PacificCoastal

Wow, that's a world away from what I experienced on Encore. When I notified the medical center of my positive antigen self test, they tried to convince me it would be better to do testing ashore by saying it would be far cheaper than onboard. I insisted on the NCL PCR, and they hastily collected it and charged $150 to my account. The results came back negative. I walked off with the rest of the passengers and got a PCR test at a medical center in port and the results were positive like my self test. All three tests were within hours of each other. I just hope I did everything right in order to prevent spreading it. They offered no assistance trying to isolate and get off the ship, and there was definitely no spraying behind me when I debarked! It's as if NCL had a fingers in their ears approach to COVID at that point and simply didn't want to report more cases to the CDC.

So glad that you made it out alive!!! I'm so sorry for what you had to go through. I hope that now that you are home your health will be back to 100% in no time! Here I thought I had a bad experience on that sailing where I had a positive COVID self test, and the medical staff tried to convince me it was better to get tested ashore. You are so right about NCL trying to keep illness quiet on Encore! Best wishes for a speedy recovery!