bunrabbit

CruiserBruce is correct. The details are available on the NCL Covid requirements listing for the various countries who have different rules from the NCL basic requirements, and there is more available on the Canadian government web pages for cruise passengers. Make sure you check out how to use the ArriveCAN app, which is where you need to upload your vaccination info as well as (sometime within 72 hours before your cruise) your test results. There are different rules for different age groups, so be sure to check carefully if everyone in your party is not 12 or older. I checked twice with NCL to be sure I had this right, since I was puzzled by their emails announcing the new relaxed requirements - but those new rules don't apply to cruises stopping at a Canadian port at any point in the cruise, even if you do not intend to leave the ship in Canada.

I haven't been able to figure out exactly what COVID testing is available at SeaTac, but I do know that you will need to have a negative COVID test of a type where someone observes you doing the test within two or three days before your cruise (depending on whether it's an antigen test or a PCR test) AND you will need to upload those results into the ArriveCAN app within 72 hours (that is to say, within 72 hours before you get on the ship). You can download the app and load in your ID and COVID vaccination data ahead of time, but will need to load in your test results within the 72-hour window. We're taking an Alaska cruise on the NCL Bliss which leaves on September 3, the first day of the new requirements on NCL - but those new, more lenient requirements do not apply to people cruising on a ship not registered in the US that docks at a Canadian port at any time during the cruise - and that's all of the Alaska cruises on any of the usual cruise lines, as none of those ships has US registry. We got a bunch of emails from Norwegian touting the new, looser requirements, but the fine print directs you to the specific requirements for countries that have their own (different) requirements, and those countries include Canada. The Canadian rules apply to all passengers, including those having no intention of getting off the ship at the Canadian port. Please check your cruise line's information for the specifics (which are different for different age groups), and maybe call them up to check for sure, but I've had this information confirmed by several NCL agents, plus it aligns with the Canadian government's web site information on cruise ship passenger requirements, so I'm prretty certain I've got this right, unless Canada changes its rules in the next three weeks. I really wish it were otherwise, and I'm really dreading embarkation when would-be passengers who didn't read the fine print find they can't board the ship. Not exactly the start to a dream vacation!