Cruise Port Testing Help

[dbrucern]

Need help from those that chose to be tested at the cruise port please, received email regarding this availability but unsure on how to choose a time for testing. Is this done once you are checked in at the terminal? Is this done in the terminal? Any information from someone that did this option would be appreciated.  Thank-You

[cruisin steph]

We just signed up for ours. We are sailing 12/26 and will be doing holiday things with family on the 24th so I was very happy to have the option to test at the pier. The wording is confusing. I signed up for an approximate arrival time as that was the only option. I also would like to know what else needs to be done other than show up close to our time.

[ratbward]

I did the DocGo rapid antigen testing at The Port of Galveston on Sunday 11.14.21 with a 10:00am appointment that I had selected online  with DocGo in advance. My Carnival Dream boarding time was 10:30-11:30am. I was at the Port at 9:45am. After speaking with no less than four Carnival employees about my appointment time and where I should go for testing, a supervisor told me to get in the boarding line, and that the testing appointment times were irrelevant. Once in the terminal, the first review is for the Covid vaccination documentation and included confirming my boarding pass and government ID which was my passport. When that was approved, I was escorted by a DocGo employee thru security, then upstairs to the DocGo area. My Covid docs, boarding pass, and passport were reviewed again before I went to the line for the 3rd review of documents where they prepared the testing docs authorization, and I was allowed into the testing area. A woman inserted a Q-tip into each nostril and made five shallow rotations. The same Q-tip was used for both nostrils. I was then told to be seated in the waiting area because the results would take approximately 15 minutes. I was notified via text that my testing was complete. I opened my DocGo entry pass on the DocGo website, showed it to the Carnival rep on my cell phone and was allowed to proceed back into the Carnival boarding area.

 

Please consider that if you opt for the port testing, you must keep all of your luggage with you and carry onto the ship.

 

The lack of information, especially at the port, was very annoying. They have been testing the unvaxxed passengers with exemptions for months. During that trial period, with a limited number of tests being performed, they should have been able to make changes to their communications to clarify the process and their delivery of that information.

 

Good luck!

[dbrucern]

14 hours ago, ratbward said:

I did the DocGo rapid antigen testing at The Port of Galveston on Sunday 11.14.21 with a 10:00am appointment that I had selected online  with DocGo in advance. My Carnival Dream boarding time was 10:30-11:30am. I was at the Port at 9:45am. After speaking with no less than four Carnival employees about my appointment time and where I should go for testing, a supervisor told me to get in the boarding line, and that the testing appointment times were irrelevant. Once in the terminal, the first review is for the Covid vaccination documentation and included confirming my boarding pass and government ID which was my passport. When that was approved, I was escorted by a DocGo employee thru security, then upstairs to the DocGo area. My Covid docs, boarding pass, and passport were reviewed again before I went to the line for the 3rd review of documents where they prepared the testing docs authorization, and I was allowed into the testing area. A woman inserted a Q-tip into each nostril and made five shallow rotations. The same Q-tip was used for both nostrils. I was then told to be seated in the waiting area because the results would take approximately 15 minutes. I was notified via text that my testing was complete. I opened my DocGo entry pass on the DocGo website, showed it to the Carnival rep on my cell phone and was allowed to proceed back into the Carnival boarding area.

 

Please consider that if you opt for the port testing, you must keep all of your luggage with you and carry onto the ship.

 

The lack of information, especially at the port, was very annoying. They have been testing the unvaxxed passengers with exemptions for months. During that trial period, with a limited number of tests being performed, they should have been able to make changes to their communications to clarify the process and their delivery of that information.

 

Good luck!

Thank-You so very much for the info

[Badfinger]

23 hours ago, ratbward said:

I did the DocGo rapid antigen testing at The Port of Galveston on Sunday 11.14.21 with a 10:00am appointment that I had selected online  with DocGo in advance. My Carnival Dream boarding time was 10:30-11:30am. I was at the Port at 9:45am. After speaking with no less than four Carnival employees about my appointment time and where I should go for testing, a supervisor told me to get in the boarding line, and that the testing appointment times were irrelevant. Once in the terminal, the first review is for the Covid vaccination documentation and included confirming my boarding pass and government ID which was my passport. When that was approved, I was escorted by a DocGo employee thru security, then upstairs to the DocGo area. My Covid docs, boarding pass, and passport were reviewed again before I went to the line for the 3rd review of documents where they prepared the testing docs authorization, and I was allowed into the testing area. A woman inserted a Q-tip into each nostril and made five shallow rotations. The same Q-tip was used for both nostrils. I was then told to be seated in the waiting area because the results would take approximately 15 minutes. I was notified via text that my testing was complete. I opened my DocGo entry pass on the DocGo website, showed it to the Carnival rep on my cell phone and was allowed to proceed back into the Carnival boarding area.

 

Please consider that if you opt for the port testing, you must keep all of your luggage with you and carry onto the ship.

 

The lack of information, especially at the port, was very annoying. They have been testing the unvaxxed passengers with exemptions for months. During that trial period, with a limited number of tests being performed, they should have been able to make changes to their communications to clarify the process and their delivery of that information.

 

Good luck!

 

What is the charge for this?

[Cruise, J.D.]

7 minutes ago, Badfinger said:

 

What is the charge for this?

 Non-refundable $100. You have to reserve it. I received an email with the information.

Edited December 3, 2021 by Cruise, J.D.