help - may have made a terrible mistake! - b2b different cruise lines and covid testing

[cbowls30]

Hi all

we may of seriously messed up.

We are doing royal carribean symphony dissembarking and then boarding Carnival Spirit. We need PCR test to board spirit done at least 24 hrs before boarding but we'll obviously still be on Symphony. 

I think we've really caused ourselves a problem, no abuse please!

has anyone done this in the current situation? if so, how did you do it?

thank you for any help/adivice or we may end up having to cancel royal carribbean.

[smokeybandit]

Why do you need to take a PCR test and why 24 hours?

[tonit964]

3 minutes ago, cbowls30 said:

Hi all

we may of seriously messed up.

We are doing royal carribean symphony dissembarking and then boarding Carnival Spirit. We need PCR test to board spirit done at least 24 hrs before boarding but we'll obviously still be on Symphony. 

I think we've really caused ourselves a problem, no abuse please!

has anyone done this in the current situation? if so, how did you do it?

thank you for any help/adivice or we may end up having to cancel royal carribbean.

I would find out if Carnival does testing at the terminal.

[John&LaLa]

Get the eMed test and do it on last night

[cbowls30]

12 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Get the eMed test and do it on last night

what's the eMed test? how do we get that?

we are flying into the USA from the UK to do 7 nights on symphony, then moving to spirit.

carnival website says that you can't test on day of departure and after july 2022 they are no longer offering day of departure port testing.

thanks everyone

[CGinMTL]

Ask royal if they can do it. It will not be free. But it will be done. 

 

[John&LaLa]

13 minutes ago, cbowls30 said:

what's the eMed test? how do we get that?

we are flying into the USA from the UK to do 7 nights on symphony, then moving to spirit.

carnival website says that you can't test on day of departure and after july 2022 they are no longer offering day of departure port testing.

thanks everyone

 

https://www.emed.com/

 

Royal was/is selling them on their website as well. It's a video proctored PCR test. 

Edited July 4, 2022 by John&LaLa

[cbowls30]

2 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

https://www.emed.com/

Thanks but they won't ship internationally so we won't be able to do that.

[Another_Critic]

5 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

https://www.emed.com/

 

Royal was/is selling them on their website as well. It's a video proctored PCR test. 

Rapid Antigen, not PCR.

[John&LaLa]

9 minutes ago, cbowls30 said:

Thanks but they won't ship internationally so we won't be able to do that.

 

Google another version

[Another_Critic]

26 minutes ago, cbowls30 said:

carnival website says that you can't test on day of departure

Where are you seeing that?

 

This is on the carnival website ( https://www.carnival.com/legal/covid-19-legal-notices/covid-19-guest-protocols  ) :

 

 

TESTING REQUIREMENTS

Except where destination requirements differ*, guests who are up to date with their vaccines may take their test within three days prior to sailing.

• Up to date means a guest has received all recommended COVID-19 vaccinations, including any booster dose, when eligible.
• Example: For a sailing departing on Saturday, guests may take their test as early as Wednesday and as late as Saturday morning, if guaranteed to receive results in time for check-in.

If a guest is fully vaccinated but not up to date with their vaccines, they must take their pre-cruise COVID-19 test within two days prior to sailing.

• If you are eligible for a booster and have not received one, you are not considered up to date.
• Example: For a sailing departing on Saturday, guests may take their test no earlier than Thursday and as late as Saturday morning, if guaranteed to receive results in time for check-in.

* BERMUDA AND CANADA: Fully vaccinated guests traveling to Bermuda and Canada, including those who are up to date with their vaccines, can take either a PCR test within 72 hours prior to sailing, or an antigen test no earlier than two days prior to sailing, in order to comply with CDC and destination regulations.

 

 

[crzndeb]

24 minutes ago, cbowls30 said:

Thanks but they won't ship internationally so we won't be able to do that.

Do they have home tests that use a proctor, available in the UK, that you can order. I know Canada does.

[Bailey & Sophie]

1 hour ago, cbowls30 said:

Thanks but they won't ship internationally so we won't be able to do that.

 

Can you have the tests sent to your hotel?