Fastman Posted March 31, 2022 #551 Share Posted March 31, 2022 22 hours ago, dogtaur said: TLDR: iHealth proctored test worked fine and was accepted by Verifly I just had my daughter (11-years old) do the proctored iHealth rapid antigen self-test, the orange box ones we got from the government. Since I already had the unopened test, I only had to buy the testing service. It is $24.99. I selected an online appointment time. They send you a link to click on to start the meeting. They verified my daughter's photo ID with her passport. They tell you exactly what to do. Then the camera has to stay aimed at the test for 15 minutes. When the timer is up, they instruct you to hold the test up to the camera. They confirm the results (negative) and immediately send an email. They confirm that you got the email before they disconnect. I uploaded the results to Verifly, they were accepted! My daughter is "ready to sail" according to Verifly. Here's the link to the service: https://ihealthlabs.com/products/ihealth-verified-covid-test-service Never used Verifly before. Does the fact that the app accepted the iHealth proctored test results mean that Carnival also accepts it? Or just that "something" was uploaded? Has anyone actually been able to board a ship using the iHealth proctored results? Would be painful if the app says "accepted" then the person checking us in at embarkation reviews and says that test result is not acceptable or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joy15 Posted March 31, 2022 #552 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) Does it matter what time you can take the BinaxNOW home proctored home test? We are planning to sail on Sat. We had 2 doses plus booster. Planning to do home test Wed morning. Or is it better to take the home proctored test Wed night or Thursday morning to make sure within 72 hour window? Appreciate any help. Thanks. Edited March 31, 2022 by joy15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audcc77 Posted March 31, 2022 #553 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, joy15 said: Does it matter what time you can take the BinaxNOW home proctored home test? We are planning to sail on Sat. We had 2 doses plus booster. Planning to do home test Wed morning. Or is it better to take the home proctored test Wed night or Thursday morning to make sure within 72 hour window? Appreciate any help. Thanks. See below. Right off Carnival website. Since you are “up to date,” meaning you’ve had 2 vacs and a booster, you’re good to go. Example: If the sailing is on Saturday, guests who are up to date with their vaccines may take their test as early as Wednesday and as late as Saturday, if guaranteed to receive results in time for check-in. A fully vaccinated guest who is not up to date with their vaccines may take their test no earlier than Thursday and as late as Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichYak Posted March 31, 2022 #554 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 hours ago, joy15 said: Does it matter what time you can take the BinaxNOW home proctored home test? We are planning to sail on Sat. We had 2 doses plus booster. Planning to do home test Wed morning. Or is it better to take the home proctored test Wed night or Thursday morning to make sure within 72 hour window? Appreciate any help. Thanks. Only the date matters, not the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joy15 Posted March 31, 2022 #555 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 hours ago, RichYak said: Only the date matters, not the time. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joy15 Posted March 31, 2022 #556 Share Posted March 31, 2022 3 hours ago, audcc77 said: See below. Right off Carnival website. Since you are “up to date,” meaning you’ve had 2 vacs and a booster, you’re good to go. Example: If the sailing is on Saturday, guests who are up to date with their vaccines may take their test as early as Wednesday and as late as Saturday, if guaranteed to receive results in time for check-in. A fully vaccinated guest who is not up to date with their vaccines may take their test no earlier than Thursday and as late as Saturday. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattag98 Posted April 1, 2022 #557 Share Posted April 1, 2022 11 hours ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said: All this begs the question - what type of certification/approval process is in place for these companies to "officially" proctor tests such that their word is sufficient (to places like VeriFLY)? Tom So just got back this past Sunday from a 6 day out of Galveston and was wondering about the “certification” of an at-home test also so just did the Quest Diagnostics option straight from the Carnival email (below) “Guests may also schedule testing with Quest Diagnostics at more than 1,500 locations, including Quest Diagnostics patient service centers and select Walmart and other retail pharmacy locations throughout the U.S. Appointments are required and may be scheduled online via Quest Diagnostic's website.” I am fully boosted but my wife was not (with a Sunday departure date) so had to do the test on the Friday before and thank God got the results (by email) Saturday night before we flew out early Sunday morning to Galveston. Just printed off the results from Quest and had our VAX cards in hand when going through the terminal and no issues. They did look closely at the cards and one page Quest results for each of us and then on to the ship, might have taken 3 minutes more than submitting all that stuff on the VeriFLY app, but frankly the communication on this from Carnival seemed confusing and didn’t want to risk “not doing it right” Hope this helps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nol4am Posted April 1, 2022 #558 Share Posted April 1, 2022 So can someone tell me if I order the six quantity test from Emed can both me my husband and my friend who’s also going use those test? Or will each of us have to order separately? Things can be so confusing and there’s so many posts it’s hard to find what you’re looking for. Thank you so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted April 1, 2022 #559 Share Posted April 1, 2022 46 minutes ago, nol4am said: So can someone tell me if I order the six quantity test from Emed can both me my husband and my friend who’s also going use those test? Or will each of us have to order separately? Things can be so confusing and there’s so many posts it’s hard to find what you’re looking for. Thank you so much The tests are not assigned to anyone. Once you begin the test they'll associate you with that specific test kit. Tom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nailz Posted April 2, 2022 #560 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annasreadytocruise Posted April 2, 2022 #561 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Does anyone have experience with the unvaccinated protocol? I know a NAAT is required. Walgreens offers a rapid NAAT test. Will this work? Carnival is saying no rapid test for unvaccinated - even though the website says Rapid NAAT test is okay ( but the rep kept mentioning antigen). I am really concerned about this as there is little to no guidance on this topic for unvaccinated compared to all of the options offered for vaccinated guest. We also cannot use Verifly, so no way to get sign off before it is too late. This is for a child not eligible for a vaccination so that is not an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin' Daddy Posted April 5, 2022 #562 Share Posted April 5, 2022 We are on the July 16, 2022 sailing of the Mardi Gras. I know we have to take a COVID test 3 days before our sailing. From what I have read, many of you use the eMed at-home test. I also know Walgreen's can do the rapid tests that are acceptable for cruising, but I live in a small town, and I really do not want to put my trust in Walgreen's. My question is, is it too early for me to order the eMed at-home tests? I read that some of you have gotten tests that expired one month later. Our sailing is still 102 days, 13 hours, 26 minutes away. Thoughts? -Cruzin' Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted April 5, 2022 #563 Share Posted April 5, 2022 9 hours ago, Cruzin' Daddy said: We are on the July 16, 2022 sailing of the Mardi Gras. I know we have to take a COVID test 3 days before our sailing. From what I have read, many of you use the eMed at-home test. I also know Walgreen's can do the rapid tests that are acceptable for cruising, but I live in a small town, and I really do not want to put my trust in Walgreen's. My question is, is it too early for me to order the eMed at-home tests? I read that some of you have gotten tests that expired one month later. Our sailing is still 102 days, 13 hours, 26 minutes away. Thoughts? -Cruzin' Dad I ordered the proctored tests in January and got a stack that all expired in November. I haven't heard of any that ordered after me who received expiration dates earlier than that. So you should be safe. Whether you'll have to test at all then, well, that's a different and more unpredictable story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted April 5, 2022 #564 Share Posted April 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, Honolulu Blue said: I ordered the proctored tests in January and got a stack that all expired in November. I haven't heard of any that ordered after me who received expiration dates earlier than that. So you should be safe. Whether you'll have to test at all then, well, that's a different and more unpredictable story... Likewise - we ordered ours (BinaxNOW) in mid-March from Optum Store and they expire in Jan '23, so almost ten months out. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidsandi Posted April 5, 2022 #565 Share Posted April 5, 2022 How quickly do the Optum tests arrive? I want to wait until as close to departure as possible to see if anything changes and we don't need them. We cruise in late July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted April 5, 2022 #566 Share Posted April 5, 2022 2 hours ago, thekidsandi said: How quickly do the Optum tests arrive? I want to wait until as close to departure as possible to see if anything changes and we don't need them. We cruise in late July. It only took a couple of days as I recall. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted April 5, 2022 #567 Share Posted April 5, 2022 3 hours ago, thekidsandi said: How quickly do the Optum tests arrive? I want to wait until as close to departure as possible to see if anything changes and we don't need them. We cruise in late July. My two orders arrived the day after I ordered them. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheer25mom Posted April 6, 2022 #568 Share Posted April 6, 2022 22 hours ago, thekidsandi said: How quickly do the Optum tests arrive? I want to wait until as close to departure as possible to see if anything changes and we don't need them. We cruise in late July. It is HIGHLY unlikely that testing will go away before July, I would say odds are pretty much zero. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfdekam Posted April 6, 2022 #569 Share Posted April 6, 2022 We are scheduled on the Carnival Liberty on 4/18 for a 4 day leaving out of port canaveral. I was wondering if anyone has traveled lately with kids under 5 and if they could shed some knowledge on testing requirements. I read on carnivals website that my 4 yr old son needs a pcr prior to cruising and that my 20mo old son does not need to be tested prior to departure; however, when I called the very knowledgeable (insert sarcasm here) customer service rep told me both that he had to be vaccinated and tested when I told her the website said different then she told me he didn’t need to be vaccinated but needed a test. Hoping someone can shed some light here tried calling back to get someone else on the phone but have given up after being on hold an hour three separate occasions. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdevine Posted April 6, 2022 #570 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Quick question cruising on carnival and leave on a Sunday. My family is vaccinated does that mean we can test on Thursday? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichYak Posted April 6, 2022 #571 Share Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, jdevine said: Quick question cruising on carnival and leave on a Sunday. My family is vaccinated does that mean we can test on Thursday? thanks If you're fully vaccinated: test no earlier than Friday. If you're up-to-date: test as early as Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdevine Posted April 6, 2022 #572 Share Posted April 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, RichYak said: If you're fully vaccinated: test no earlier than Friday. If you're up-to-date: test as early as Thursday. So if I am fully vaccinated I can test on Thursday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted April 6, 2022 #573 Share Posted April 6, 2022 17 minutes ago, jdevine said: So if I am fully vaccinated I can test on Thursday? Apparently if you're fully vaccinated AND boosted, then up to 3 days out (Thursday), if "only" fully vaccinated, then 2 days (Friday). At least that's my understanding - but it seems to change... So, now that a second booster is available for people over 50, is that the bar for the three day window? This is a moving target. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
day-day Posted April 7, 2022 #574 Share Posted April 7, 2022 3 hours ago, jdevine said: So if I am fully vaccinated I can test on Thursday? You can test on Thursday if you were recently fully vaccinated and not eligible for the booster yet or you have had the booster. Otherwise, you must wait until Friday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted April 7, 2022 #575 Share Posted April 7, 2022 9 hours ago, day-day said: You can test on Thursday if you were recently fully vaccinated and not eligible for the booster yet or you have had the booster. Otherwise, you must wait until Friday. We need a flowchart ! Tom 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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