gonzo Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 Just found out vaccine is needed agian for transatlantic cruises. When do all these vaccine mandates end seems like we're going backwards. SweetPea and cruisellama 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 I don’t believe anyone here can answer that question. In addition, I believe Royal Caribbean is following the rules they have to based on the places they sail to, not making their own vaccine regulations. KristiZ, DoomSlayer, Ray and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 If it was up to RC, they'd get rid of all covid-related protocols. DoomSlayer, WAAAYTOOO and teddy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 Is this really a change ? Wasn’t there always a vax requirement for long (including “trans” cruises ) cruises ? Montemy2419 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Is this really a change ? Wasn’t there always a vax requirement for long (including “trans” cruises ) cruises ? Up until a month or two ago eastbound TATL cruises weren't explicitly listed as requiring a vaccination, only westbound. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 7 hours ago, gonzo said: Just found out vaccine is needed agian for transatlantic cruises. When do all these vaccine mandates end seems like we're going backwards. What's sad is the do not tell you the rules when you are booking. I have people on my transatlantic cruise who are sharing emails they recieved regarding this policy, I've received nothing. Royal strikes again!! SweetPea and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Squirrel Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 Is it stopping in Turks & Caicos? I read that T&C requires passengers to be vaccinated to disembark. T&C isn’t a normal stop for RC so it may not have been an issue before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 11 hours ago, Pattycruise said: What's sad is the do not tell you the rules when you are booking. I have people on my transatlantic cruise who are sharing emails they recieved regarding this policy, I've received nothing. Royal strikes again!! Not sure RC are 100% to blame! Isn't it a person's responsibility to check these things as well? If someone was booking flights to a country on the otherside of the world would they just book it and not bother check out information about the country they are visiting? Or would it be more sensible to search google and find out about that country? It's the same with a cruise! You don't book a cruise without first doing research into each port of call! Things to do! Transport! Vaccine requirements! Not just for Covid as countries all over the world have had certain Vaccine requirements in place for decades. Only Last month Germany finally lifted the need to wear masks on long journeys! At the same time a number of countries reintroduced the need for covid tests if travelling from china. Rules have not gone away! The level of requirements are lowered or lifted depending on whats happening at the time! RC and no other company have any say on this What would happen if a country reintroduced the requirement for all to be vaccinated before entering 2 days before a TA docked? My guess would be a long que at guest customer services with people blaming RC for allowing none vaccinated to board while demanding a full refund and OBC Ampurp85 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Ray said: Not sure RC are 100% to blame! Isn't it a person's responsibility to check these things as well? If someone was booking flights to a country on the otherside of the world would they just book it and not bother check out information about the country they are visiting? Or would it be more sensible to search google and find out about that country? It's the same with a cruise! You don't book a cruise without first doing research into each port of call! Things to do! Transport! Vaccine requirements! Not just for Covid as countries all over the world have had certain Vaccine requirements in place for decades. Only Last month Germany finally lifted the need to wear masks on long journeys! At the same time a number of countries reintroduced the need for covid tests if travelling from china. Rules have not gone away! The level of requirements are lowered or lifted depending on whats happening at the time! RC and no other company have any say on this What would happen if a country reintroduced the requirement for all to be vaccinated before entering 2 days before a TA docked? My guess would be a long que at guest customer services with people blaming RC for allowing none vaccinated to board while demanding a full refund and OBC I’m going to guess you’ve not sailed a lot since the restart. There were always reminders about vax status, testing etc. I have no concern over my travel. It’s arbitrary that they send emails to some, not others. Not everyone is savvy enough to think or understand that there may still be restrictions, or to look in the app to see what Royal wants done for certain trips. . I’ll bet many Americans are unaware you need to be vaxxed to fly into the US if you are not a citizen, most people think the restrictions are lifted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 30 minutes ago, Pattycruise said: I’m going to guess you’ve not sailed a lot since the restart. Sailed no! Travelled yes! I agree! When changes are made to a booking of any kind companies have a responsibility to let those affected know. As for the last part of your post in that people are not savvy enough, dont understand things or they think restrictions are lifted highlights the need for people to either search for information themselves or ask for help from others more capable before travelling abroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 20 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Is this really a change ? Wasn’t there always a vax requirement for long (including “trans” cruises ) cruises ? That's what I thought. The TA's in the fall had this protocol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 20 minutes ago, Matt said: That's what I thought. The TA's in the fall had this protocol As of November (based on cached copies of the site on archive.org), it just singled out westbound TATLs COVID-19 Vaccination is no longer required to sail, with a few exceptions. At this time, only the following sailings have COVID-19 vaccination requirements: Guests age 12 and older must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to sail: Cruises from Australia Learn more about cruising from Australia Guests age 5 and older must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to sail: Transatlantic Sailings from Europe DoomSlayer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 For those who know to look in the app under health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 2/11/2023 at 8:55 AM, Pattycruise said: I’ll bet many Americans are unaware you need to be vaxxed to fly into the US if you are not a citizen, most people think the restrictions are lifted Yes. I consider myself to be a fairly savvy traveller but I had no idea this was the case and would probably not have thought to check. I would have planned on bringing proof of our vax status anyway just because you never know when it might be needed so wouldn't be a problem for us, but I can definitely see some people turning up at the airport without it or even being unvaxed. Perhaps there is mention of it on the ESTA process? I will watch out for that when we apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, FionaMG said: Perhaps there is mention of it on the ESTA process? I will watch out for that when we apply. I appiled for my Esta 2 weeks ago and as far as i can remember it was just the Usual questions...are you a terrorist? Do you have plans to become a terrorist? Have you used drugs? Etc etc etc jticarruthers, WAAAYTOOO and FireFishII 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 59 minutes ago, Ray said: I appiled for my Esta 2 weeks ago and as far as i can remember it was just the Usual questions...are you a terrorist? Do you have plans to become a terrorist? Have you used drugs? Etc etc etc Never fails to make me laugh. As if anyone would answer "yes". Ray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 I cant believe we still have that ridiculous vax requirement to get into the country when every other country in the world (save a very few) have long ago abandoned that pretense. It’s embarrassing. teddy, Pattycruise, jticarruthers and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 14 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I cant believe we still have that ridiculous vax requirement to get into the country when every other country in the world (save a very few) have long ago abandoned that pretense. It’s embarrassing. Well May 10 is the magic day that Covid will no longer be a national emergency , or whatever, in the US. Maybe then they’ll put that restriction to bed. Nothing like a good restriction to keep the economy down. jticarruthers, DoomSlayer and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 6:12 AM, Ray said: I appiled for my Esta 2 weeks ago and as far as i can remember it was just the Usual questions...are you a terrorist? Do you have plans to become a terrorist? Have you used drugs? Etc etc etc Reminds me of my first flight back to the US post 9-11 ... the one where the "newly trained inspector" took the time to painstakingly read to me all of the reasons that it would be ok for me to be returning to the US with traces of explosives, gunpowder, nuclear material, toxic chemicals, etc. My numerous attempts to explain that my answer was no and I didn't want to hear the list went unheeded as he seemed to believe it was required for me to listen to the entire list before I could affirm that I was not a trained chemical engineer returning from mining nuclear material with explosives. To be clear I did not have traces of any of those things on/with me but that didn't seem to be relevant either. emmef and Ray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hharris1997 Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 5:33 AM, gonzo said: Just found out vaccine is needed agian for transatlantic cruises. When do all these vaccine mandates end seems like we're going backwards. Do you have to boost before cruises? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Hharris1997 said: Do you have to boost before cruises? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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