momk

I am in similar boat so to speak. Three of us aren't boosted (had covid in December) and RCL still has the additional testing requirements for the Greece ports. Yes, Greece has dropped all entry restrictions- even before Italy- yet it's still being required. I cannot find any other official documentation of it. I have no idea why and it's very frustrating. The only thing I know, is we sailed the Apex last summer in Greece with our unvaxed 10year old. We could fly into Greece (without him even needing a test) and could island hop as we pleased, but to disembark in port with our kiddo, we had to stay on a ship sponsored tour. Makes zero sense to me and just continues to give me a headache. With the new US changes, we are now down to 3 tests (boarding, two Greek stops)- so half of where we were a month ago!

I hope this comes to pass-- we really do not want the boosters either. I spent some time on the Italian Ministries website-- and to me, it appears the only thing to have actually changed for travelers on May 1 was that a PLF (passenger locator form) is no longer required. Masking on all forms of public transport (KN95/ffp2) continues until 6/15. I have not been able to find anything that says the green pass is no longer required (for things other than medical, nursing homes, etc...)-- which to get the green pass you have to have been boosted/cert of recovery/or negative antigen (2days)/molecular 3 days). I have found other sources that have said it's supposed to be dropped as of May 1 but haven't found an official source that says that it actually happened. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be so grateful! (If it has really been dropped, I pray that RCL changes policy immediately about having to be tested before every Italy/Greece port for those not boosted--- 6/19 cruise and am considering converting to land based if we have to test every other day. )