peribit

How about Moscato?  Is it also available on Regent ships?

1 hour ago, Anna201213 said:

I have known the name of the hotel for months.

Did you verify your Regent Account? When we click on manage this booking- view itinerary- you will see the name of your hotel for one night pre cruise

I did check my account and it only shows 1 night pre-cruise hotel, without hotel name. Hopefully they will assign it soon.

1 hour ago, Anna201213 said:

You are lucky, for those who will be to Intercontinental hotel, I have already been there. 
For dec 3, Regent has reserved Aka Brickell so I am disappointed. My stateroom is concierge and we are Gold 

I am still waiting for the hotel assignment for the Dec 3 sailing.  My TA told me that it should be soon.

We are on the Dec 3 Splendor cruise and we are still waiting for the hotel assignment.  I wonder if it’s because a lot of the hotels are sold out on that date?

16 minutes ago, Wander58 said:

Still no answer back from United...I emailed them on Aug 1.  Figured if I called the support person would not have a clue.  Hopefully this way, someone will research it.

I have called them and did not get a clear answer.  Hopefully the will email you back.

52 minutes ago, stbiehn said:

the airlines were VERY specific in what they accepted - at every airline and at when we arrived in Iceland, they were very particular about whether we had a PCR or an antigen test.  It appeared that those words needed to specifically be on the document.  They prefer a paper copy rather than looking at your phone, so I recommend printing out a copy - Your name  and date administered MUST be on the copy you have.  There were several people at the airport who did not have the test and they would not let them on the plane to Iceland.  People were running to find a testing site in the airport.  I never knew if they made it or not.  Actually we were surprised more people were not taken by surprise.

 

Did you use one of the video supervised antigen tests (Ellume or eMed)?

3 minutes ago, Wander58 said:

Maybe I should ask United about it...from many of the posts its seems that Iceland hardly even looks at the Covid test - they probably assume the airlines already checked it.  I'll have to see what they say.

Can you post back after you talk to United?  I would feel more comfortable if we get the same answer.

19 minutes ago, Wander58 said:

I tried doing a chat with on the covid.is site which opened a 'case' on this.  After 2 emails back and forth, I could not get a solid answer.  On the last go round I asked:  Is that a Yes or No? and here is what I received:

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The PCR/antigen need to fulfill :
https://www.landlaeknir.is/um-embaettid/greinar/grein/item44492/a-requirement-for-a-negative-pcr-test-upon-arrival-in-iceland

If it does not fulfil this you will need another test

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So I never really got an answer from them.  I'm afraid we won't know until some tries it.  But we're not taking the chance.  We are going to get a rapid Antigen test from "The COVID CLINC"  near PHX as we are staying there Sunday night before our flight on Monday 8/17.

I started a chat with United and was told that I can use eMed for the entry to Iceland.

1 hour ago, CruiserDoc said:

I'm interested in this too... anyone know the answer? 

I am interested in the eMed test that United is using.

6 hours ago, NeilP57 said:

No problems at all. We arrived on July 31 with our negative supervised antigen certificate and entry was easy. 

Which test did you use in the U.K.?

10 hours ago, IheartNYC said:

Peribit, no issues with Delta at all. They did check it twice as I mentioned before, once before they let us into the line for baggage drop and also on the actual counter where we dropped off our luggage. Covid test wasn't even checked when we arrived in Iceland, only our bar code was scanned and also the passport was checked

This is good to know.  Thanks for the update.

1 hour ago, IheartNYC said:

Peribit, our negative covid test wasn't even checked by Viking.  They just checked our passports and took a credit card to keep on file. They did do a temperature check as soon as we were in the tent and asked us the health questions similar to the health attestation we did and that was it. We were on board in 15 mins.

Thanks for posting.  How about entry to Iceland?  Did you encounter any problem at the boarder with the video-supervised antigen test?

Anyone flying United and use eMed for entry to Iceland?  I assume this is acceptable as the test is similar to Ellume. 

16 minutes ago, NeilP57 said:

You have to assume that a supervised self test is accepted. 
 

Nobody supervises the spit PCR sample which is used to provide our certificates to return home to the US or Uk. So in some ways a supervised antigen test is better than an unsupervised PCR test. Not necessarily by virtue of accuracy but identification of who actually provides the sample. 
 

I have my video supervised antigen test in 30 minutes ahead of our 31 July departure. Hopefully no more dramas today please. 

If the video supervised antigen test is allowed, it will make it much easier.  Please post back if you encounter any problem on July 31.

5 minutes ago, IheartNYC said:

Also, I did the home covid antigen test and it was accepted. It literally saved my life because I worked long hours the last 3 days (72 hrs) before our flight and that was what stressed me out the most (when and where do I get the test?)  I ordered the Ellume/Azova covid home test kit with video verification for $50 a kit ($35 for kit and $15 for video verification so that you could get pdf result for you to print and present to airline)

I had to do the test twice because the first one came back inconclusive (apparently the code that came out after the test was due to the fact that I didn't scrape or went in far enough with the swab) The second test came back negative 

It is good to know that they allow Ellume/Azova test.  The Iceland Covid test rule said "no self-test" are allowed.

2 hours ago, TayanaLorna said:

We arrived at 6:20, were the 3rd flight to arrive that morning and were at the Harpa Hall in Reyjkavik via Viking transfer by 8:40.

So it took over an hour for the immigration and customs?  Was it after July 27 with the new testing requirement?

3 hours ago, BarbRN said:

Varying opinions on which leg of the trip?

I got the same note from UA.  I am also interested to know if I can use At home antigen test via eMed?

How long does it take to go through immigration and customs after arrival in KEF?  Our flight arrives at 6:40am.  There are about 10 flights arriving around that time.

11 hours ago, azjoy said:

I was speaking of the pre-registration bar code - not test results.  Th e government of Iceland is no longer testing vaccinated visitors as of today.  I know this for a fact because we landed a few hours ago and no test was done.

That's good news.   Have a wonderful cruise.

37 minutes ago, azjoy said:

The pre-registration is for one person at a time.  You will receive 1 email per person with the confirmation/bar code.  I used different email addresses for us but the same phone number.  

You can go to the website and start the process if you're more comfortable.   Just don't submit it until 3 days before arrival.

Do you receive the test results by email or on the same phone number?

Thanks for the info.

9 minutes ago, azjoy said:

We had no problem using one cel phone number.

Do you register both people at the same time?

Does anyone know if I can use the same cell phone number for my wife and myself to pre-register for entry to Iceland?

Does anyone have any info to share on this? We were rebooked to RMX191010-10 but we received no notice and no one is responding to my inquires at "ask crystal.

 

Thanks in advance.

Paul

We have booked a 10 day river cruise for Sept 2019 and it was changed to a 7 day cruise too. Our travel agent notified us about the change and offered us 10 day river cruises with the same itinerary but in different months. We will get the same price as the original booking if we choose to book one for the different month. You should ask you travel agent to contact Crystal and see what the options are.

Pat

This is good information. I don't want too many people handling my luggage to minimize the chance of loosing the bags. I was wondering why Pan Pacific has a cruise package if that service is available to all hotel guest. I guess I will take the luggage my self. Thank you for posting.

Pat

Not the person you addressed this to, but since WCT hasn't been around much so may take a while to reply I'll chime in.

 

PP hotel offers cruise rates which include bag transfer. While you might get lucky with just offering a generous tip to the bellstaff, I believe you do have to book a cruise package to get that 'from your room' transfer (and you MUST be physically present).

 

 

Personally I'd never do that even if I didn't live walking distance from the pier, because while the chance is slim it does make for an extra step where your bags can go to the wrong place! If you take them down yourself (and you MUST do this first - once checked-in you are part of the whole process with Security next; you'll be sent to drop them then told to come back to the check-in section again afterward if you head there without dropping bags first) you can hand them to the longshoremen working the conveyor belt that feeds your specific ship, not just the cruise line. It literally does not get better - there is no way your bag can fail to get to the right vessel if you hand it over yourself this way (don't give it to the wandering 'luggage cage' guys for the same reason as above - an extra pair of hands and eyes to misread/misdirect the case).

 

I believe check-in remains exactly as WCT described - the wording on the Port website was altered for 2017 and has not changed since, it confirms check-in is before security which is before CBP - but I have not boarded in 2018 so there's always a possibility that there have been further tweaks to the process (we have 4 ship days this year in addition to the 1/2/3 ship days of 2017; so e.g. you may not be able to reach the conveyors to the ship on the far North end and have to hand it over to a longshoremen elsewhere... but signs should say 'Luggage Drop for Ship Name' so still very clear)

Thank you so much for posting the checkin process. We are going on an Alaska cruise in July and would like to know if the outlined procedure is still true for 2018? We are considering of staying at Pan Pacific Hotel. Do you advise to take our own luggage to the cruise terminal or ask the hotel to deliver them? If we take our own luggage to the lower level, is the bag-drop area separated by cruise line or is it a central bag drop area? We would like to minimize the chance of bags being lost. Can we check-in with the cruiseline first, then go downstairs to drop the bags?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Pat

I wrote quite a lengthy response to someone on the Celebrity board about Vancouver Canada Place checkin process. I'll try and park a link here in case it helps others:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=52723904#post52723904

 

 

And I have a couple of updates to that initial information:

 

It is 99.9% certain that all checkins will be done up in the conference centre this year. The layout has been amended to allow for 3 separate checkin areas within Hall C, so hopefully there is room for all.

 

It is unlikely that they will be using the "waiting room" process of sending guests to an extra conference room after checkin and prior to being fed down to security and the border, but I guess that depends on how things go on the really busy days.

 

There is new signage in the lower area of Canada Place - basically follow the blue line and signs to get to checkin and then to your ship, and when disembarking follow the green line and green signs to get to wherever you may be going to once you are off the ship!

 

Disembarking guests that wish to head to anywhere in the City (as opposed to taxis and buses) will be encouraged to take the escalator/elevator in the lobby area of Canada Place so that you end up on the Promenade area on the West side of the Canada Place pier (outside of the conference centre). When you get to the top of the escalator take the door to your left and then turn left and walk down the promenade and you will have the City in front of you, turn left again and follow the sidewalk around and you will be heading to transit (Skytrain).

 

If any one has any specific questions, I'll do my best to provide information, and will update as the season gets into full swing. Lots of 3 ship days this year, so it's going to be busy!!