Wildrose56

Just want to quickly report on my testing horror story.  My mother and I are sailing on the Oct. 16 sailing of the Edge.  I made an appointment with CVS for 9 and 9:30 am today.  I received a text at 7 pm last night (right when the Minute Clinic closed) telling me our appointments had been cancelled.  No, problem, I had an emergency back up appointments made at one of the local grocery pharmacy.  As I was on my way to the grocery appointment, I received a phone call, they were out of test kits and would be cancelling my appointment, but I could try the store on the other side of town.  I did, and yes they had the test kits, and I didn't need an appointment just come on in.  We jumped in the car and flew over there.  I started filling out the necessary paperwork and the Pharmacist came over and asked which test I needed.  I showed her the info from the Celebrity website.  She said that they don't offer that type of instant antigen test (????) That the Celebrity side said we needed a negative test and her test would show a positive result if we were healthy.  They directed me to a lab in town that will do the test and have the results in 24 hours. So we scampered over there. Test taken, hopefully we will receive the results in time.  Just in case I got back on the CVS site and was able to book one (only) appointment for today.  I went to the CVS in person, and begged for them to test us both.  The nurse agreed.  Moral of the story, order the emed test online plenty early. Hope to be cruising soon.

I was speaking with Celebrity today as the price of our cabin had gone down and I was asking if I could have OBC for the difference.  The Celebrity agent happily refunded the money ( we were still a few days out from final payment) but he also offered me a fairly good deal on upgrading to a suite.  I will be travelling with my 97 year old mother and I see the suites have a bath/shower combo. Do any of you know how high of step it is into/out of the tub?  My mother is fairly mobile, but has had knee replacement and can't step very high.  I would prefer not to have a handicapped room, as I am not a fan of roll in showers. Any thoughts?