CruiseDiva

I was on the Freedom the 5-9th and my son's testing was a debacle, I hope yours goes smoother! If you arrive at your time and no hiccups happen it should be fairly quick. Our experience was a little different. We went to the testing line (after pre-registering for the test when the initial email came) we were told they couldn't find it in the system and to go back to the previous station. Once there, they started to input the info when the other station came back saying they had found it. We went back. Once we got the paperwork we went to the testing station. The tester verified the birthday, which was wrong so we had to go back. Once it was fixed we went back to the testing station and the tester said it was the wrong paper so we started to go back. The supervisor said to go ahead and do the test and the correct paper was coming. I will say the test itself was quick and painless, a couple swirls around the nostrils (not to your brain like others). My son didn't seem to mind it at all. We were then sent upstairs to wait. We were told it would be 40 minutes. Once upstairs we had to wait for an email with results. After almost an hour I checked with the person at the desk. She checked and said that the test was invalid and was being run again. We waited an additional close to an hour and I checked with her again. She said it was negative and it should be sent in a few minutes. We finally got it and were able to board. We were determined to have a good time despite that. Good luck and have a great time!

I was on the boat for this incident and now some things make sense. Our cabin was on the 8th deck as well. The elevator wouldn't stop on the 8th deck and when we went via the stairs the door to the staterooms was closed. We opened the door to find crew members on the inside who allowed us to go to our room in the aft section of the boat. When we left the room we went to the hallway and were stopped by crew in the hazmat suits informing us to go around. They were doing crew drills during the day so were weren't sure what was going on.

I'm a pre-cruise book and boarding day massage kinda girl. So agreed pre-cruise is best!

Dang, I didn't see that. Maybe because I was watching Hurricane Elsa ?

Didn't the Fla lawsuit require the CDC to establish new "within their boundaries" guidelines by 2 July? I'm anxious to see @Matt posts when he gets on the Freedom today. I am going on the Freedom on the 5th and was hoping the numbers landed at 95% and they would allow no masks, but that might be wishful thinking. Either way I agree after not cruising for soooooo long, something is better than nothing ?