every month so we can cruise! Testing sites are getting fewer and fewer so they are going to have to stop this at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted February 19, 2022 #71 Share Posted February 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Are CVS open late. Go at 12:01 am on the 18th No 8am-10pm...so that won't work unfortunately...only if RCI extends to 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaygatsby27 Posted February 21, 2022 #72 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 2:30 PM, Joseph2017China said: As all of our opinions are....remember this.....I will be going on a land trip to Europe, and will not need a test before I leave the USA, just my vaccine and booster. However, coming home, I have to scramble in a foreign country to find a test 24 hours prior my flight home, or be denied entry into my home. The testing is not about the science, but rather about politics right now. So my opinion is sometime in 2024 It’s about public health. Covid can make people very sick or worse. Keeping passengers that are infectious off a cruise ship just makes sense. If it’s political it’s being one party no longer believes in logic or science. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 21, 2022 #73 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Just now, jaygatsby27 said: It’s about public health. Covid can make people very sick or worse. Keeping passengers that are infectious off a cruise ship just makes sense. If it’s political it’s being one party no longer believes in logic or science. There are a lot of airborne viruses that can make people very sick or worse that no one thinks twice about while boarding. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 21, 2022 #74 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 10:10 AM, D4 said: Carnival just announced a change to their pretest I expect all the cruise lines to adopt this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted February 21, 2022 #75 Share Posted February 21, 2022 To me, it makes no difference 2 or 3 days, though I know it means a lot to people who have to fly in. I just wish they'd stop, especially for those who've been boosted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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