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50 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

 

@rbell so what is the point of having vaccinated only areas if everyone has to wear a mask anyway?

Well, I think it’s probably up to choice but our family will most likely wear them everywhere except the deck areas outside.

😂😂 We actually are leaving tomorrow for our Allure Cruise Sunday. We live in Central PA. The way airlines are I wouldn’t dare right now. 

51 minutes ago, philps said:

I heard from staff that people where not allowed to board due to the fact they got their covid test more than 3 days before cruise. 

Oh my! I would be so upset. We leave on Allure Sunday and booked our Covid test for Thursday. Ugh. 

Ok so I keep hearing some people say that the antigen at CVS is free, yet I am hearing others say that most insurance doesn’t pay for travel Covid testing. Does anyone know about this? There are 4 of us and I have another place I can book for only 49/pp and it is an antigen test but the drive in site is called “15 to know”. Not sure if RC will take this as an appropriate place for testing. I really don’t want to have to pay 139/pp to get tested…

See this is where I have an issue. For people that don’t get tested regularly, (I do because I’m a healthcare worker) someone fully vaccinated could have been exposed a few weeks ago, never had symptoms, they go get their test to be able to cruise and boom! They are positive. But they may have had it weeks ago and sometimes you will still test positive for a few weeks after.

46 minutes ago, Thenagers said:

I did not see any bloggers posting. I did here Ovation only has 800 passengers. Curious if any you tube people are aboard? Matt from the unofficial blog? Madis Gras has over 4000 passengers. Not sure how I feel about that?!

Oh I agree! I saw that sail away party.. all I could think about was the news or bloggers announcing Covid cases in a few days. Yes I know it’s almost all vaccinated but you will always have breakthrough cases. I also noticed that none of the lounge chairs on the decks were spaced out. 😬

Has anyone heard how the odyssey sailing is going? I have heard so much about Carnival Mardi Gras and barely anything about Odyssey. 

18 minutes ago, Sherri914 said:

I asked this on another thread but thought I'd ask here since there seem to be some people in-the-know about tests/results on here.   

 

I'm recovered from COVID (had it in February).  I've also had both doses of the Pfeizer vaccine.   Which type of test should I get prior to boarding - or does it matter.  Just curious about the antibodies from having COVID causing a positive result.  I was told on the other thread that it doesn't look for antibodies in the test.  I hope that's the case.  I've been googling but can't seem to get a solid answer. 

You should be fine with either test. I’m in healthcare and get tested weekly. Both tests. I had Covid June if 2020 and both Vaccines in February. I have heard that people who had Covid and have had the vaccine are”bullet proof”. 😂😂 I hope that is true. Lol

10 hours ago, SherriZ366 said:

Does anyone know if these two alternate Rapid COVID19 Tests will be accepted by RCI for vaccinated passenger to present at the pier so they can board.  I know they accept the Rapid Antigen Test:

• Abbot Lab's ID Now
• Nucleic Acid Amplification Test, or NAAT

 

The Walgreens close by does this type of test but I don't think they do the Antigen test (closest place the website gave me as VA and we are in SC)  I'm going to check with the pharmacist tomorrow.  However, CVS does the Antigen test.  

We have a similar one near us called “15 to know”.  It’s 49.00 per person and it’s the Abbot lab also. I was assuming that one was ok to use. I don’t have a CVS near me that does the rapid.

1 hour ago, BND said:

That was the original intent of the vaccine.  Now, they're changing up the rules forgetting why the vaccine was developed.  No one should be surprised that vaxxed people are testing positive, still in very, very small numbers.  It's expected.

1 hour ago, BND said:

That was the original intent of the vaccine.  Now, they're changing up the rules forgetting why the vaccine was developed.  No one should be surprised that vaxxed people are testing positive, still in very, very small numbers.  It's expected.

I’m still confused about the “very small numbers”. The Providencetown, MA incident has me very concerned. I mean it doesn’t seem like anyone is getting extremely sick but 74% of the positive cases are fully vaccinated.

39 minutes ago, tallnthensome said:

Celebrity is requiring tests for all now too.

I’m not surprised I would think all of them will. They have 7 positive cases on Celebrity Edge right now. 

9 minutes ago, not-enough-cruising said:

What caused them to test a vaccinated passenger?

There were having cold like symptoms.

Ok so! Allure Aug 15 is now available for tags and e docs. I hade private DM’d then less then an hour ago and all of a sudden they are available. 🙂

37 minutes ago, CruisingSince1982 said:

Both Central Park and the Boardwalk are outside. Any issues with fully vaccinated not wearing a mask? 

When I was watching Matt’s (royal Caribbean blog) YouTube video he has it pulled down in Central Park and they politely asked him to put it back on. So I am guessing you have to wear it.

3 minutes ago, emeraldcity said:

it's 5:01 and there's 396 of us watching the webcam waiting to see her sail.

😁

54 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

In line with 12:30 group. This place needs ceiling fans.

What the heck? No masks? I’m so confused 

We are trying Playa Mia. We have never done an excursion on Cozumel. They did have a 50% off all inclusive deal. We will give it a try.

Ok question. Just a question. I can’t find the answer and maybe I am overlooking it. The cdc color coded charts for the ships, what exactly is the thresh-hold count for red and orange colors?

We sale Allure Aug 15 and I just got another Royal up bid. We didn’t bid we like our cabin but I wonder if that’s what happened with ours also.

2 hours ago, c-leg5 said:

you may well be correct! It varies from ship to ship.

 

Cozumel and Roatan generally are very active boards but of course at present some of the information is dated. Where have you booked in Cozumel? 

Sorry I made a mistake we are doing Playa Mia. They had a 50% off deal. We were looking at both and obviously this was a much better deal

46 minutes ago, c-leg5 said:

you may well be correct! It varies from ship to ship.

 

Cozumel and Roatan generally are very active boards but of course at present some of the information is dated. Where have you booked in Cozumel? 

We are going to Paradise Beach

45 minutes ago, c-leg5 said:

Not sure when your sailing is but I don’t think independent tours are allowed presently on Roatan.

 

pre-pandemic there were several tour operators regularly recommended but not sure who will still be in business when cruising resumes. They all use a similar pricing scale.
 

I would suggest reading the last page or so of local Roatan board for suggestions of where to start your research.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/15-roatan/

I hope so! I didn’t hear that. I know the cruise’s haven’t let unvaccinated passengers book tours outside of RC but who knows if it will change again. We have another one booked at an all inclusive day at Cozumel. I had no idea about the other boards for the ports. I will look there.

We would like to do a tour of the sloth/monkey habitat and the chocolate and rum experience. I know it’s not a RC tour but does anyone suggest a good tour group to book? I have seen quite a few but I am not sure who to book.

So I noticed several of the ships are currently listed as an Orange status per the CDC. Allure is set to test sale July 27. If it’s still orange can they continue with the test sailing?

39 minutes ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

It was there for us for our August 22 Allure cruise, but I couldn’t Checkin, and then it disappeared 

It’s open!!!!! It may have been getting ready!! Who know. But yeah!!!