Seattle Covid Testing locations pre-cruise for NON-US citizens

[BUNNY81]

Hi all!  We are on Kiwi passports and will be travelling prior to our Alaskan cruise.  So we will be flying in from Calgary, Canada to Seattle the day before our RC Alaskan cruise departs.  I'm really struggling to find testing locations as everything that comes up seems to be things where it sounds like you need to be a US citizen or the Xprescheck at the airport which seems to be $250 per test?!  Any ideas where we can get quick turnaround covid tests on arrival in Seattle for hopefully less than $500 for the pair of us??

 

OR... will our tests in Canada be sufficient as they will be within 2 days of travel anyway so we don't have to worry about testing in Seattle?

 

Thank you all!

[LaCal]

On 3/22/2022 at 5:48 PM, BUNNY81 said:

Hi all!  We are on Kiwi passports and will be travelling prior to our Alaskan cruise.  So we will be flying in from Calgary, Canada to Seattle the day before our RC Alaskan cruise departs.  I'm really struggling to find testing locations as everything that comes up seems to be things where it sounds like you need to be a US citizen or the Xprescheck at the airport which seems to be $250 per test?!  Any ideas where we can get quick turnaround covid tests on arrival in Seattle for hopefully less than $500 for the pair of us??

 

OR... will our tests in Canada be sufficient as they will be within 2 days of travel anyway so we don't have to worry about testing in Seattle?

 

Thank you all!

Your tests in Canada will be fine as long as they are 2 days before your cruise and a PCR or Antigen test that is proctored 

[crzndeb]

5 hours ago, LaCal said:

Your tests in Canada will be fine as long as they are 2 days before your cruise and a PCR or Antigen test that is proctored 

Canada is requiring for cruisers to either do a PCR test 3 days prior to cruising or a rapid antigen, 1 day prior.

[reallyitsmema]

9 minutes ago, crzndeb said:

Canada is requiring for cruisers to either do a PCR test 3 days prior to cruising or a rapid antigen, 1 day prior.

 

Sounds like they are sailing from Seattle, not Vancouver.  They will need to follow the protocols for sailing from Seattle that have not been announced yet.  Their tests will likely be sufficient for sailing from Seattle.

[crzndeb]

10 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

Sounds like they are sailing from Seattle, not Vancouver.  They will need to follow the protocols for sailing from Seattle that have not been announced yet.  Their tests will likely be sufficient for sailing from Seattle.

Hopefully tests will be eliminated soon for vaxxed cruises. I’m on the first Ovation sailing in May from Vancouver,  so that’s what sprang to mind. Thanks for clarification.

[smplybcause]

On Royals current rules it's 2 days before BUT they haven't released protocols for Alaska sailings yet. With Canada's rules they might be different than the other sailings.