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We have been on 4 cruises since Thanksgiving 2021, we have not had that experience (none of our trips were on Odyssey)

Try again

You are right, those changing a were vaccines not testing. My bad

If that was indeed a true statement, then the itineraries visiting eastern Caribbean ports would have received the same treatment as those sailing from Los Angeles, Galveston, and New Orleans this week. As it appears, your assesment of Bermuda and Canada being the only roadblocks does not appear to be accurate.

As if it is entirely their decision

You need to read the fine print on the NCL policy. It is NOT as wide open as it appears, its just marketing. Their policy clearly states, anyone can book a fare, BUT it is the responsibility of the PASSENGER to determine if they are eligible to visit a destination, and that all requirements have been met. When you show up to the port for embarkation, if you are disqualified to visit a particular destination due to testing or vaccinations, you WILL be denied boarding at your own expense. Royal is actually doing it the right way, and making sure folks have a little guidance, and don't get themselves into a bind. Also, take a look at the liability that NCL is requiring of the unvaccinated. Long story short, you test positive mid cruise, you are on your own, and can be discharged from the ship at any time, in any place.

WHAT??? Who are "they"? Why do they have millions of tests?

Wristbands ended lat February-Early March time frame

It says your testing requirements for our trip to Bermuday have not changed Seems pretty clear

They can, we have a Crohn's diagnosis in my group, the food services staff does a very good job; normal they will meet with you every night at dinner and plan the next day's meals.

You can make reservations once the ship has been "zeroed" out from the previous journey, and you are connected to the ship's wifi

And is is equally as likely that those protocols just "renew" for departures up to September 5. What are we expecting? A drop in vaccine requirement? already announced for Sept 5. A change in testing? Then it would have been announced yesterday IMO this is going to roll out slowly, and I do not expect to hear anything else this week.

Good call on the tuna pouches.

I have to disagree with the veggie comment. Why would they not allow dried vegetables? My wife always takes a gallon zipper bag of her homemade trail mix/granola - no questions ever asked.

The new changes take effect in September, which is after August 14.

I know, I can read. The Eastern Caribbean situation is very fluid and disjointed. I stand by my statement- nothing else will change for August.

No, they won’t change the eastern ports; that is nearly impossible to do, due to passenger lord commitments and lack of available dock space in other places. Cruise lines will just have to work within h the testing and vaccination framework that the destination ports publish.

Probably

On the website it states vaccinated guest, cruise longer than 6 days test, shorter than 5 days no test of leaving from North America

It says it right there in your post, vaccinated passengers do not need to test for cruise of 5 days or less.

I don’t believe that for a moment, you shouldn’t believe any theories out there either. This is a month away, NO-ONE has any idea how this will be handled.

All good questions.

This is it, nothing else will be changing for the rest of August.

The unvaccinated sea pass card could easily be coded to disallow checking off the ship. They do it with minors, couldn’t be difficult

No problem, the boss does it every cruise.