Cruising With JT Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 I am looking into Freedom summer cruises, most notably the 3 and 4 days sailings out of Miami leaving in July, however I know that Freedom is also the first to conduct test cruising from 6/20 to 6/22. What happens when Freedom "passes" or "fails" those test cruises? If they pass, the July cruises are good to go I assume...and if they fail, they are a no go? Curious since we are in final payment at this time. cruisellama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 They won't fail. It's not even a pass/fail situation when you look at the criteria of a test cruise. It's more of a "do all these things, report back that you did all these things, and you're fine" RCIfan1912, Cruising With JT and griffinjam22 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrznTxn Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 I hope the approval process is a quick process. The CDC has not shown they are in any hurry for cruise lines. I wonder if it was RCCL or CDC who set the test sailing dates. All of this is questions and conjecture on my part. I am sure RCCL has been talking to the CDC and they would not announce the July cruise dates unless they had assurances on the approval of the test sail approval. Cruising With JT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising With JT Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Cool thanks for the feedback. Excited to see these cruise ships restart and hope to be on one of them... I booked Odyssey in November because the way things were looking a month or so ago, ships sailing out of the US this summer seemed like a long shot. Hoping to get 1 additional cruise in before Odyssey in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 22 minutes ago, CrznTxn said: I wonder if it was RCCL or CDC who set the test sailing dates. Cruise lines propose the dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseGus Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 50 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: Cruise lines propose the dates. And CDC has responded very quickly for once to the requests for Simulated Cruises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Pats Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, CruiseGus said: And CDC has responded very quickly for once to the requests for Simulated Cruises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 The original CSO said 30 days. Then the updated terms added the 5-day "because we're so nice" window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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