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We board Saturday and received a reminder email to complete yesterday around 5:00. There is no option on the Carnival page to do this but we are using Verifly so maybe they already know that.

I appreciate the great review. We board the Magic on Saturday and the insight on what to expect will be helpful. Glad you made it home safely and look forward to your next adventure.

Looking forward to your review of the Magic. We'll be on her in 3 weeks except going to Canada and first time sailing out of New York. We did visit in 2019 and saw Wicked for my birthday. It was excellent.

Thanks for the review! We'll be on her next month for our anniversary except we're going north.

We did this at the beginning of May. The views are so much better. I'd highly recommend it.

The day after we got back from the 5/2 Splendor sailing, I had a sore throat and tested positive the next day. I only had mild cold symptoms for a couple of days. It took almost 3 weeks to test negative on an antigen test for me. Hubby never got it. Glad you're feeling better and enjoyed the great review. 🙂

No, we just walked off the ship and they were waiting in the taxi area.

It should level out once you get into the Inside Passage. We were on the 5/2 Splendor and the first day at sea was rough. After some ginger ale, Dramamine and the wristbands from the gift shop, I was good by the evening. Hang in there, it'll get better!

We were on the 5/2 Splendor and we did not receive any port valet info in our cabins either but it would have been nice. We did the self-assist debark and was able to get a taxi and was at the airport around 8:30. It all went fairly smooth. But they really need to take Carnival off the site as an option since they're not participating to avoid the confusion.

Sorry, I misunderstood. I agree that it could be risky. I've seen the claims that the rapid naat is a pcr and would work for the 72 hours but we wasn't willing to risk it. If all else fails, several in our group made appointments with a mobile testing service in Seattle that came to them but it was a bit pricey. As for the ArriveCan, I only showed the qr code at the port on my phone. I did however print our the receipt from them and did a screenshot of the code as a backup. There was so much involved plus the uncertainty with it being the first cruise, I was paranoid.

The rapid NAAT at Walgreen's works. I not so sure they care the time of day. We tested on Saturday morning and boarded on Monday. I put everything into the Verifly app and it was accepted within an hour. I showed the app when we checked in and was sent through. I did have hard copies just in case we had any issues.

We were just on the Splendor and did the rapid NAAT with Walgreens so it will for sure work.

We just got back last week. We did the whale watching with Hoonah Travel Adventures and they were wonderful. Their boat would easily fit your group if it's not sold out.

When we debarked last week, there were taxis and vans lined up when coming out of the terminal and someone directing the traffic flow. We were directed to a van and paid $20 each. We did self assist so it was early but it was a fairly quick process.

We took an UberX from Sea-Tac to our hotel around the Space Needle 2 weeks ago. It cost us almost $70 plus tip but I'm sure an XL would be more. We heard later that a taxi would have been half that but I'm not sure about that. There was 2 of us but I hope that gives you some reference.