Sunday, August 14, 2022

Royal and Celebrity Announce Protocol Updates

Royal & Celebrity Updates

Celebrity Cruises & Royal Caribbean

Updated August 22, 2022

Beginning with sailings departing on September 5, 2022, Royal Caribbean is thrilled to welcome ALL GUESTS, regardless of vaccination status, on cruises from any U.S. homeport (excluding sailings visiting Bermuda or Canada).


Royal Caribbean and Celebrity have shared vaccination and pre-cruise testing updates for cruises departing from Los Angeles, Galveston, New Orleans, and European ports. Please review the below carefully.

Royal Caribbean

What You Need to Know

 Eligible Itineraries

Please note that any itinerary not listed below will continue to follow the published protocols, until further notice.  Please continue to reference the Healthy Cruising Hub for the latest information.

  • Cruises departing from Los Angeles, California 
  • Cruises departing from Galveston, Texas 
  • Cruises departing from New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Cruises departing from a European homeport 

Protocol Updates

Effective on select itineraries, beginning September 5, 2022

LAX & GAL Departures

  • Vaccination
    • We recommend that our guests be fully vaccinated against COVID‐19, if eligible.
    • While vaccination is not required, we kindly ask that guests disclose their status during check-in to ensure we maintain a highly vaccinated onboard population.
    • IMPORTANT Sailings that visit Grand Cayman: unvaccinated guests 12 years and older can join our sailing; however, they’ll need to stay onboard when we arrive in Grand Cayman.
  • Pre-cruise Testing
    Accepted tests are FDAapproved PCR or antigen tests supervised in person or supervised by a telehealth professional.
    • Sailings 5 nights or less –
      • Unvaccinated guests ages 2 years and older must present a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 3 days of the sail date.
      • Fully vaccinated guests do not need to test for these sailings.
    • Sailings 6 nights or more –
      • All guests ages 2 years and older must present a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 3 days of the sail date.

New Orleans Season (November 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023)

  • Vaccination
    • We recommend that our guests be fully vaccinated against COVID‐19, if eligible.
    • While vaccination is not required, we kindly ask that guests disclose their status during check-in to ensure we maintain a highly vaccinated onboard population.
    • IMPORTANT Sailings that visit Grand Cayman: unvaccinated guests 12 years and older can join our sailing however, they’ll need to stay onboard when we arrive in Grand Cayman.
  • Pre-cruise Testing
    • Testing for these sailings is still being finalized
    • We will contact booked guests and travel partners directly with more information.

 

All EU departures

 

  • Vaccination
    • We recommend that our guests be fully vaccinated and up to date against COVID‐19, if eligible.
    • While vaccination is not required, we kindly ask that guests disclose their status during check-in to ensure we maintain a highly vaccinated onboard population.
    • Guests who are 12 years and older who are considered unvaccinated or who are not up to date with their vaccination will require additional testing.
  • Pre-cruise Testing
    • Testing will remain the same for EU departures.
    • Guests that are not “up to date” on their vaccination per EMA standards will need to take a test onboard in order to get off the ship in Greece and Spain

 

Other Homeports & Destinations

We are working with local governments in the Eastern Caribbean to align on vaccination requirements for more itineraries. We want to ensure a great experience going ashore at these ports, for guests of any vaccination status, while meeting local health regulations. We’ll share information as it becomes available to both you and your clients.  We continue to maintain additional layers of protection that far exceed any other vacation experience - This includes vaccination of all crew and keeping them up to date with boosters when eligible, routine surveillance of all crew, enhanced testing, and treatment capabilities in our onboard medical centers, and much more. 

 

Effective September 5, 2022

 

LAX & GAL

Sailing 5 nights or less

LAX & GAL

Sailing 6 nights or more

New Orleans

Europe

Other Homeports

Vaccinated

  • Vaccination Recommended
  • No Testing Required
  • Vaccination Recommended
  • Testing Required (3 days)
  • Vaccination Recommended
  • Testing To Be Determined

Unvaccinated

  • Vaccination Recommended*
  • Testing Required (3 days)
  • Vaccination Recommended*
  • Testing Required (3 days)
  • Vaccination Recommended*
  • Testing To Be Determined
  • Vaccination Recommended
  • Testing Required – see details

*Unvaccinated guests cannot disembark in Grand Cayman

Resources


Celebrity

 What You Need to Know 

  • Vaccination
    • Beginning September 5th, 2022, all travelers, regardless of vaccination status, can now cruise on the following itineraries as long as they meet any testing requirements to board:
      • All sailings departing from the UK and Europe (with the exception of Iceland)
      • All sailings departing from Los Angeles 
    • For all other sailings, please visit the Country Travel Requirements page for the country of embarkation for your sailing for more information regarding vaccination age requirements.
  • Testing
    • Testing and timing of requirements may vary by homeport country and port of embarkation. We continually evaluate and update country travel requirements to sail here. Booked guests will also be advised of the latest requirements.

 

Resources

 


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