gordylad Posted August 12, 2022 #1 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Starting Sept. 6, vaccinated guests sailing on voyages of less than 16 days will no longer have to test before boarding and only need to upload proof of vaccination while getting OceanReady. Unvaccinated guests, or those who do not provide proof of vaccination, on those itineraries will self-test within three days of sailing and upload proof of a negative test before boarding. These new guidelines apply to itineraries from all departure ports except where government regulations and protocols may vary like Canada, Greece and Australia. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunonfire Posted August 12, 2022 #2 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Here’s a link. Carnival Cruise has the new changes. https://www.carnivalcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/princess-cruises-removes-vaccine-requirement-most-voyages 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cangelmd Posted August 12, 2022 #3 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Those guidelines make more sense from an infection control point of view than Celebrity’s do. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordylad Posted August 13, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted August 13, 2022 cut and paste and a tweak by celebrity is all it will take........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestLakeGirl Posted August 13, 2022 #5 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Canada needs to change for us to be test-free 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted August 13, 2022 #6 Share Posted August 13, 2022 CCL has the best protocols starting September 5th. It's time for the Royal group to get with the program, or really start losing customers to Princess from Celebrity and Carnival from Royal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia100 Posted August 13, 2022 #7 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) What’s the matter RCI and Celebrity? What are they waiting for? Last to change ? looking at a Princess cruise now. Edited August 13, 2022 by Virginia100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixerDave Posted August 13, 2022 #8 Share Posted August 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Virginia100 said: What’s the matter RCI and Celebrity? What are they waiting for? Last to change ? looking at a Princess cruise now. We just returned from a 12 day Princess cruise - our second - also our LAST. We are back with Celebrity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted August 13, 2022 #9 Share Posted August 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Virginia100 said: What’s the matter RCI and Celebrity? What are they waiting for? Last to change ? looking at a Princess cruise now. What's wrong with Canada?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutter Posted August 13, 2022 #10 Share Posted August 13, 2022 I assume/hope RCI is monitoring the industry (and this board) and will follow suit. Please, okay, "pretty please" drop the pre-cruise testing mandate! I'm okay with vaccinations but the testing just makes no sense at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj59 Posted August 13, 2022 #11 Share Posted August 13, 2022 They'll change, it's like a high school dance, everybody was waiting to take the first step. Celebrity/Royal took the first step, but now that Princess has gone for 7-night cruises, Celebrity will follow suit, since Royal will have to compete with Carnival. I also like the idea of simply accepting a home test for the unvaxxed, especially with Walgreen's no longer offering free tests and the online tests such a hassle, with mistakes, stress, cost, and test expiration dates. If people are scared, vulnerable, then they can continue to mask and distance, but it's really long past time to keep testing kids at the pier or requiring expensive PCR tests. It will also be nice to get on the ship finally with just the app and passports, instead of pulling out papers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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