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August 22, 2022 by Erin Benge

What’s a better way to start off a week than with more news from the cruise lines. Royal Caribbean just sent out a Royal Update with long-awaited news. Starting with sailings departing on September 5, 2022, they will welcome ALL GUESTS, regardless of vaccination status. All U.S. homeports are included (excluding sailings visiting Bermuda or Canada).

They are currently working on updating the Healthy Crusing Hub to reflect this latest information, so make sure to check through it before your upcoming cruise.

Royal Caribbean

Rundown of Vaccination and Testing Requirements

Here is the rundown of vaccination and testing requirements for all U.S. based ports.

All US Departures beginning September 5th 
(excluding Canada, Bermuda, and Transpacific sailings)

VACCINES:
• If eligible, we recommend that guests be fully vaccinated against COVID‐19. 
• Grand Cayman will now allow unvaccinated guests to disembark in port.

PRE-CRUISE TESTING:
Sailings 9 nights or less – 

• Unvaccinated guests ages 5 years and older must present a negative COVID-19 test result taken no earlier than 3 days prior to sailing.
• Fully vaccinated guests do not need to test for these sailings. 
• Accepted tests are FDA‐approved PCR or antigen tests, which now includes self-tests. (Yes, the unsupervised ones!)
Proof of a negative test can be the printed or digital results, a clear photo of the self-test result, or the actual self-test in hand.

Sailings 10 nights or more – 

• All guests ages 5 years and older must present a negative COVID-19 test result taken no earlier than 3 days prior to sailing.
• Accepted tests are FDA‐approved PCR or antigen tests, which now includes self-tests. (Yes, the unsupervised ones!)
Proof of a negative test can be the printed or digital results, a clear photo of the self-test result, or the actual self-test in hand.

US Departures visiting Bermuda beginning September 5th
• While requirements for sailing have changed for some destinations, most of Bermuda’s local regulations and requirements are still in place. 
• This means vaccination and pre-cruise testing requirements remain unchanged.
• We’ve removed the boarding day test requirement.
• There will be no debark testing for sailings ending in the U.S.

Sailings beginning September 5th that begin, end, or stop in Canada
• While requirements for sailing have changed for some destinations, Canada’s local regulations and requirements are still in place.
• The vaccination requirement and the pre-cruise & embarkation testing requirement (2 days prior for vaccinated guests | 3 days prior for unvaccinated + boarding day test) remain in place.

All European & UK Departures beginning September 5th 
Please refer to the Healthy Cruising Hub!

As always your favorite Enchanted Adventures Travel Advisor is here to help. We are staying on top of the latest news and are here to help you.

Agency Notes,  Travel Tips Cruises,  cruising,  royal caribbean,  Vaccination Update

About Erin Benge

Erin is married and a stay at home mom to two kiddos. She loves everything about travel, including the destinations and the journey there. She uses her experiences along with all her knowledge to help make your vacation the most magical it can be !

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