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  1. My personal experience from two weeks ago - on a Friday morning: All good, short waiting time and no problems.
  2. Under the current guidelines, you will NOT be allowed onboard with just the digital recovery certificate, you explicitly MUST bring a written medical attestation along with your recovery certificate. My sister-in-law and her girlfriend boarded with us on Apex this Saturday (both were infected in mind-January 2022 and are now recovered), and even though they both had the printed immunity pass from the Danish Covid app, as well as a written medical attestation (completed to comply with all requirements as per Celebrity's website), they were both taken to "secondary checking" and both needed to fumble with their phones in order to show ALL their jab dates (they both have the 3rd booster jab, but they needed to show the dates of the two original jabs, so the check-in staff could be sure that they weren't trying to "replace" the two jabs with the recovery certificate, which is not allowed). My wife and I, who "just" had the fresh 1-day negative antigen test and our vaccine documentation (printed A4 paper with the unique QR code and other info from the Danish health authorities), could almost literally walk straight onboard after a quick check of our papers. The medical attestation and certificate of recovery seems to be an obvious secondary choice by Celebrity, and as such not preferred by them to use by guests in any case, over the 1-day negative test. The EU negative test certificate should be allowed. As mentioned above, they accepted our vaccine documentation printed in the EU format with QR code, and likewise I'd assume they would accept the vaccine dodumentation part as well, but remember to bring a hard copy on paper, as the check-in staff need to take a photo of the documentation, thus you cannot show it from your phone/tablet.
  3. As expected, my bid mentioned above was rejected this Thursday, almost exactly 48 hours before departure. I say expected, seeing that there had been no available SV cabins for about a month, as well as no AQ and no suites of any type, hence any SV guests bidding for upgrades to either AQ or suites would presumably have been rejected as well, leaving no SV cabins for us to move up to! I'm sure we will enjoy our 1B verandah cabin far aft on deck 6.
  4. Posting my "review" of them from the Celebrity forum: My wife and I got tested there today. Arrived at ~8.40AM, got "signed in" and filled out a web form with name, DOB etc. from my phone. We waited around 15 minutes (there were approximately 10 other persons waiting ahead of us, mostly couples presumably getting tested for a Saturday or Sunday cruise/flight), then got called in, antigen tests taken on both of us VERY gently (ie. not very far into the nostril), printed negative results received after another ~15 minutes. In and out in just over 30 minutes. Very relaxed atmosphere, no queue-cutting by anyone, everyone was called in chronologically. I can certainly recommend them for anyone wanting an antigen test done in Fort Lauderdale.
  5. Quick review on Lab Doctor in Fort Lauderdale: My wife and I got tested there today. Arrived at ~8.40AM, got "signed in" and filled out a web form with name, DOB etc. from my phone. We waited around 15 minutes (there were approximately 10 other persons waiting ahead of us, mostly couples presumably getting tested for a Saturday or Sunday cruise/flight), then got called in, antigen tests taken on both of us VERY gently (ie. not very far into the nostril), printed negative results received after another ~15 minutes. In and out in just over 30 minutes. Very relaxed atmosphere, no queue-cutting by anyone, everyone was called in chronologically. I can certainly recommend them for anyone wanting an antigen test done in Fort Lauderdale.
  6. Check out Lab Doctor in Fort Lauderdale, 49$pp antigen test, no time booking, only walk-ins. They test all nationalities (we're from Denmark and will be using them this Friday for our Saturday Celebrity Apex sailing). Not available to non-US/CA residents, unfortunately.
  7. They seem incredibly expensive - 150$ for an antigen test. Several people on the Celebrity board have used Lab Doctor situated across the street from Embassy Suites (and thus just a few hundred meters west of Hilton Marina) - 49$pp antigen test, no slot booking, no insurance payment, only walk-ins. You can get a printed result, valid for cruising/travel. They test all nationalities, according to previous communication with them. We, from Denmark, plan on using them this Friday before our Saturday Celebrity Apex sailing.
  8. Just to update on this issue - I got a reply from my TA today, the names have been corrected with Celebrity, and all is good. Thanks for everyone's replies.
  9. Unfortunately, no - I was just using your (great) example. 😄 Actually, I'm the only person of us four travelling, who only has one given name and one last name (which isn't Hansen anymore, by the way). I suppose I shouldn't worry about the issue anymore - the case is still with my TA, but if they should happen to not get the names corrected before the sailing, it sounds like we wouldn't have a problem when embarking, or at any other time while onboard, as long as at least our passports' and vaccine records' names match.
  10. That's exactly my point. Thanks again, that gives me a bit of a relief. Clearly I'm not worried about the passport and vaccination records, as the names here match exactly. Just to clarify, the example from above with [Mikkel] [Hansen] with Celebrity and [Mikkel Malthe] [Hansen] on my ID etc. wouldn't be an issue when boarding? I guess my worries stemmed from Celebrity explicitly mentioning that the names with them must match those in the official ID. Neither use their second given names in the everyday, so that wouldn't be an iusse here - and if it would, then tough luck for them! Thanks, that really helps.
  11. This is not about legal middle names. The persons in question both have two legal first names, which show in their passports as well as in their covid vaccine records (we don't use vaccine cards in Denmark/EU, we use a covid passport phone app or alternatively a print with a unique QR code , verifiable worldwide). To continue with your example, in my case the issue would be ( [ ] denote first/given names and last name): Celebrity booking: [Mikkel] [Hansen] Vaccine records: [Mikkel Malthe] [Hansen] Passport/ID: [Mikkel Malthe] [Hansen] Does that make sense? That's part of my issue - I can't amend/correct the full names during check-in (as I had expected to be able to), as the text boxes are greyed out with a note to contact Celebrity to edit the information. I called Celebrity, and they promptly refer me to my TA, and the case is now "stranded" there, as per my original post.
  12. I can't answer you about that specific provider, but you are correct about the 2 days, not 48 hours. So a test done at any point from Friday 0.01am and onwards would be accepted for a Sunday embarkation.
  13. Cayman Islands have now released the entry requirements for cruise ship guests: https://www.exploregov.ky/reopening-plan Any person disembarking must have completed an approved vaccine course at least 14 days prior to embarking the cruise ship. This also applies for captains and crew members. Unvaccinated children under the age of 12 years can only disembark when accompanied by a fully vaccinated adult. Any person who tests positive for the virus or shows any symptoms of the virus is not permitted to disembark. While disembarked, all passengers must comply with local regulations. Prior to arrival, a Customs and Border Control officer shall be provided with a list of the vaccination status in relation to each passenger and crew member. In short, no tests needed for fully vaccinated guests.
  14. Sorry, that was an error on my side. I am fully aware that both US entry and embarkation is respectively 1 and 2 CALENDAR DAYS before, not 24/48 HOURS. This still doesn't change anything for us though, as we fly to the US on a Thursday and embark on a Saturday, and we are not able to take a test in Denmark on Thursday, thus we have to do it on Wednesday, meaning that test can't be used for embarkation. Do you have two given names in your passports/other official ID? The "missing" names in question are not middle names, they are second given names. Normally I probably wouldn't bother too much either, but in these times where covid tests/doctor attestation for recovered persons has to match exactly with the passportname, I reckoned the boarding passes needed to as well. During the check-in procedure, it is explicitly noted that the names mutch match those of government-issued IDs.
  15. Hello, Background story: We booked an January 2021 Equinox while onboard Equinox in January 2019, then cancelled this booking and instead booked an April 2021 Apex cruise with a US online TA, which was in turn Lift&Shift'ed to the April 2, 2022 Apex cruise, still with the same online TA. Somewhere along the way, I (in charge of booking/payment etc.) didn't enter two of four passengers' legal second given names. Ie. the passengers' legal given/first names are [NAME1 NAME2], but on the booking only NAME1 of each passenger is shown. Final payment was in December, and check-in opened about three weeks ago. When doing the check-in for both cabins, I realized the names couldn't be amended on celebrity.com, since the booking was done with a TA. I therefore completed check-in with the "faulty" names and contacted my TA to request the amendment ultimo February 2022. A week passed without any reply, and I then wrote them an e-mail with the same request, specfiying the correct given names. I received a reply that the case was already in the urgent queue, and that everything would be in order by any given deadlines (I reckon they refer specifially to the, I think 72-hour deadline before embarkation, for Celebrity to submit the final passenger lists to authorities). Yet, here I am exactly 14 days before embarkation, the names still haven't been corrected on the booking, and honestly I'm starting to get a bit anxious about the case. On top of having to do two negative antigen tests before the cruise (we're from Denmark, so one before flying to US and another before embarking due to >48 hours from the first test), I'm now also worried that the amendment will lead to minor or major problems, be it additional charges, denied boarding, or ultimately that we'll have to cancel the booking and book from scratch at going prices (which are almost double of our original price). Essence of the case/the actual question: Should I worry a lot, a bit, or not at all, about a name amendment at this time; 2 weeks before embarkation, ie. after final payment and after check-in? As written above, the case is explicitly NOT about replacing passengers in a booking, it's purely a name amendment, so the passengers' given names will show on the booking as in their passport. The current first given names are spelled correctly, but the second given names are missing from the booking. Thanks in advance for any replies/past experiences from you all, hopefully I'll be able to settle my nerves a bit.
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