Any U.S. Citizens test positive for Covid prior to flight home from European Sailings and get stuck?

[njkruzer]

Did the Jewel TA and spent 5 nts in Amsterdam.  Rumor has 32 people tested positive on board and were escorted off but don't know what happened after.  We tested in the hotel using emed tests the morning before flying home. Negative.   Did online checkin for AA flts and downloaded negative tests to airline so got boarding passes and avoided long lines at airport. Good luck.

[Another_Critic]

1 hour ago, trotzoll said:

So quick question...do you know if testing before getting back into the US is 1 day before or 24 hours?

Tested Tuesday 12:30 AM BST for a Wednesday 2:50 PM BST flight to US.

[hal2008]

13 minutes ago, Kimboriffic said:

What is a good insurance policy???? Seems confusing.I looked at Allianz

 

Didnt ask that question because usually those questions are suppose to be post somewhere else on CC.

But that was pre-covid and considering that most travel policies now exclude covid, referal on good policy wil save others hours of research on online insurance portals

[Babr]

17 minutes ago, hal2008 said:

 

Didnt ask that question because usually those questions are suppose to be post somewhere else on CC.

But that was pre-covid and considering that most travel policies now exclude covid, referal on good policy wil save others hours of research on online insurance portals

Actually most policies today do cover Covid. If anyone is concerned about coverage for quarantine, look for generous benefits in the trip delay provision. These are capped at a dollar amount per person per day with a total limit per person. You may not find a policy that would cover the entire cost depending on hotel charges, food, and length of stay. Do some math to find a number you are comfortable with.

 

Allianz is a good company, but some of their policies require a Covid endorsement. Talk to a professional before you buy.

[Ashland]

We have an annual GeoBlue policy and also purchase a policy that has trip delay/interruption etc. that we assume will help defray costs incurred. We trust the trip insurance store to advise us on what options we have when we travel.

 

 

[Cruiser24]

I was one of those people who got covid on the Jewell TA.  I tested positive on Day 9 and spent the last five days in quarantine.  Since you aren't supposed to fly home until 10 days after the positive test, we spent 5 additional days in a hotel in Amsterdam.  On Day 8 of our 10 day stay, I emailed the address I was given from Royal to get a Certificate of Recovery.  I went through MobiDoc which cost 114 euros.  The process was very easy.  I spoke to the doctor online, gave her the needed information, then she sent me the certificate.  As it turned out, I also tested negative that day using a home test and the next day using an emed proctored test.  We flew home on Day 10.  Royal gave us $250 per day toward the hotel and $100 pp per day for food.   Our travel insurance picked up the additional cost of the hotel.  Luckily we were on American using miles and they switched our flights with no problem.   

My advice to anyone cruising from another country is to take extra medicine in case this happens to you.  Everything else can be bought or washed.  

I would also take extra home and emed covid tests.  We carried a small backpack with extra tests and they came in very handy.

This information is from Amsterdam.  I'm not sure what will happen in other countries.  

Covid will not prevent us from traveling.  We knew that it could happen and were prepared in case it did. We are cruising again from Amsterdam in two weeks.  Can't wait!

[ljtinney]

13 minutes ago, Cruiser24 said:

I was one of those people who got covid on the Jewell TA.  I tested positive on Day 9 and spent the last five days in quarantine.  Since you aren't supposed to fly home until 10 days after the positive test, we spent 5 additional days in a hotel in Amsterdam.  On Day 8 of our 10 day stay, I emailed the address I was given from Royal to get a Certificate of Recovery.  I went through MobiDoc which cost 114 euros.  The process was very easy.  I spoke to the doctor online, gave her the needed information, then she sent me the certificate.  As it turned out, I also tested negative that day using a home test and the next day using an emed proctored test.  We flew home on Day 10.  Royal gave us $250 per day toward the hotel and $100 pp per day for food.   Our travel insurance picked up the additional cost of the hotel.  Luckily we were on American using miles and they switched our flights with no problem.   

My advice to anyone cruising from another country is to take extra medicine in case this happens to you.  Everything else can be bought or washed.  

I would also take extra home and emed covid tests.  We carried a small backpack with extra tests and they came in very handy.

This information is from Amsterdam.  I'm not sure what will happen in other countries.  

Covid will not prevent us from traveling.  We knew that it could happen and were prepared in case it did. We are cruising again from Amsterdam in two weeks.  Can't wait!

I have a friend on the Jewel right now that is in Quarantine and is not getting any answers. She is by herself. 

Where did you stay in Amsterdam after your cruise?  And can you give me the email address so I can pass on to her to get a Certificate of Recovery?  

thanks 🙂

[Cruiser24]

We stayed at the Amrath Hotel (or Grand Hotel Amrath, not sure how it's listed).  We booked through Hotels.com.  Your friend should have free wifi and should be able to book online.  The hotel was very nice and is easy walking distance from Central Station.  We took a taxi from the port to the hotel.  I think it was about about 30 euros.  If she has travel insurance, that will pick up the difference between what Royal pays and the cost of the hotel.

Before she leaves the ship, Royal will give her a paper that will tell her who to email from Royal about getting the Certificate of Recovery.  Mine was jw_frontdeskmanager@RCCL.com.  When I emailed him on Day 8 after I tested positive, he gave me the information on MobiDoc.  The address is covid.mobidoctor.eu.  It is an online consultation with a doctor who will then send her the CofR.  Make sure to tell your friend that she will need to log into that website to get the CofR.  I thought it was coming through my email but it didn't.   When I finally found it, the doctor had sent it immediately after we spoke.  So if your friend needs it to fly home, she'll have it right away.  Setting up the consultation sounds a little involved but it really isn't.  I'm not tech savvy at all and was able to do it.

 

Another tip - we did not have an adapter when we got to the hotel.  Ask and they will give you one with a deposit.

 

I agree with your friend.  The communication from Royal was not good.  Seemed like one person didn't know what the other was doing.  I wish her luck.

 

Your friend can email me if I can be of help.     kandbe24@ptd.net  

 

[excitedtocruise]

We will be traveling with 8 people next week on Wonder of the Seas. We did buy travel insurance that does cover one self if someone else in your travel party gets covid. But everyone will be bring their work computers along so that they can work from Rome, if need be. I have never bought travel insurance before, but this time around it really made sense. I did my research on travel insurance and made sure that the policy fit for our party. We have been waiting for this trip for over two years, and unfortunately we could not wait another year, so we just had to make it happen! It is what it is and we are all looking forward to this trip.

[kayguz]

There are a few FB groups that address this exact issues-- Travel in Italy and Covid search should turn it up.  There are admin pins at the top of their page that spell out the Italian quarantine rules.  The moderator Untold Italy refers to it regularly to not allow speculation or to encourage anything to get around "the rules."  My understanding is that a positive means 7 days mandatory quarantine if vaxed and up to date (meaning boosted if original vax series is beyond 270 days) and 10 days if not.  Must be symptom free for a few days in order to test on day 7 or 10.  You are not allowed out of quarantine until you test negative-- at 21 days you are allowed out even if you are testing postive.  You are required to report your positive to a government entity-- not sure if the cruiseline does this or if its on the honor system.  That group has lots of discussion about hotels and airbnb's in this situation.  My take away is this: do not test at the FCO airport, try not to test at a pharmacy (they take passport info and report directly)-- take your own tests and if positive, then figure out where you will quarantine so you don't have to go to the dreaded FCO airport Sheraton quarantine hotel (put in the oldest building that's pretty run down and the food is another story.)  Also the timing for number of days after covid postive to fly varies by airline.  We are vaxed but not boosted (had covid in December)  my daughter had it in 6/2020 and ws then vaxed (not boosted.)  This means we have to take additional tests for Greece ports (makes no sense as we can fly or ferry in with no additional testing) at our expense.  It's all nerve wracking to say the least....

[LaCal]

This is a review/update from a guest who got Covid while on his International cruise and the protocols that had to be followed

It’s Very informative especially for those cruisers who have International cruises booked

Know each countries Protocols since a lot have different ones….

 

.Here’s his review:  

I finally got out of my isolation facility in downtown London, England after catching COVID on my Celebrity Silhouette cruise.

 Thank you so much for the well wishes!

 

Celebrity locked me into my cabin on the Silhouette once their own doctors verified my positive status. For the balance of my cruise, I couldn't do much other than sleep and watch TV. My butler did bring in whatever food and drink I wanted whenever which was nice. On the first day, the ship's medical team checked in on me to check my oxygen levels, pulse temperature  and symptoms.
 

But due to so much spread on the ship, with more than 20% sick, they became overwhelmed and just couldn't check on me anymore.

 

 

According to CDC guidelines, you need to remain in isolation for 5 days, retest, and stay in isolation again for another 5 days if you test positive. Celebrity initially told me that I would need to stay onboard to ride out isolation. They told me I could ride out isolation and then come out when I was negative. Then they changed it to say I could stay until negative and then I would be forced to disembark on the next cruise port visited, which in the case of the next cruise and overall timing, would have been Amsterdam. However, because of so many infected passengers and crew, they asked all positive passengers to disembark at Southampton. From there, we would have to go to isolation facilities until we tested out.

Americans have an extra hurdle to jump: you cannot re-enter the U.S. within 10 days of a positive PCR test; instead, you need to track down a doctor who can write up a certification of recovery for travel for day 11 or beyond.

 

Celebrity initially promised they'd tackle arrangements to get us to an isolation facility, but they lied. Specifically Retreat Host Edrilyn, who was also Positive, and Julie, head of Guest Relations lied. And the Celebrity crew on the dock told me they would often lie just to get people off the ship.

So positive and sick, I had to track down a ride in Southampton to get to London and stay in an isolation facility I arranged. It sounds like many other cruisers weren't as lucky, with many trapped in Southampton hotels for up to 10 days unable to get out. It sounds like many others were mishandled by Celebrity far worse than me.

 

I had an ample stock of rapid self tests / lateral flow tests on me...along with the proctored eMed tests that the cruise lines sell. Each day in isolation I would test positive on the rapid tests, dooming me for another day in London where I was isolating at about $600 US / night. It appeared the most recent strains leave you positive for a while, which is why at day 10, if you are symptom free, you can return to the U.S. if you get a local doctor to verify you are asymptomatic and non contagious even with a positive test.

 

Each day I would test positive, dooming me to my unexpected and exceptionally expensive extended stay in the UK. 

But I was still a lucky one. After catching up with other positive passengers on my ship and others in Europe, it sounded like I had it easy. For departures from Italy, as an example,  the isolation period is greater and they need to isolate at 7 day increments, retest, and stay in isolation again for a full 7 days. And then repeat the process. And while I got off my cruises Celebrity is still keeping hundreds of positive passengers passengers on decks 5,4, and 3 of their ships where they ride things out until they're negative.

 

Fortunately, last night, a rapid test showed I was negative. I followed up with an eMed proctored test that verified I was negative. I then worked with my airline to rebook my return home on the next available flight.

So here I am, sitting in the Global Services lounge for United Airlines at Heathrow airport, eager to begin my journey home.

To change my flights, it cost me an additional $3,000. My unexpected stay in London cost me about $3,800, with transportation from the ship to my isolation hotel and back to the airport costing another $450. I also lost a nonrefundable excursion on the last cruise day which would have brought me to the airport and do some sight seeing along the way for about $250...and lost a nonrefundable hotel room for my scheduled overnight on my initially scheduled return flight of about $250. So beyond losing days of the cruise, I'm out of pocket by about $8,000. I'll have to fight it out with Celebrity and my travel insurance company to see what can be recovered, which will take time and money too.

 

While there's significant financial cost, I was never really worried about my health.  I'm vaccinated and boostered and otherwise healthy so I wasn't too worried about my health failing. Although I did have a little bit of concern with requiring foreign health facilities if I did get more sick. Fortunately, my symptoms were very mild...and I've yet to interact with any passenger who had worse than mild symptoms. 

With all that said, be extremely cautious when cruising, especially abroad. If you aren't very healthy, don't do it at all. If you are cruising outside of the U.S., be aware of the isolation policies and what kind of costs you could incur if you are found to be positive on the ship. Do not travel away from a U.S. port unless you can spend upwards of $10,000 and can afford to be away from home/work for up to 2 weeks beyond the cruise time. Despite Healthy Sailing policies, the cruise lines are there to protect their own interests and will not do much to help you if you become ill.

 

And if you do cruise, make sure you travel with at least 10-15 COVID tests especially for overseas cruises, so you can test your way home.

 

Would I cruise again? Yes...I'm on a cruise again in 2 weeks, but that leaves out of California and returns to the U.S.. And as a recovering COVID patient, I'm not worried about catching it again anytime soon. And even if I did, the U.S. has no isolation restrictions or any flight restrictions for U.S. travelers now. If I had any more international cruises now, based on this experience, I would cancel them and wait until COVID quiets down or wait until U.S. travel/COVID policies are relaxed.

Safe travels and good luck everyone!

[ILOVESHIPS]

It happened to us on the  Wonder of the Seas  TA.   It was a total  nightmare.  Still trying to  recover from the  nightmare.  My husband  had  no symptoms  whatsoever  and never did.

Beware of   going to  Europe  now.  Wait until they change  the  rules.   

[Jimbo]

38 minutes ago, kayguz said:

There are a few FB groups that address this exact issues-- Travel in Italy and Covid search should turn it up.  There are admin pins at the top of their page that spell out the Italian quarantine rules.  The moderator Untold Italy refers to it regularly to not allow speculation or to encourage anything to get around "the rules."  My understanding is that a positive means 7 days mandatory quarantine if vaxed and up to date (meaning boosted if original vax series is beyond 270 days) and 10 days if not.  Must be symptom free for a few days in order to test on day 7 or 10.  You are not allowed out of quarantine until you test negative-- at 21 days you are allowed out even if you are testing postive.  You are required to report your positive to a government entity-- not sure if the cruiseline does this or if its on the honor system.  That group has lots of discussion about hotels and airbnb's in this situation.  My take away is this: do not test at the FCO airport, try not to test at a pharmacy (they take passport info and report directly)-- take your own tests and if positive, then figure out where you will quarantine so you don't have to go to the dreaded FCO airport Sheraton quarantine hotel (put in the oldest building that's pretty run down and the food is another story.)  Also the timing for number of days after covid postive to fly varies by airline.  We are vaxed but not boosted (had covid in December)  my daughter had it in 6/2020 and ws then vaxed (not boosted.)  This means we have to take additional tests for Greece ports (makes no sense as we can fly or ferry in with no additional testing) at our expense.  It's all nerve wracking to say the least....

Quite ordeal for you, glad we canceled and not chance it happening to us.

14 minutes ago, LaCal said:

This is a review/update from a guest who got Covid while on his International cruise and the protocols that had to be followed

It’s Very informative especially for those cruisers who have International cruises booked

Know each countries Protocols since a lot have different ones….

 

.Here’s his review:  

I finally got out of my isolation facility in downtown London, England after catching COVID on my Celebrity Silhouette cruise.

 Thank you so much for the well wishes!

 

Celebrity locked me into my cabin on the Silhouette once their own doctors verified my positive status. For the balance of my cruise, I couldn't do much other than sleep and watch TV. My butler did bring in whatever food and drink I wanted whenever which was nice. On the first day, the ship's medical team checked in on me to check my oxygen levels, pulse temperature  and symptoms.
 

But due to so much spread on the ship, with more than 20% sick, they became overwhelmed and just couldn't check on me anymore.

 

 

According to CDC guidelines, you need to remain in isolation for 5 days, retest, and stay in isolation again for another 5 days if you test positive. Celebrity initially told me that I would need to stay onboard to ride out isolation. They told me I could ride out isolation and then come out when I was negative. Then they changed it to say I could stay until negative and then I would be forced to disembark on the next cruise port visited, which in the case of the next cruise and overall timing, would have been Amsterdam. However, because of so many infected passengers and crew, they asked all positive passengers to disembark at Southampton. From there, we would have to go to isolation facilities until we tested out.

Americans have an extra hurdle to jump: you cannot re-enter the U.S. within 10 days of a positive PCR test; instead, you need to track down a doctor who can write up a certification of recovery for travel for day 11 or beyond.

 

Celebrity initially promised they'd tackle arrangements to get us to an isolation facility, but they lied. Specifically Retreat Host Edrilyn, who was also Positive, and Julie, head of Guest Relations lied. And the Celebrity crew on the dock told me they would often lie just to get people off the ship.

So positive and sick, I had to track down a ride in Southampton to get to London and stay in an isolation facility I arranged. It sounds like many other cruisers weren't as lucky, with many trapped in Southampton hotels for up to 10 days unable to get out. It sounds like many others were mishandled by Celebrity far worse than me.

 

I had an ample stock of rapid self tests / lateral flow tests on me...along with the proctored eMed tests that the cruise lines sell. Each day in isolation I would test positive on the rapid tests, dooming me for another day in London where I was isolating at about $600 US / night. It appeared the most recent strains leave you positive for a while, which is why at day 10, if you are symptom free, you can return to the U.S. if you get a local doctor to verify you are asymptomatic and non contagious even with a positive test.

 

Each day I would test positive, dooming me to my unexpected and exceptionally expensive extended stay in the UK. 

But I was still a lucky one. After catching up with other positive passengers on my ship and others in Europe, it sounded like I had it easy. For departures from Italy, as an example,  the isolation period is greater and they need to isolate at 7 day increments, retest, and stay in isolation again for a full 7 days. And then repeat the process. And while I got off my cruises Celebrity is still keeping hundreds of positive passengers passengers on decks 5,4, and 3 of their ships where they ride things out until they're negative.

 

Fortunately, last night, a rapid test showed I was negative. I followed up with an eMed proctored test that verified I was negative. I then worked with my airline to rebook my return home on the next available flight.

So here I am, sitting in the Global Services lounge for United Airlines at Heathrow airport, eager to begin my journey home.

To change my flights, it cost me an additional $3,000. My unexpected stay in London cost me about $3,800, with transportation from the ship to my isolation hotel and back to the airport costing another $450. I also lost a nonrefundable excursion on the last cruise day which would have brought me to the airport and do some sight seeing along the way for about $250...and lost a nonrefundable hotel room for my scheduled overnight on my initially scheduled return flight of about $250. So beyond losing days of the cruise, I'm out of pocket by about $8,000. I'll have to fight it out with Celebrity and my travel insurance company to see what can be recovered, which will take time and money too.

 

While there's significant financial cost, I was never really worried about my health.  I'm vaccinated and boostered and otherwise healthy so I wasn't too worried about my health failing. Although I did have a little bit of concern with requiring foreign health facilities if I did get more sick. Fortunately, my symptoms were very mild...and I've yet to interact with any passenger who had worse than mild symptoms. 

With all that said, be extremely cautious when cruising, especially abroad. If you aren't very healthy, don't do it at all. If you are cruising outside of the U.S., be aware of the isolation policies and what kind of costs you could incur if you are found to be positive on the ship. Do not travel away from a U.S. port unless you can spend upwards of $10,000 and can afford to be away from home/work for up to 2 weeks beyond the cruise time. Despite Healthy Sailing policies, the cruise lines are there to protect their own interests and will not do much to help you if you become ill.

 

And if you do cruise, make sure you travel with at least 10-15 COVID tests especially for overseas cruises, so you can test your way home.

 

Would I cruise again? Yes...I'm on a cruise again in 2 weeks, but that leaves out of California and returns to the U.S.. And as a recovering COVID patient, I'm not worried about catching it again anytime soon. And even if I did, the U.S. has no isolation restrictions or any flight restrictions for U.S. travelers now. If I had any more international cruises now, based on this experience, I would cancel them and wait until COVID quiets down or wait until U.S. travel/COVID policies are relaxed.

Safe travels and good luck everyone!

Wow, 20 percent positive..........That's unreal, cruise line's can't control it. Very sad.

10 minutes ago, ILOVESHIPS said:

It happened to us on the  Wonder of the Seas  TA.   It was a total  nightmare.  Still trying to  recover from the  nightmare.  My husband  had  no symptoms  whatsoever  and never did.

Beware of   going to  Europe  now.  Wait until they change  the  rules.   

Good advice. Always another year to go. So not worth it right now for the unknown. If it's meant to be it can wait until another year.

[RFerrington]

48 minutes ago, LaCal said:

the U.S. has no isolation restrictions or any flight restrictions for U.S. travelers now. 

I have a question about this statement from the above account.

 

Is this true ?  Are there no restrictions on US citizens returning to the US ?  No vax or testing requirements ? …or is he referring only to flights within the US (not from abroad).

[Another_Critic]

9 minutes ago, RFerrington said:

I have a question about this statement from the above account.

 

Is this true ?  Are there no restrictions on US citizens returning to the US ?  No vax or testing requirements ? …or is he referring only to flights within the US (not from abroad).

Flights within the US.  Still need to test (or CoR) to fly into the US.

 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html

 

Edited June 4, 2022 by Another_Critic

[ILOVESHIPS]

You need  a  negative  test   to  fly  back  from  Europe  to  the  United  States.  If  you test  positive  in Europe or  any  foreign country  you  can not   fly  back to the  United States  until you are   negative.    This  can  be  a nightmare for anyone testing  positive  in another  country.

 

 

I

[LaCal]

15 minutes ago, RFerrington said:

I have a question about this statement from the above account.

 

Is this true ?  Are there no restrictions on US citizens returning to the US ?  No vax or testing requirements ? …or is he referring only to flights within the US (not from abroad).

He’s referring only to flying Us to Us 

 

Restrictions are big flying in from other countries 

[cruiseboy89130]

Reporting any positive test is just a very bad idea!

Reporting it to the ship is asking for punishment....

 

[Jimbo]

4 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Reporting any positive test is just a very bad idea!

Reporting it to the ship is asking for punishment....

 

and there  is the reason it is spreading like it is now again. So is your plan to walk around the ship like you aren't positive?

Edited June 4, 2022 by Jimbo

[sellwingri]

We just got home from our Vision cruise out of Barcelona.  4 days before our cruise was to end, I started coughing (only sign of Covid experienced by my friend and my daughter).  I was convinced I had Covid and it emotionally drained me on those last days.  We did the Royal recommended tests the day before disembarking  and I was negative.  When we got to the airport, American Airlines didn’t even want to see our tests.  They said “it wasn’t listed on their requirements”.  

[1SMURFF99A]

On 6/3/2022 at 5:28 PM, rockmom said:

Now that it's been about a month for sailings out of European ports, I'm curious if anyone has tested positive for Covid just prior to their flight (but have left the ship), and were not allowed to board a flight home.  Our flight leaves the day after we disembark, and we have one night hotel booked, but seeing quite a few posts from people who test positive mid-cruising, it seems Royal assists somewhat with quarantine issues. However, once you're off the ship, I'm not sure how you handle things. For example, we will be returning to Civitavecchia.  If we test positive at a local pharmacy or our hotel, before leaving for the Rome airport, we obviously can't fly back to the U.S. So I'm curious if anyone has experienced this first-hand and what the process was like--who to notify--airline, and?  Not sure what the CDC guidelines are for how long after proctored/official positive test before being allowing to mask up and fly home.  5 days?  10?  Till a negative test happens?  I have Googled a million different things, such as CDC guidelines, airline guidelines and can't seem to find a definitive answer.  I suppose it could vary based on the country you're departing from, in our case, Italy.  

 

Let the speculation commence, but it would be great if anyone out there in CC land has dealt with this recently.  Thanks!  

 

 

We were on a TA on Princess leaving Ft Lauderdale for 23 days. After the first 15 we docked at Southampton and those not going on  to sail the British Isles would get off. We were staying on until 2 days before Southampton, when they tested us, only to find we had covid. All we had was a runny nose. They took us off and bused everyone to the Radisson Blu at Heathrow. They paid for 5 nights and told you to turn everything else over too your insurance first, including receipts for food, medical care and cab fare first and then file with them.  That's all the help we got.  From talking with our fellow cruisers and researching ourselves, we found we did have to stay 10 days frm positive test unless you tested negative. There was a testing place right behind the hotel so we could get tested. You also could get a letter of recovery on line frm a Dr at Quickmd.com for $75.00 to use after the 10 days in case you were still positive. It verified you should be safe for travel but not contagious. You also had to fill out a form called Attestation to get back in the US. We ended up coming home the original day we were supposed to as that was the 10 days because my husband was still positive. After testing 3 times hoping we could come back sooner, it just wasn't in the cards to come back sooner. After all the worry and expense, all they asked for at the airport was the Attestation form. Princess ended up dumping off 3-4 buses of people over the week we were there.  Princess was absolutely no help. If not for everyone else talking in the lobby who know what would have happened.

[LaCal]

1 hour ago, Jimbo said:

and there  is the reason it is spreading like it is now again. So is your plan to walk around the ship like you aren't positive?

Sadly way to many people know they are sick, coughing and hacking and continue waking around spreading it w no mask or care in the world.   It’s a me me world 

 

On our recent cruise I started coughing on day 6 and did a Covid test which was negative….I felt in my gut it was probably Covid so we isolated in our cabin….tested again on disembark day and was still negative but once home tested positive twice 🙈🙈

 

[LaCal]

55 minutes ago, sellwingri said:

We just got home from our Vision cruise out of Barcelona.  4 days before our cruise was to end, I started coughing (only sign of Covid experienced by my friend and my daughter).  I was convinced I had Covid and it emotionally drained me on those last days.  We did the Royal recommended tests the day before disembarking  and I was negative.  When we got to the airport, American Airlines didn’t even want to see our tests.  They said “it wasn’t listed on their requirements”.  

Did you test again once home? 
 

I started coughing on Day 6…..took a test and was negative….we still isolated ourselves the last day and on the final day tested again and was negative….once home we both tested positive twice 

 

So many people were coughing and hacking on my cruise I know most of them probably had Covid……And then sure enough on our roll call tons of people tested positive once home 

[reallyitsmema]

2 hours ago, RFerrington said:

I have a question about this statement from the above account.

 

Is this true ?  Are there no restrictions on US citizens returning to the US ?  No vax or testing requirements ? …or is he referring only to flights within the US (not from abroad).

 

They were referring to flights within the us.  Most airlines have you attest that you do not have covid symptoms and that you are not required to isolate per CDC protocols.  It is up to passengers to do the right thing and isolate for five days as the CDC protocols require, but very few people are doing it.  People are lying and flying home thus infecting even more people.

[trotzoll]

On 6/3/2022 at 9:31 PM, Another_Critic said:

Tested Tuesday 12:30 AM BST for a Wednesday 2:50 PM BST flight to US.

Perfect! Thank you so much!