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  1. Hi Mike, just letting you know how I got on with my testing. I didn’t go down the home testing route in the end because I wasn’t able to download the Navica, it wasn’t available in my region. It would be the same for you too I’d imagine. So we booked a free rapid test with Walgreens, got the results by email about 30 mins after our tests. It was a drive through, self administered test. If you have a car I’d recommend this for your trip if testing is still required.
  2. We feel the same way. It would be so nice to be able to do our test before our flight and not have to test again when we arrive. Our flight is around 9 hours so I understand your worry.
  3. As things stand you need a negative test to enter the United States so we have to do a test in Ireland before boarding our flight. Our flight from Ireland is on a Thursday and our cruise is on the Sunday. So If the testing rule is changed from 2 days to 3 days we can do our test in Dublin Airport Thursday morning and the results of this test would do for us to enter the United States and for our cruise. So I really hope it’s changed to 3 days!
  4. Yes you are probably right. As most cruisers who cruise from the U.S are based in the U.S. For many people who are travelling into the U.S for a cruise it will mean they will just have to do one test instead of 2 which is nice from a hassle and cost perspective.
  5. I’ve just seen on YouTube that Carnival have changed their pre cruise covid test requirements. From March 1st, if you have received your booster that you can do your pre cruise covid test up to 3 days before departure instead of 2 days. I looked it up on their website and it seems to be true! Does anyone know if this is a change in the CDC rules or just a change in the Carnival rules? If it’s a change in the CDC rules I really hope Royal implements this. I’m coming from Ireland for a cruise in April and this would mean we could do our test needed to enter the U.S the morning of our flight and use the same test for our cruise. The screenshot below is from the Carnival website
  6. I’ll let you know how I get on. I’m encouraged that it should be quite straight forward based on the replies. I’d double check with Royal that the test you are thinking of bringing with you from the UK is accepted, from what I’ve read they only accept a particular type of at home test.
  7. We fly in Thursday and the cruise is Sunday. So we can’t use the same test unfortunately. We were supposed to fly on the Friday and that was the original plan, to use the same test result. But the Friday flight from Dublin was cancelled. So it was fly in Thursday or Saturday, and flying Saturday was a bit too close to our cruise in case something went wrong with our flight.
  8. Thank you so much Jeff for such a detailed reply, this will be so useful for when we order and do our tests. I’ll see how the WiFi is before doing the test but I can do it over my data if need be. Thanks for the tip on that Thanks again, Gerard.
  9. That’s great to hear Kristi, that you’ve had no problem using them on a non US cellphone while outside the US. Many thanks for your reply.
  10. Thank you very much for your reply Traveller, this is exactly what I wanted to know. The airport wouldn’t be ideal because we fly in a day too early to take the test the day we arrive so we’d need to drive back to the airport the following day. So it’s great to hear that you ordered and were able to do the at home tests with no problems. Mike, I’ll let you know how I get on with this if you like?
  11. Hi All, Myself and my wife will be travelling from Ireland to Miami in April for our 7 night cruise on Oasis and we cant wait! I am looking into the at home testing kits sold by Royal to use for our pre-cruise test and i was wondering if any non US residents have been able to purchase and use these tests? I did a mock booking and i'm pretty sure i can order them and have them delivered to our hotel or to a parcel pick up location, so ordering them shouldn't be a problem. My plan is to do the tests from our hotel room the morning after we arrive. Can any US residents advise or know if I would need an american cell phone to do the online test or would my Irish cell phone work okay for this? Is it a phone number that you call to do the video call with or is the video call done over a WiFi connection? Is there any other reason why a non US resident wouldn't be able to do one of these tests like do they require a US social security number or anything like that? Thanks in advance, Gerard
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