Is ArriveCAN really needed for embark in Vancouver for Alaskan Northbound cruise?

[Ashland]

6 minutes ago, mpk said:

 

Isn't there a Canadian requirement for a virus test when boarding a cruise ship in Canada?  If so, did you show the virus test since they did not ask for ArriveCAN?

 Yes...RCI ships you must show your negative test result (done no more than 2 days prior to sail) as you board the ship sailing out of Vancouver.

[Seville2Cabo]

9 hours ago, mpk said:

 

Isn't there a Canadian requirement for a virus test when boarding a cruise ship in Canada?  If so, did you show the virus test since they did not ask for ArriveCAN?

Just got off northbound out of Vancouver. Completed ArrivCAN before flight to Canada. Did not complete again before cruise. Showed my negative test and wife’s certificate of recovery and boarded. No issues

[mpk]

On 8/20/2022 at 8:57 AM, Seville2Cabo said:

Just got off northbound out of Vancouver.

 

Do you recall if Radiance in Juneau used the downtown cruise port, or the southern one a bus ride away?

[Seville2Cabo]

57 minutes ago, mpk said:

 

Do you recall if Radiance in Juneau used the downtown cruise port, or the southern one a bus ride away?

We were on a tour, so got tour bus at dock. We did go thru town, about a mile. There were people walking to town

[klfrodo]

On 8/15/2022 at 7:27 AM, TwinMamainMN said:

 

 

 Would the airline prompt you to do it before you depart? No idea. Not worth the risk.

 

 

Alaska Airlines in Seattle required us to show the completed ArriveCan app before allowing us to board the plane.

[taglovestocruise]

MARTINCATH if you are still here.

One question no one has asked.  What if someone in the party tests positive. We are arriving by cruise ship in Vancouver and the then staying 3 nights waiting to board the next ship sailing to Hawaii. Are they still requiring isolation if you test positive. We are testing in Vancouver 2 days before sailing with the e med test.  My thinking is to do a non proctored test the morning we are due to take a proctored test. If either of us tests positive with the home test we will just cancel the real test, call royal to inform them of a positive test and then head to the airport and head back home. No need to take the random test, just need to get out quick.  Being stuck for 10 days in Canada in a hotel room is a chilling thought. Currently a covid test is not needed in Canada to fly back to the US. Have insurance for everything except Cancel For Any Reason which if we had it we would cancel both cruises. 

[martincath]

On 8/21/2022 at 3:36 PM, taglovestocruise said:

MARTINCATH if you are still here.

One question no one has asked.  What if someone in the party tests positive. We are arriving by cruise ship in Vancouver and the then staying 3 nights waiting to board the next ship sailing to Hawaii. Are they still requiring isolation if you test positive. We are testing in Vancouver 2 days before sailing with the e med test.  My thinking is to do a non proctored test the morning we are due to take a proctored test. If either of us tests positive with the home test we will just cancel the real test, call royal to inform them of a positive test and then head to the airport and head back home. No need to take the random test, just need to get out quick.  Being stuck for 10 days in Canada in a hotel room is a chilling thought. Currently a covid test is not needed in Canada to fly back to the US. Have insurance for everything except Cancel For Any Reason which if we had it we would cancel both cruises. 

Sorry, didn't notice this personal request! If you stick an @ at the front of a Username, just as if using a Twitter handle, it pops a message.

 

If you test positive, then under the prevailing legislation you still have a legal duty to isolate - and failure on that side of things carries potentially severe penalties of both jail time and a fine of up to $750k. How long you need to isolate depends on where you are when you test - onboard a ship, whether outside or inside Canadian waters at the time? Federal rules, 10 days quarantine on arrival to Canada (minus any days already 'served' onboard). On dry land, for a pre-boarding test? That's BC jurisdiction, so only 5 days required, but the important stuff is the same - do everything to minimize your interaction with any other people for the duration, i.e. food should be delivered, masks should be worn any time you have to leave your room,

 

Whether Federal or Provinical rules apply, in neither case is it acceptable to just hop on a plane to anywhere. Rent a car just for yourselves, and sure you can go home to quarantine rather than staying in a hotel here (and crossing the border means that the laws apply of the country/state(s) that you are in then), but you cannot use public transportation with a known covid case.

 

Enforcement - if the ship knows, the Canadian government is informed, and you WILL be checked up on. Take any lab test anywhere local - again, government records will show that you tested positive. Take a home test, nobody else automatically knows - but you do and your legal duty is to isolate yourself.

 

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but if you're not willing to obey the laws of the countries you travel to there's really only one correct option - stay home!

 

Federal rules and guidelines about how to quarantine/isolate (there are differences between the two); Provincial info here - NB: that it specifically flags the case of a traveler returning to Canada, and says that you should actually obey the Federal rules...

[taglovestocruise]

4 hours ago, martincath said:

Sorry, didn't notice this personal request! If you stick an @ at the front of a Username, just as if using a Twitter handle, it pops a message.

 

If you test positive, then under the prevailing legislation you still have a legal duty to isolate - and failure on that side of things carries potentially severe penalties of both jail time and a fine of up to $750k. How long you need to isolate depends on where you are when you test - onboard a ship, whether outside or inside Canadian waters at the time? Federal rules, 10 days quarantine on arrival to Canada (minus any days already 'served' onboard). On dry land, for a pre-boarding test? That's BC jurisdiction, so only 5 days required, but the important stuff is the same - do everything to minimize your interaction with any other people for the duration, i.e. food should be delivered, masks should be worn any time you have to leave your room,

 

Whether Federal or Provinical rules apply, in neither case is it acceptable to just hop on a plane to anywhere. Rent a car just for yourselves, and sure you can go home to quarantine rather than staying in a hotel here (and crossing the border means that the laws apply of the country/state(s) that you are in then), but you cannot use public transportation with a known covid case.

 

Enforcement - if the ship knows, the Canadian government is informed, and you WILL be checked up on. Take any lab test anywhere local - again, government records will show that you tested positive. Take a home test, nobody else automatically knows - but you do and your legal duty is to isolate yourself.

 

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but if you're not willing to obey the laws of the countries you travel to there's really only one correct option - stay home!

 

Federal rules and guidelines about how to quarantine/isolate (there are differences between the two); Provincial info here - NB: that it specifically flags the case of a traveler returning to Canada, and says that you should actually obey the Federal rules...

Rental car sounds like the way to go.  Drop off in Seattle and a quick  2 hour flight home.