No b2b testing on Navigator

[neverbeenhere]

A friend reports there will be no Covid testing on current b2b cruise. 

[firefly333]

I'm hoping grandeur skips it too.

 

Carnival says they can do a targeted testing. Still testing unvaccinated..just not vaccinated. 

 

I was hoping rcl follows. 

[h20skibum]

Wonder what they will do for S2S cruises then?

[BND]

Testing isn't really necessary anymore for those vaccinated.  It's time to do what Finland is doing and let all the testing go like we already do with the flu.    Hospitalizations are way down and most people either have no symptoms or very mild ones.  And, before anyone starts with the "vulnerable" people, they need to do what they always have and protect themselves.  Many viruses are risks for those that are immune compromised. I'm hoping by our July Bermuda cruise that testing isn't required for anyone vaccinated.

[smokeybandit]

There is no CDC requirement to test people on b2b cruises.

[davekathy]

Do away withy pre cruise testing also. 

[island lady]

And this information came from whom?  

 

A friend of a friend...who knows a friend?  😉 

[bonsai3s]

Onboard the Odyssey now...guest services informed us that there will be no test for consecutive cruisers.

[Retired LEO]

Testing for B2B's ended this week. I confirmed it on the Mariner. 

[island lady]

Thanks guys!   Perhaps none then on Harmony B2B later this month.  

 

That test never bothered me though.....so simple and easy.    Much easier than scoring one on land before a cruise. 

[Billy Baltic]

19 minutes ago, island lady said:

Thanks guys!   Perhaps none then on Harmony B2B later this month.  

 

That test never bothered me though.....so simple and easy.    Much easier than scoring one on land before a cruise. 

So easy to test positive too and have your holiday cut short. 

[orville99]

58 minutes ago, Retired LEO said:

Testing for B2B's ended this week. I confirmed it on the Mariner. 

Figures, we were tested for our 2nd b2b leg on Harmony last week.😩

Makes our B2b2b on mariner in July a lot easier to deal with.

Now if they only stopped pre-cruise testing for vaccinated pax it would actually feel a lot like normal again.

Edited May 4, 2022 by orville99

[island lady]

6 minutes ago, Billy Baltic said:

So easy to test positive too and have your holiday cut short. 

 

I am guessing it's more a cost cutting effort...most likely based on lack of positive tests and looking at it as "is it worth it?"    All pax, except children, are vaxxed anyway.   

 

It's not cheap keeping those hired outside medical personnel on board.  Talked to one at length on his time off, he and his team spend most of their time testing the crew, plus they do the B2B tests on pax the morning before TAD.  However, that has been less and less now as well.  He was enjoying his free travel. 😉 

[BND]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

 

I am guessing it's more a cost cutting effort...most likely based on lack of positive tests and looking at it as "is it worth it?"    All pax, except children, are vaxxed anyway.   

 

It's not cheap keeping those hired outside medical personnel on board.  Talked to one at length on his time off, he and his team spend most of their time testing the crew, plus they do the B2B tests on pax the morning before TAD.  However, that has been less and less now as well.  He was enjoying his free travel. 😉 

But, for now they still have to keep them onboard for the crew so not sure this saves them much.  I think they're just not getting many positives and those that they get are asymptomatic anyway.

[orville99]

7 minutes ago, BND said:

But, for now they still have to keep them onboard for the crew so not sure this saves them much.  I think they're just not getting many positives and those that they get are asymptomatic anyway.

Spoke last week to a senior officer, and his take was that they were doing excessive testing and isolation of crew, but they were anticipating cutting that way back in the next few weeks.

[smokeybandit]

2 hours ago, Billy Baltic said:

So easy to test positive too and have your holiday cut short. 

Telling people they have to go home because they have at worst a mild cold isn't good for business either.

[Merion_Mom]

3 hours ago, island lady said:

And this information came from whom?  

 

A friend of a friend...who knows a friend?  😉 

I am currently on NV doing a B2B2B. 
 

After cruise #1, we had the test. 
 

Last night, I received the paper about the next cruise, and NO MENTION of testing. 
 

It’s true. 
 

😳

[Retired LEO]

37 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Telling people they have to go home because they have at worst a mild cold isn't good for business either.

I'm living proof of that. I boarded the Mariner on 4/5 for 6 B2B's. On 4/8 I tested for the next cruise...Positive. I was moved immediately to isolation on deck 2 and escorted off the ship the next morning. I missed 2 cruises and tested negative to board the 4/19 cruise. So 4 out of 6 ain't bad...😂🤣

[island lady]

58 minutes ago, BND said:

But, for now they still have to keep them onboard for the crew so not sure this saves them much.  I think they're just not getting many positives and those that they get are asymptomatic anyway.

 

Just a guess, but with less pax/crew to test less often...could possibly mean the teams will be whittled down to just one Med. tech.   

[island lady]

26 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

I am currently on NV doing a B2B2B. 
 

After cruise #1, we had the test. 
 

Last night, I received the paper about the next cruise, and NO MENTION of testing. 
 

It’s true. 
 

😳

 

Thanks.  Bonsai3 and Retired Leo already confirmed that previously.  🙂   It's no matter to me, test or not test for end of first leg.  It's the "before you get on the first leg" test I wish was gone.....I know...wishful thinking.  😉 

[molly361]

10 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Thanks.  Bonsai3 and Retired Leo already confirmed that previously.  🙂   It's no matter to me, test or not test for end of first leg.  It's the "before you get on the first leg" test I wish was gone.....I know...wishful thinking.  😉 

Me too I guess they will still test you if you are on a B2B that goes to Bermuda since Bermuda is requiring you to upload your test results to them??

[BND]

10 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Just a guess, but with less pax/crew to test less often...could possibly mean the teams will be whittled down to just one Med. tech.   

When we did our b2b on HOTS in Dec there was a short line to get in to test.  When we did ours for EN a few weeks ago, we walked right in and only stopped long enough to "check in".  EN only had two techs doing testing and they looked pretty bored. HOTS had prob at least five.  Our DL concierge disappeared a couple of days into the second leg of our b2b on EN.  She was perfectly fine, displayed zero symptoms, but because she tested positive, she had to isolate.  DH and I had several close conversations with her including her pulling down her mask (after asking of course) so we could understand each other lol.  All I came home with was a sinus infection and tested neg when I went to Urgent Care.  Also, no one on our FB page or roll call reported being positive after returning home, but several did have colds.  So, random testing turned up a crew member who wasn't sick at all and probably was never contagious.  

[WeMissSeaView]

The LA on the Navigator advised that no tests are needed for B2B fleet wide starting May 1st.  She advised that testing is still needed for S2S.

[sharktums]

Would love to hear some confirmation about this on Europe cruises!?!?! Woo!!!

[cruiselvr04]

We have a S2S in December and really hoping ALL the testing disappears by then.  I guess if they stop testing we’d do a proctored emed test the morning of disembarkment to go on the next one but would hate to do that.  
 

This is great news for the B2Brs.