Matt

It's legit: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/08/02/us-virgin-islands-requires-all-cruise-ship-passengers-12-and-older-be-fully-vaccinated

A strategy some on these boards use is to double book. As long as you are okay with the deposit, book both sailings and make a decision closer to sail date. With Cruise with Confidence, you can cancel pretty close to your sail date (up to 48 hours) and get a future cruise credit back.

Everything I know about the gift certificates are they must be redeemed before the cruise (not onboard) and they need to be redeemed a certain amount of time in advance.

All the test cruises we know about are here: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/06/29/everything-you-need-know-about-royal-caribbean-test-cruises

I've heard godmother and formal inaugural ceremony stuff will still happen this fall

Check out this resource: https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/community-based-testing-sites/index.html#fl

Just Allure and Oasis

How many B2Bs is that?

Safe travels home @smokeybandit

Really sorry this happened to you. They pulled this when we had a B2B with unvaccinated kids in June, but we got an exemption since it was a brand new policy and they introduced it at the last minute. I wonder if the B2B restriction for unvaccinated kids is posted anywhere.

Thanks, had to make sure I wasn't missing something juicy

If I'm reading this right, it sounds like NCL's response is all about fighting a change in venue?

Helpful article for finding no-cost testing near you https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/community-based-testing-sites/index.html

They do, but they also want to keep things closer to consistent than further apart.