Jax Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 If I am reading this right, it sounds like testing will be required prior to disembarkation at a Canadian port???? “Passengers, he added, will need to take a COVID-19 molecular test within 72 hours before they board or take an antigen test within one day of boarding. They will also need a negative molecular test result within 72 hours before their return to Canada or an antigen test result within one day of their arrival, he said.” https://trib.al/oaSNWu0?fbclid=IwAR19zcxvYeAVzlB5bkhQfFQRFLGN_Mu1d0XOqn9PWcSiDPXWvEAZhDmzRRk WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Seattle round-trip Alaska cruises that meet the PVSA by stopping in Victoria would require tests for everyone who will get off the ship unless they change the itinerary to start with a stop in Victoria rather than that being the last port (short overnight hop to Seattle for disembarkation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I really hope Congress gets off their butts and passes this extension to bypass Canada. Having Canada hold the entire season hostage based on the whims of their government is ridiculous. #CovidFatigueHere WAAAYTOOO, Baked Alaska, BowTieBrigade and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 If I have to produce 1 day old antigen test results to get off the ship I'm not getting off. I really like to chill on the last day of a cruise anyway. barbeyg, Moby Dick and Baked Alaska 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Toby said: If I have to produce 1 day old antigen test results to get off the ship I'm not getting off. I really like to chill on the last day of a cruise anyway. I feel the same way. We will stay on the ship if Canada is requiring additional testing. It would be nice to see Victoria, but no loss here. My husband is half-Canadian, courtesy of his parents border romance. He has Canadian relatives that have stayed in the US for months to get some relief from the hoops the Canadian govt makes them jump thru. Jax, Done and RCIfan1912 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 15 minutes ago, barbeyg said: I feel the same way. We will stay on the ship if Canada is requiring additional testing. It would be nice to see Victoria, but no loss here. My husband is half-Canadian, courtesy of his parents border romance. He has Canadian relatives that have stayed in the US for months to get some relief from the hoops the Canadian govt makes them jump thru. That is fine for the cruises that sail from Seattle and make a technical stop in Victoria. People can make the choice to stay on-board and not get tested. What worries me is how this affects the 20+ ships scheduled to homeport from Vancouver this summer. erinsmom03, barbeyg, Jax and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 8:38 AM, Vancity Cruiser said: What worries me is how this affects the 20+ ships scheduled to homeport from Vancouver this summer. Agreed. A BC tourism group feels the same. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/canada-s-covid-19-rules-for-cruise-ships-are-problematic-b-c-tourism-group-1.5810318 Done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 It's good to know Canadian groups find their testing rules ridiculous, too. Jax, barbeyg, JasonOasis and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJsMrs Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I think the feeling here is that we're not too far away from entry testing going by they wayside, as it has done in many countries (but not the US yet either). It's so ridiculous - and clearly doesn't work to keep the virus out of the country. Random testing makes sense so they can keep an eye on new variants coming in so preparations can be made.. but yeah, we are all done with it. Although I'm happy an antigen will be accepted, it's still a royal pain to have to get tested. WAAAYTOOO, Baked Alaska, ChessE4 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I would like pre-cruise testing eliminated but that decision will have to come from the CDC and a change to the "voluntary" CDC Opt In protocol. ChessE4 and RCIfan1912 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Vancity Cruiser said: That is fine for the cruises that sail from Seattle and make a technical stop in Victoria. People can make the choice to stay on-board and not get tested. What worries me is how this affects the 20+ ships scheduled to homeport from Vancouver this summer. Plus the open jaw sailings from from/to Seward to/from Vancouver. Jax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 49 minutes ago, Baked Alaska said: Plus the open jaw sailings from from/to Seward to/from Vancouver. Not to mention all the NE sailings. Sigh. SpeedNoodles, danv3, Jax and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonOasis Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 I see Canada is still intent on making it difficult for the cruise industry and passengers looking to go ashore. I completely understand the need for the negative test prior to boarding and the vaccine requirement but the need to test again before disembarking (whether it is the end of the cruise or simply a port of call/shore excursion) outside of the 72 hour window is absolutely ridiculous. Congress needs to step in and allow cruises to bypass Canada again in 2022 if cruise operator chooses to do so. barbeyg, monctonguy, RCIfan1912 and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 If Congress does act it needs to address the east coast cruises as well. We have wanted to book the eastern cruise from Quebec to a US east coast port but have been stymied by Canadian restrictions. barbeyg and ChessE4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Toby said: If Congress does act it needs to address the east coast cruises as well. We have wanted to book the eastern cruise from Quebec to a US east coast port but have been stymied by Canadian restrictions. Any action US congress takes will not have any impact on a cruise originating in Quebec. It would only allow ships to bypass Canadian ports. A cuise originating from Canada is at the mercy of Canadian regulators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Vancity Cruiser said: Any action US congress takes will not have any impact on a cruise originating in Quebec. It would only allow ships to bypass Canadian ports. A cuise originating from Canada is at the mercy of Canadian regulators. You are correct on origination from Canada. With the age of COVID test results (72 hour PCR and 24 hour antigen) I would think those itineraries and the opposite ones that originate in the USA would problematic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 https://www.travelpress.com/holland-america-sets-a-course-for-canada/#.YikBLXrMLIU Holland America is set to go. I assume the other lines will follow and not leave the competition as the only ones in this particular market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 I am really hoping it goes away...for Canadians loooking to ceruise with Royal too its a pain......looking at a great deal on a cruise out of San Jaun...but Royal wont accept our tests in Canada and I am not flying all the way to San Juan to get a positive test and miss the cruise.... Testing needs to drop to make it enjoyable and less stressful at this point. Baked Alaska, barbeyg, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, monctonguy said: I am really hoping it goes away...for Canadians loooking to ceruise with Royal too its a pain......looking at a great deal on a cruise out of San Jaun...but Royal wont accept our tests in Canada and I am not flying all the way to San Juan to get a positive test and miss the cruise.... Testing needs to drop to make it enjoyable and less stressful at this point. I have cruised multiple times with tests I have gotten in Canada. I do though agree that testing needs to go. It does put a damper on the pre cruise buildup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 It stipulates on Royals site that to board a ship out of the US or San Juan, it has to be a test done in the USA.....international tests are not accepted..... Am i missing somethin here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 Good to see you on the boards again, @monctonguy. It’s been a while markinct and monctonguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 18 minutes ago, monctonguy said: It stipulates on Royals site that to board a ship out of the US or San Juan, it has to be a test done in the USA.....international tests are not accepted..... Am i missing somethin here? I have not sailed out of San Juan but for my cruises out of the US I got tested at Vancouver airport before boarding US bound flights and that result was accepted at port for boarding the cruise 17 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Good to see you on the boards again, @monctonguy. It’s been a while I was thinking the same thing but just thought maybe I had missed @monctonguyposts. Welcome back WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, monctonguy said: It stipulates on Royals site that to board a ship out of the US or San Juan, it has to be a test done in the USA.....international tests are not accepted..... Am i missing somethin here? Welcome back @monctonguy! We sailed Allure in December. Got our antigen tests at Shopper's Drug Mart here in Ontario and they accepted that at the terminal. Vancity Cruiser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted March 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 2 hours ago, monctonguy said: It stipulates on Royals site that to board a ship out of the US or San Juan, it has to be a test done in the USA.....international tests are not accepted..... Am i missing somethin here? Welcome back. We obtained our antigen tests in Canada for our December cruise out of Florida and they were accepted without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 Thanks for all the welcome backs!...ha I would have thought the same, but it says on the Royal site that the tests have to be American though, unless I am really missing something. I would be flying from the US....(way cheaper) and we don need a test to drive across the border so not really sure what to do. i guess I need to do some more reading of the small print!...ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 50 minutes ago, monctonguy said: I would have thought the same, but it says on the Royal site that the tests have to be American though, unless I am really missing something. Where are you seeing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJsMrs Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 Not only did we sail - we used the switch home test for my husband and I, and then had kids tested at the airport at YVR for our sailing out of Port Canaveral in December. We sail again in April and will use the home switch test. I'm not sure where you're seeing that the test must be completed in the US, but I cannot see anything on their website that says the test must be taken in the US. Was looking here - https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/if-need-an-rt-pcr-test-before-i-cruise-where-should-i-go ChessE4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose City Cruiser Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 20 hours ago, monctonguy said: Royals site that to board a ship out of the US or San Juan, it has to be a test done in the USA Welcome back @monctonguy Royal site says Rapid Antigen tests completed within 2 days of sail date are accepted. We used SDM for our sailing back in February. We drove from Canada to DTW and flew to FLL. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/if-need-an-rt-pcr-test-before-i-cruise-where-should-i-go monctonguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/princess-cruises-unveils-canada-plans-as-market-reopens/ Like Holland America, Princess seems undeterred by the Canadian regulations. P.S. I know this is a Royal Caribbean board but I feel these articles are relevent to the topic of this thread. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Am I understanding the Canada cruise requirements right that were released a few weeks ago? 100% vaccinated regardless of age? First of all 100% of anything is a pretty large burden. Second, kids under 5 can't be vaccinated and honestly don't think that will ever change. We are Booked on Adventure July 26th, we are vaccinated but of course our 7 month old will not be. To be honest as pro vaccine as I am I would not get him vaccinated at 7 months or before 5 years old at all. Our 8 year yes, but not at this infant age. So am I understanding the requirements right? If that does not change we will just have one more cruise cancelled in this god awful time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 The vax rule is 12+ RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 hours ago, smokeybandit said: The vax rule is 12+ That's what I was told Royals rule is but I thought Canada has there own separate rules that everyone, absolutely everyone had to be vaccinated. No exceptions for age. But again I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said: That's what I was told Royals rule is but I thought Canada has there own separate rules that everyone, absolutely everyone had to be vaccinated. No exceptions for age. But again I could be wrong. Canada's vax rule is 12+ also. RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: Canada's vax rule is 12+ also. Well then that's a load off my mind. We can go then. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 I can see it being no big deal to skip Vancouver on a closed-loop, Alaskan sailing from Seattle. But for a Canada/New England trip - if you can't get into Canada (or don't want to get off at the Canadian ports), there's zero point doing the cruise. Sure, Portland, ME is pretty cool, and one of our favorite ports, but Bar Harbor is a nothingburger. And the weather isn't like the Caribbean, where you can just say screw it, no ports are fine, and hang out on the pool deck. ChessE4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said: Well then that's a load off my mind. We can go then. Thank you. It's mentioned in section 7(2)(b) here https://tc.canada.ca/en/ministerial-orders-interim-orders-directives-directions-response-letters/interim-order-no-2-respecting-vessel-restrictions-vaccination-requirements-due-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 We are only going to Halifax so the extension doesn't help us. We aren't going to late,late July so hopefully Canada has cooler heads by then. We decided to book a nice short 4 day cruise for our first one out of this crappy pandemic. 2 weeks later we sail Oasis to Coco Cay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moby Dick Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 Easy answer to the Extension of the law or not, COVID test required or not, if a test is required and no extension to the law is made, let the ship dock in the foreign country (Canada) but don't get off. I don't need to get off the ship to have a great time and I'm not going to get another test, again, anyway. In fact, for many reasons I won't get into here, I won't get off in Canada anyway and I'm originally Canadian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 3:10 PM, SpeedNoodles said: I can see it being no big deal to skip Vancouver on a closed-loop, Alaskan sailing from Seattle. But for a Canada/New England trip - if you can't get into Canada (or don't want to get off at the Canadian ports), there's zero point doing the cruise. Sure, Portland, ME is pretty cool, and one of our favorite ports, but Bar Harbor is a nothingburger. And the weather isn't like the Caribbean, where you can just say screw it, no ports are fine, and hang out on the pool deck. The closed loop Alaskan sailings usually stop in Victoria. Vancouver is a homeport for many ships, including Serenade, which we are sailing on in July. Between the testing and red eye flights back from Vancouver, I almost wish we booked out of Seattle. Except we did that already, and really wanted different ports and glaciers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cub Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 Cruising on Radiance from Seward to Vancouver in July, hopefully (3rd times the charm). I have to have a test to get on board but will be on 7 nights so the original test will be too old. How will we get off the ship? Really want to go to Vancouver that is part of the attraction of the trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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