pk1959

I got this email for ME and I am fully vaxxed and boosted. Had my name on it for the person who needs to be scheduled for the test. Have 3 staterooms booked and none have any children at all and I am way over 11. I just ignored it.

This is us exactly! Don't even plan on stepping foot into Canada, but still have to test.

Thanks for the helpful information. The problem for us is that we are flying in several days early to be sure we are there since all the airlines are playing around with delays and cancellations so much, so testing before we leave home would not really be helpful. So the plan is to test in Washington, and then if we have to cancel the cruise, just try to find something else to do for the 7 days. We have been to Seattle many times before and there is really nothing that we would want to see again.

We are right there with you on the stress level! Sailing out of Seattle for a Alaskan cruise in August and we live in Michigan. There are 5 of us going, and have three staterooms booked. DH and I are paying for everything as a treat for our kids, so that will include the pre cruise testing that is still in place. Since our cruise has a stop in Canada, even if Royal Caribbean stopped the testing requirement, I think we would have still had to do it for Canada. Could care less about even getting off the ship in the 5 hours we are in Canada. What I am planning on doing is taking 15 of the free government home tests with me and we will all take a pre-test of sorts before I schedule all the proctored tests. That way if one of us tests positive on the pre-tests I would only schedule that person for a proctored test and see what happens. It would save the $80 in the other proctored tests, since I think that we would all have to cancel the cruise since it would be a close contact situation. What a stressful mess. We would all then be stuck in Seattle for a week trying to figure out something to do before our flight back home in 7 days. This is our 20th cruise and these requirements are definitely sucking the joy out of our anticipation.