Barcelona PCR testing to get on a MSC cruise

[xcell]

I'm hoping by the time I cruise in December that the testing requirements will have changed (eliminated) but just in case.

 

How/where do you get a PCR test while you are vacationing before your cruise?  MSC's requirement is 24 hours before the cruise embarkation, so if I am planning to embark on Friday at 6pm, then that means I need the test Wednesday after 6pm which would be quite difficult because I assume labs would be close by then. So option #2 would be to do it Thursday morning but then what happens if there is a problem with getting the test back in time?

 

Any ways, am I just wondering if anyone has cruised with these requirements and what you did.

 

Thanks!

[VMax1700]

24 hours before Friday 6pm would be Thursday 6pm (not Wednesday 6pm).  But I wouldn't be too concerned at this time as it is 9 months until December.  Lots will change within a couple of months let alone 9 months.  I would have more concerns for the price of fuel and food and its impact on cruising than testing.

[xcell]

sorry, I meant 48 hours...