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Has anyone planned an Alaskan cruise that starts and ends in Vancouver and knows how the PCR testing to come back into Canada will work?

Thanks! I was hoping someone would help me with a solid response. Thanks for your promptness! I'll get on rebooking our flights

My husband and I are taking the family on a Carnival cruise in January and then we are going it alone in May, but specifically January....do we have to stay an extra day in Tampa upon debarkation as we need a PCR test to get back into Canada, or is this something available on the Carnival ships?

On 10/15/2021 at 2:09 PM, stellarose said:

hence I bought the home tests...

 

Christmas Eve can be dicey....

We sail out Jan 2, so we are getting the home test as well

Keep in mind, many Caribbean rums are sold in the US, including Appleton Estate and Mount Gay. In some instances, the more expensive (aged) rums may not always be sold (or readily available) in the US. You may want to check to see what is available close to home, and make note of the pricing.
 
In Pennsylvania, available Appleton Estate Signature and Appleton Estate Reserve rums are available in store, while their 12 Year, 21 Year and elusive 50 year rums are available by special order. Mount Gay rums (Barbados) available in store include their Black Barrel, Eclipse and Silver Eclipse Rum, but their Extra Old is frequently out of stock or special order, while their XO Cask Strength rum is a special order only.

My husband and I are seasoned cruisers, but not seasoned rum buyers and we taste tested a dark rum “Rumba” on our excursion when we were brought by our excursion bus to “Andy’s Souvenirs” at the end of our tour. We should have known better, but we tasted the rum and liked it as it was very smooth and bought a bottle at US$80 for 750 mls. Expensive we thought at the time, but we liked it so we bought it....I’m sure some of you know where this is going by now....
Much to our chagrin, when we got back to Michigan and were looking for things to take back to Canada with us that we can’t get there, we came across a $750 ml bottle of Rumba...for US$36....we feel like prize idiots, but just a reminder to those buying Caribbean rums, know what you’re looking for and do your research before buying.


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My apologies KeithJenner. I assume that people can read when they are responding to a post, out of 15 replies 7 understood the question and 6 just read the title and skimmed through the post and two were you just trying to stir the pot. That has nothing to do with not understanding, it's not reading. Zqvol was stating the same thing, everyone prior to him, except for ColeThornton, was confused because they didn't read. Mr Thornton actually pointed out that those same people weren't actually reading the post. You assisted by explaining that soda and pop were the same thing. I believe an adult beverage package would be for those who can drink. Clearly an 18 year old on a cruise ship cannot legally drink, therefore I don't know what I needed to clarify? If someone is going to help answer a post, perfect, but read the post first before chastising the person who asked the question. If you don't know the answer, simply don't reply. Makes sense to me, but then again I'm the one who originally wrote the "incoherent" post that 7 people seemed to completely understand and gave me a response that I found helpful. I promise from now on that I won't post any further questions to irritate the masses. Perhaps now we can move on.

 

 

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Thank you so much, I think we will go a la carte, he most certainly does not need more than 2 pop per day.

Ok. Thanks for the "help". I guess that's the last time I post a question.

 

 

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Has anyone been on the EPIC lately and purchased a regular old USP? My 18 year old son is the only one who thinks he needs this for our Mediterranean Cruise in October. We've never cruised NCL before, always been die hard Princessers, so I don't know what to expect for complimentary beverages and I don't know how much a can or fountain beverage is a la carte, please help?