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12 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I just looked and I do see that.  Do you know if that was recently added or has it been there all along.  Like I mentioned I had clients return on Dec 24th with no issues   

Guess we got back just in time!

12 hours ago, Ginnyfyr said:

 

Canadians: To avoid being fined $5,000 per traveller (plus surcharges), wait to enter Canada until the 15th day (starting January 15, 2022, 11th day) after your positive test result. If you had symptoms without a positive result, wait until the symptoms have ended and you have a valid negative pre-entry test result."

The possibility of the $5000 fine has always been there, but the wording is more threatening now. It was even listed in the ArriveCan app. If I can figure out how post pics of our app wording, I would be curious from @JessyCruises if it has changed in the app too when she does hers?

Edit to add…the positive test mentioned on the app referred to a positive test more than 10 days old. There was no choice for positive less than 10 days old. 

10 minutes ago, DirtyDawg said:

you will also need to answer a skill testing question. Don't worry it's easy. 😉

That is too black & white…not vague enough for our government. 🤣

37 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

That test result is the Holy Grail for Canadian travellers.  We had our PCR tests scheduled for Dec 29th...just before the govt shut down testing and now have our documented test results.  We are also good to go for March with no fears of having to quarantine when we return or having to pay extra for testing.

See you on the 12th!

9 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

That will impact the entrance to Windjammer 😱

15 minutes ago, Mikew0805 said:

Looks like it may be in the center vs. the port & starboard sides.  Who knows.

Remember WJ is in a different location than on other Oasis class ships, so layout is different. I think entrance is in the center like Mike said. 

2 minutes ago, JessyCruises said:

Was that switch test that you had the issue with the one you have to mail away?  The ones we bought are proctored but the test results is actually completed at home.

Yes, they are picked up by Purolator.

4 hours ago, JessyCruises said:

 

Thanks.  I have been reading up on all this stuff like a mad woman.  The fine is only if you don't follow the rules, which would either be a negative PCR test within 72 hours OR a positive test 11+ days ago.

 

COVID-19 vaccinated travellers entering Canada - Travel restrictions in Canada – Travel.gc.ca

 

 

Hi Jessy,

Edit to add this is for land crossing if you had chosen/choose to drive home, not for flying.

You can cross the land border with a positive test less than 11 days old and not be fined unless this changed since Dec. 24. You will just not have the fully vaccinated traveller exemption, which just means you have to isolate for 10 days. Close contacts travelling with you with negative tests will have to quarantine for 14 days. My wife tested positive on our Dec. 12 Anthem cruise. Myself and 2 boys tested negative. We drove down to NJ so we did not have to worry about flights coming back if we were positive. We crossed back into Canada the day we got off the ship (Dec. 24) and had no problems at the border other than we had to wait (about an hour) for public health to come speak with us and give us take home proctored tests. We all were given tests to do when we got home and myself and boys had to also complete a day 8 test. You still need to complete the ArriveCan app, which nobody actually looked at or scanned! If you do not complete the app, then you can be fined. The whole proctored tests through Switch Health seems like a rinky-dink operation and waste of funds, but that is for another day. We did not get our day 8 tests back until Jan 13&14. We did the tests on Dec. 31!! The rules do say that you can leave after your 14 days even if you do not have the tests back....makes no sense to me?? The government did call each of us individually twice within our quarantine period to ensure we were following the rules...again discussion for another day!

In the end, we all ended up positive through our day 1 (myself) and day 8 (boys) tests. We all had minor symptoms and are all well now. With our positive tests, we are exempt from needing a pre-entry test to get back into Canada for the next 180 days. Works for us as we have a Symphony cruise booked in March.

30 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

 

Does the 11/5/70 cruise have 1 point and another have 0 points?

Already tried replying, but will try again…

1970 cruise 1pt. 
1999 cruise 7pts. (7nt). 
2010 cruise 1pt. (7nt). 
worked out to 22 points??

7 hours ago, Another_Critic said:

This is how my Sept 1987 Song of America cruise was credited.  0 for the cruise, but another "1970" entry for the 1 credit.

 

The Nov. 5, 1970 cruise shows on my list as well. Our 1st cruise was not until 1999. 

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Order probably filled by a 16yo who was texting a friend while bagging your food.

And that 16yo was probably the supervisor as well.

2 hours ago, matt1 said:

If you’re able to and have time once you’ve docked back in Bayonne, please take a picture of the cruise voyage map off of the television when it displays the total cruise distance sailed (in the bottom right info bar). Would love to know how far this journey has taken you. I don’t remember seeing it in any of the end of cruise paperwork from when I was abroad last month, but I did get a screenshot from the TV. Reading this wonderful thread makes me very eager to be back on Anthem of the Seas, but December 4, 2022 seems a lifetime away. 

 

🥶 (low temp tonight in the single digits) 

I know it is not the distance for this cruise, but I also like to get a screenshot and at the end of our cruise (after yours…Dec. 12) it was 3847nm. 

1 hour ago, alexgtp said:

Staff appear to be double masked. Not sure what that is all about. 

 

We were on the Dec. 12-24 cruise and they started double masks halfway through. 

14 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Wonder how the diving training is doing on Vision of the Seas now?

I would guess they would be diving off the back of the ship. Talk about cool training.

Diving and person overboard training all in one. Cost savings in these Covid times!

2 hours ago, matt1 said:

 
Sounds like I have a New Year’s Resolution to make. 😉

Matt, be careful...learn @Biker19's way. You don't want your posts to come across as enthusiastic or helpful to others on live threads or they will be deleted. 😉

Same thing happened to me on a "live from" 4 years ago on a "similar" ship as yours and "similar" poster...hold a grudge, not me!

Is this considered a "live from"?

39 minutes ago, CalTexCruiser said:

Do we really need two parallel threads that basically state "Symphony sucks"?

At least the internet on the cruise didn’t get cancelled due to COVID.

Isn’t there 3 going?

In all seriousness, we just got off Anthem and my wife tested positive. We are disappointed, but not complaining since this was a known risk in going. We did contact RCI through our TA since they have a policy about getting compensation when quarantined on the ship. 
 

The aerialists in Spectra’s were not there…we did not visit Guest Services!

18 minutes ago, CCBB said:

@emmyIn the above link, I cannot find the reference regarding testing positive within 48 hours. Can you help me to locate that information on the RCCL web site? Thank you.

Is this what you are looking for?

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/if-i-test-positive-for-sars-cov-2-what-is-your-refund-policy-and-costs-covered

We just got off Anthem yesterday and my wife tested positive at the pre-departure test. My 2 boys and myself were negative. I can say that our experience was identical to @cruisebot21until getting off the ship. We drove, so we were just shuttled to our vehicle in the parking garage…we didn’t get the fancy plane ride! We did not even speak with a US customs officer when we got off the ship. We had 2 balcony rooms. I stayed quarantined in our original cabins with the boys when my wife went to the “Red Zone”. Crossing border was not a problem, just took sometime for Health officer to visit us and give us the tests to take home. 
We still completed ArriveCAN, which was never looked at. 
It kinda puts a damper on the cruise the way it ended, but we still enjoyed it up until that part. 
My wife said she was told 15 tested positive THAT day. I can agree that Royal is stopping the international testing to keep positive tests results low. I am sure there are many US citizens that are walking off ships that are positive and not reported because they are not tested. We are all double vaxxed, weren’t able to get booster before going. My wife is crazy careful and a germaphobe, so it’s crazy she got it. We wore masked at all times indoors even in vaccinated areas except when seated to eat. I was a little disappointed that there was no enforcement of mask wearing in vaccinated areas after the letter came out saying masks in all indoor areas. It was nice with only 2700 on the ship though. 

11 hours ago, matt1 said:

 

😎

Keep the updates coming!

Does anyone know if the vaccination part of the check-in is only for those in the US? I’m Canadian and that section does not show up for me. Will I just need to provide documentation at the pier?  

I clicked on this thinking the Black Eyed Peas were playing a gig on a Royal ship on New's Years and Cabbage was opening for them🤣

As you were.

My guess is a world cruise. 

It was getting later before the shutdown as well. We were on the last Oasis sailing in March 2020 and MTD didn't start until 6:30 or 6:45 if I recall correctly. I think all Oasis class ships were starting to move MTD to a later start then, not sure of the others.

19 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Not sure what's going on with Royal.

Sea Dog, meet Royal IT. Royal IT...Sea Dog...nuff said!!🙂🤣

Not on Explorer until Dec. 2022, but happy to see it getting back into service for everyone in Nov.

On 10/5/2021 at 10:02 AM, Sea Dog said:

Updated in iPhone OS. Still no support for Explorer at 33 days out of my sailing. This is really starting to p#$% me off.

Explorer is showing in the app for me now! Version 1.29.1

Thanks Jessy. I enjoyed following along. 
 

Can you comment please on the PCR testing by Royal on board for your return back to Canada? You are home, so assumed it went smoothly. 
 

Thanks. 

1 hour ago, PJL1973 said:

 

UK sailings are operating to a differrent timescale though. RCI are only opening check in 30 days before sailing for Southampton departures (I can't at the moment with my 15/10 departure cruise). So the OP won't be able to choose times until later this month.

Didn't realize check in wasn't opened yet...thought it was just the time that was missing. 👍