ByThePond Posted August 22, 2022 #101 Share Posted August 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, NYcruzzer said: Pre-entry testing is not required Pre-entry tests are not required for fully vaccinated travellers entering Canada by land, air or water. You must still use ArriveCAN within 72 hours before your arrival to Canada. Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children under the age of 12 are not required to provide a valid pre-entry test result, if they are accompanying a fully vaccinated adult. Children who are less than 5 years old are not required to test, regardless of their vaccination status. The section you are quoting does say “water” but does not apply to cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrislynn55 Posted August 22, 2022 #102 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Blauelini said: Figures Canada would be the lone holdout Canada is not the "lone holdout". Bermuda also requires testing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobsterStalker Posted August 22, 2022 #103 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Just now, nelblu said: My big concern is the last sentence of "vaccination Recommended" which asks to disclose status of at check to maintain a highly vaxxed onboard population. This seems a bit late and problematic since you check-in 30-45 prior to sail Yeah I noticed that as well . ... You can't make this stuff up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVLIB007 Posted August 22, 2022 #104 Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 hours ago, smokeybandit said: And you can now use at-home tests without proctoring. if unvaxxed you still need a test that is protored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted August 22, 2022 #105 Share Posted August 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, NYcruzzer said: Pre-entry testing is not required Pre-entry tests are not required for fully vaccinated travellers entering Canada by land, air or water. You must still use ArriveCAN within 72 hours before your arrival to Canada. Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children under the age of 12 are not required to provide a valid pre-entry test result, if they are accompanying a fully vaccinated adult. Children who are less than 5 years old are not required to test, regardless of their vaccination status. Until otherwise directed by RC, we'll be doing our precruise testing two days prior to our sail date. If they require it we can't get on the ship without the tests. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted August 22, 2022 #106 Share Posted August 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, not-enough-cruising said: Sure you can I didn’t read that. We’re taking a 14 night cruise from Copenhagen to Boston on Sept 4. Can you provide a link where it says we can do the self test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyqueasy Posted August 22, 2022 #107 Share Posted August 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, DAVLIB007 said: if unvaxxed you still need a test that is protored Where did you read that? I believe that’s for sailing up to September 4th. September 5th and on does not for US sailings (except Canada/Bermuda). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
October17 Posted August 22, 2022 #108 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, lovesthebeach2 said: I didn’t read that. We’re taking a 14 night cruise from Copenhagen to Boston on Sept 4. Can you provide a link where it says we can do the self test? Cruises in Europe can do at home tests without supervision, and that made me happy (tests are expensive here), but then I saw a separate section for transatlantic cruises. We still need supervised test for TA departing from Europe Edited August 22, 2022 by October17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmtx Posted August 22, 2022 #109 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Considering most sailings depart Sat or Sun, and the requirement changes on a Monday, this date was strategic to probably transition on a slower embarkation date. Not to say there are 0 embarks on a Monday, just a ton less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crzndeb Posted August 22, 2022 #110 Share Posted August 22, 2022 15 minutes ago, DAVLIB007 said: if unvaxxed you still need a test that is protored Nope. For cruises 9 nights or less, excluding Canada and Bermuda, leaving from US ports. Accepted Tests Guests can now take advantage of at-home antigen tests (even unsupervised ones!) to satisfy this requirement. Proof of a negative test can be the printed or digital results, a clear photo of your self-test result, or your actual self-test in hand. To learn more about our accepted tests, visit our FAQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted August 22, 2022 #111 Share Posted August 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, October17 said: Cruises in Europe can do at home tests without supervision, and that made me happy (tests are expensive here), but then I saw a separate section for transatlantic cruises. We still need supervised test for TA departing from Europe Darn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmtx Posted August 22, 2022 #112 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 40 minutes ago, robmtx said: Considering most sailings depart Sat or Sun, and the requirement changes on a Monday, this date was strategic to probably transition on a slower embarkation date. Not to say there are 0 embarks on a Monday, just a ton less! In fact, after further review, no changes actually take affect with this policy on 9/5/22 🙂 Indy and Freedom are your only two NA ships departing on the 5th, and not hitting up Canada or Bermuda, but they are below the 6 night threshold, so they are already exempt from vaccinated testing. In all actuality, the earliest the change will really be noticed is on 9/10 when Symphony sails, followed by another 3 ships on 9/11/22. All NA ships sailing 7-9 nights, and not visiting Canada or Bermuda at the start of September: Ship Test No Test Symphony 3-Sep 10-Sep Harmony 4-Sep 11-Sep Liberty 4-Sep 11-Sep Oasis 4-Sep 11-Sep Allure 3-Sep 17-Sep Explorer 3-Sep 17-Sep Mariner not listed as it rotates between a tricky Bermuda (from FL) sailing on 8 nights, but only 5 nights to Bahamas. Pesky little thing. *While Allure and Explorer have sailings on 9/11, they are 6 nighters, and thus new policy doesn't affect them until 9/17 Edited August 22, 2022 by robmtx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemoe Posted August 22, 2022 #113 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Canada should consider combining these pages into one to reduce confusion. https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/covid-vaccinated-travellers-entering-canada#determine-fully https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/cruise#pre-embarkation-test 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted August 22, 2022 #114 Share Posted August 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, georgemoe said: Canada should consider combining these pages into one to reduce confusion. https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/covid-vaccinated-travellers-entering-canada#determine-fully https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/cruise#pre-embarkation-test Better yet, Canada should stop the covid testing requirement. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rudeney Posted August 22, 2022 #115 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, NYcruzzer said: Pre-entry testing is not required Pre-entry tests are not required for fully vaccinated travellers entering Canada by land, air or water. You must still use ArriveCAN within 72 hours before your arrival to Canada. Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children under the age of 12 are not required to provide a valid pre-entry test result, if they are accompanying a fully vaccinated adult. Children who are less than 5 years old are not required to test, regardless of their vaccination status. I understand that section of the Canada website states no testing, but the section I linked specific to cruise ships says testing IS required. When the section you quoted states "...or water" it is referring to private vessels or ferries - not cruise ships. I know it seems ambiguous and contradictory, but for now, if you arrive in Canada via cruise ship, you must be tested before boarding the ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmtx Posted August 22, 2022 #116 Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, davekathy said: Better yet, Canada should stop the covid testing requirement. I think Canada is just running out the clock on the '22 season. Both Alaska and New England will wrap up soon, then you have some one-off's into the colder months. And of course they have land/air travel, but I think they'll just wait until bulk cruising season is over to implement changes. Be ready for a fully opened Canada season in 2023! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted August 22, 2022 #117 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 minute ago, robmtx said: I think Canada is just running out the clock on the '22 season. Both Alaska and New England will wrap up soon, then you have some one-off's into the colder months. And of course they have land/air travel, but I think they'll just wait until bulk cruising season is over to implement changes. Be ready for a fully opened Canada season in 2023! But we don't want to wait. 😪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted August 22, 2022 #118 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Being this is just the good news we needed for our upcoming Sept. and Oct. cruises....I am doing the usual "CYA" and will print out the section and highlight it for the possibly clueless agents on check in. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artvlay Posted August 22, 2022 #119 Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 hours ago, HicksRA said: Just got this email relative to a 14 day sailing I have in Oct. Note circled testing info. So does anyone know what these unsupervised tests are called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanchica27 Posted August 22, 2022 #120 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Ugh my cruise leaves next sunday, I'll be in one of the last groups to have to test. Wah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cestfrench Posted August 22, 2022 #121 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Any idea if we are able to sell the expensive tests we no longer need (for a discount)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-O Posted August 22, 2022 #122 Share Posted August 22, 2022 5 hours ago, GCS2000 said: Canada killing me, lol. Oh well have to hope for the best for my Alaska cruise in 25 days From what we're reading...CANADA isn't requiring testing for entry. Wondering why Royal is requiring it to sail from Vancouver Got a 10 night the first part of October Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisincon Posted August 22, 2022 #123 Share Posted August 22, 2022 From what we're reading...CANADA isn't requiring testing for entry. Wondering why Royal is requiring it to sail from Vancouver Got a 10 night the first part of October This is what I found about Canada testing: I agree with you Steve-O! We are sailing to Vancouver from Hawaii and doing b2b. It ll all so confusing. Do we self test or proctor 🤷♀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted August 22, 2022 #124 Share Posted August 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, cruisincon said: From what we're reading...CANADA isn't requiring testing for entry. Wondering why Royal is requiring it to sail from Vancouver Got a 10 night the first part of October This is what I found about Canada testing: I agree with you Steve-O! We are sailing to Vancouver from Hawaii and doing b2b. It ll all so confusing. Do we self test or proctor 🤷♀️ The Government of Canada currently requires all passengers boarding a cruise ship in Canada or boarding a cruise ship that will be visiting Canada to have pre-embarkation tests. Nothing to do with the cruise lines, they just get wrongly accused of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tntt Posted August 22, 2022 #125 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I have mixed feelings about this new protocol. I'm glad that we no longer have to do pre cruise testing because it was nerve wrecking however, I am a little concerned about them now accepting home administered covid test because there will be people who will provide false negatives because didn't administer the test correctly and there will be those people that will either purposely submit a false negative or knowingly be sick but still cruise. I understand we must get back to the way things were before covid but I think covid cases will soar on cruises now due to this change.... not trying to be negative but all of us with a cruise scheduled in the future should probably accept the fact that we will probably all get off the ship with covid. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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