Testing after Excursions

[himan]

We are booked on Sky Princess July 9 cruise from Southampton to Norway & Scandinavia and have an excursion booked in Stockholm to Abba museum through Princess. Just wondering if we have to test to go on the excursion and test again to get back on board. Also do they test any time throughout the cruise or when returning to Southampton? We are UK citizens and fully vaccinated with the booster.

[riffatsea]

I have not read anywhere about testing,people, to go on excursions or when they return from one

Where did you get the idea that it might be a requirement?

[himan]

In Europe when cruising started up again, some ports required negative covid tests before passengers were allowed ashore on excursions. This resulted in some being offloaded from the ship to be hospitalised in the country the ship was docked in or going to dock in for the excursion. I am led to believe that if the country demands removal of the infected passengers the Captain may not be able to overrule it even if quarantine facilities exist on the ship. At present Sweden does not require proof of negative covid test for UK citizens entering but Princess may have a different take on this.

[wowzz]

1 hour ago, himan said:

In Europe when cruising started up again, some ports required negative covid tests before passengers were allowed ashore on excursions. This resulted in some being offloaded from the ship to be hospitalised in the country the ship was docked in or going to dock in for the excursion. I am led to believe that if the country demands removal of the infected passengers the Captain may not be able to overrule it even if quarantine facilities exist on the ship. At present Sweden does not require proof of negative covid test for UK citizens entering but Princess may have a different take on this.

No testing required mid cruise in Europe at the moment unless you are doing a b2b in Athens.