Negative Test to Board over 8/1/2022

[garyc20]

 

👏👏 Great News.....

 

Dear Valued Guests and Travel Advisors,

 

We have an important update to share with you about revisions to our embarkation testing policy. Effective August 1, 2022, Oceania Cruises will no longer require guests to produce a negative covid test to embark their cruise, subject to local regulations.

 

Please Note: Voyages embarking from Canada and Greece as well as those sailing to Bermuda, will still require a negative covid test at embarkation, until further notice.

 

The relaxing of this policy is in line with the greater travel industry around the globe as society continues to return to a post-pandemic state of normalcy. Testing is not required to fly or stay in a hotel or dine at a restaurant, and now, as a general rule, guests will no longer be required to test to board one of our ships.

 

With the advent of vaccinations and widely available therapeutics, travelers can and should travel with confidence and peace of mind. While this requirement is relaxed, Oceania Cruises continues to strongly urges all guests to test at their convenience prior to travel and intermittently during their travels.

 

Of course, should the unlikely need arise, this policy may be revisited and revised as necessary, and we will endeavor to keep you informed of any changes.

 

Warmest regards,

 

Carlos E. Ortega
Vice President, Guest Services

[Wynterwynd]

This just changed, Oceania is extending the COVID testing requirement through August, when embarking from US ports.

[Aloha 1]

3 hours ago, Wynterwynd said:

This just changed, Oceania is extending the COVID testing requirement through August, when embarking from US ports.

Odd since CDC just dropped all requirements .

[Hanoverian]

This has nothing to do with any policy reversal or new decisions by Oceania or the CDC.  Canada and Greece still require negative test results when embarking from their ports.  Oceania, and the entire cruise industry, is simply complying with their requirements.

[ORV]

If you look at the schedules Regatta is the only ship sailing from a US port in the month of Aug. It appears only one sailing as there is nothing showing for Aug 18th-27th. Perhaps there's a charter during that time.  The one trip is from Seattle and it stops in Canada, so it would have always required a test under the guidelines posted on July 5th. Then there is one leaving from Vancouver on the 27th that would have required a test as it leaves from Canada. The real test will be the Sept 9th cruise from LA that has Mexico as it's near foreign port. As I'll be on that one, I have a vested interest in the way this will work out. 

[Redtravel]

Will still test before traveling.  Will still mask up.  On our last cruise in June, my spouse got Covid.  It’s still out there.  Even Biden and Fauci got it. Be careful wherever you go. 

[suenavy]

The ship is going in the yards , the house keeping staff and Butler told us that , we were on the ship the 8th through the 15th

[LHT28]

7 minutes ago, suenavy said:

The ship is going in the yards , the house keeping staff and Butler told us that , we were on the ship the 8th through the 15th

What ship? What yards?

 

[ORV]

11 hours ago, LHT28 said:

What ship? What yards?

 

Maybe they mean Regatta from Aug 18th-27th

[LHT28]

2 hours ago, ORV said:

Maybe they mean Regatta from Aug 18th-27th

probably  

my crystal ball is out for repairs 😉

 

 

[suenavy]

Yes that is correct. 18th-27.  I was on the Alaska cruise the 8th through the 15th and we were talking about the next cruise and she said Meaning housekeeping and the Butler said after the next cruise they will be going into the yards

[LHT28]

12 minutes ago, suenavy said:

Yes that is correct. 18th-27.  I was on the Alaska cruise the 8th through the 15th and we were talking about the next cruise and she said Meaning housekeeping and the Butler said after the next cruise they will be going into the yards

maybe the next 3 cruises  ??

Seems like a long cruise from the Jul 15 to Aug 8th  then a  cruise Aug 8th to the 18th 

then they go to "the yards"