Allure of the Seas Pre-boarding Notes 4/22/22

[adamdm]

Just checking in from Allure, used iHealth proctored test to board of 4/22 without a problem!  The test credentials were looked at twice, for about 5 seconds each.  While there was no CLIA number on this particular test results page, it just appears that they are scanning for "NEGATIVE" and a valid date.

 

More notes on boarding:

 

• The at-port COVID testing people looked VERY bored and excited for the opportunity to find a possible person to test — so I don't think there would have been any issue if for whatever reason my test had been rejected and I needed an impromptu result at the port, even though I know the cruise line says you must have an appointment in advance.  (I know this because I went into the wrong door when my cab dropped me off and walked right into the area where they were doing it.)
• While I did not arrive until a few minutes before my appointed time of 2:00, there did not appear to be anyone checking people's boarding times at all in spite of multiple messages received not to come before our appointed time.  Maybe this is something that by 2:00 they no longer care about.
• I don't believe they looked at my vax card other than what I scanned into the app for pre-check-in.
• Bag search seemed very cursory as well — kinda regretted not throwing a couple of bottles of booze in my backpack; it did not seem like anyone would have known or cared but I could be wrong.

[Biker19]

33 minutes ago, adamdm said:

More notes on boarding

All of those issues vary by date, terminal, time of day and staff on duty.

[not-enough-cruising]

Good to hear more and more reports of successful use of the iHealth tests 

 

thanks 

[ptf2009]

Thanks for the update and I hope you have a wonderful cruise! We will be on Allure this Saturday! 

 

Please let us know if there are any "must do's" or fun things we don't want to miss😎