Pireaus: Is it still a requirement for Covid Test prior to boarding the ship? Rather confused!

[Gnoelj]

 

We are taking the Azamara Journey from Pireaus to Lisbon on 19th November, 2022, and we are still rather confused whether there is a requirement to take a Covid test prior to embarkation.

 

According to the cruise documents which arrived today, it appears that it is required.

However, we checked discussions on the CruiseCritic board including a thread with the heading "Testing for Cruises Embarking in Athens"  and some members who were on Azamara cruises which started in Pireaus indicated that Covid test requirement has been dropped.

 

One of the cruisers, CruiseCritic Board discussion member @Cpristash mentioned : 

 

"Just received a call from my cruise broker at 5:00 p.m….TESTING NO LONGER REQUIRED!!,!!,!, on the Journey/Athens!

BEST.NEWS.EVER!!!!"

We wish we could have AZAMARA to make it clear to us what is REALLY the current situation. It is confusing.  As we have only very limited time in Athens, we would rather spend the time enjoy doing some sight-seeing than spending time looking for a Covid Test Centre, unless it is absolutely necessary.

 

We were wondering if @HOST JAZZBEAU , or any AZAMARA official (or indeed anyone else ) who is reading this can help us and let us know please? This information would be so helpful not just to us, but also to other passengers going on future AZ cruises boarding in Pireaus,  and who are reading this thread.

[d9704011]

Pretty clear to me on the Azamara site that you do not require a pre-boarding test:

 

https://www.azamara.com/int/booked-guests/before-you-board/explore-well-at-sea

[Gnoelj]

23 minutes ago, d9704011 said:

Pretty clear to me on the Azamara site that you do not require a pre-boarding test:

 

https://www.azamara.com/int/booked-guests/before-you-board/explore-well-at-sea

 

I am afraid it is still NOT CLEAR

 

That webpage indeed mentioned that "Azamara does not require a negative COVID-19 test prior to boarding "

 

If that is truly the case, how come the cruise document which came in our email inbox today said JUST THE OPPOSITE.?The document said; "Guests are required to provide a negative COVID-19 test upon embarkation."

So which one is it?  Both of them cannot be right. Now, do you see the confusion? 

[Host Jazzbeau]

They have never updated the language in the cruise documents.  There have been numerous threads on this issue in the last few months.  Every post from someone who has embarked on an Azamara ship in Piraeus says they were not required to provide test results.  If that isn't clear enough, Cruise Critic is not going to be able to clear it up for you.