90 day recovery documents?

[WDdaughter]

I still have the positive home test but I don't think that's "official". I think I will see if I can get him an appointment somewhere for his routine physical and maybe he can show the doctor the test, they can retest him and write the letter. I'm sure it will all work out.

As the other person said, it is a PCR test that can technically show a positive up to 90 days, hence the reason for the 90 day recovery rule. However, I don’t know of a single licensed provider that will take your word that he had a positive test at home and write him a recovery letter, good luck.

 

[Scottishdisneyfan]

Hi folks, ive just joined here. Travelling on DCL next month for our first cruise (but sadly the 4th one we had booked haha).
We all caught covid within the 90 day window and due to travelling with our wee boy who is under 5 (and thus not eligible for a vaccine in Scotland) we wont be risking travelling across the world to get a knock back because of a pcr test picking up remnants of a virus.
My question having read a number of these threads and indeed the disney guidance is that our health service provides official test results for antigen testing (which is the only type of test that people can get here currently). They issue the results here with an official text message showing name and dob etc, which i presume fits the criteria. I think they seem to recognise antigen tests being positive as qualifying for 90 day recovered, we have letters from a doctor etc, but has anyone experienced being knocked back for the 90 day recovered status? Do you just upload the vaccine status, screenshot the test result texts and letters to this website, do they approve it quickly? This is the only part of our trip causing any stress at all, cant wait for the rest of it. I dont like relying on these ‘for profit’ American healthcare companies to do the right thing.

 

[n2mm]

I still have the positive home test but I don't think that's "official". I think I will see if I can get him an appointment somewhere for his routine physical and maybe he can show the doctor the test, they can retest him and write the letter. I'm sure it will all work out.

you have to have an official lab result test to prove you had covid. They will not accept your home test that you took. That would open the door to abuse. Everyone could find a screenshot of a positive test. Heck I have a few of my own. If you are positive and want a recovery exemption, you have to head off to a pharmacy, doctors, urgent care and get an official lab test taken within a medical setting. The guidelines are simple and outlined on the DCL website “know before you go”.

 

[loislane]

Hi folks, ive just joined here. Travelling on DCL next month for our first cruise (but sadly the 4th one we had booked haha).
We all caught covid within the 90 day window and due to travelling with our wee boy who is under 5 (and thus not eligible for a vaccine in Scotland) we wont be risking travelling across the world to get a knock back because of a pcr test picking up remnants of a virus.
My question having read a number of these threads and indeed the disney guidance is that our health service provides official test results for antigen testing (which is the only type of test that people can get here currently). They issue the results here with an official text message showing name and dob etc, which i presume fits the criteria. I think they seem to recognise antigen tests being positive as qualifying for 90 day recovered, we have letters from a doctor etc, but has anyone experienced being knocked back for the 90 day recovered status? Do you just upload the vaccine status, screenshot the test result texts and letters to this website, do they approve it quickly? This is the only part of our trip causing any stress at all, cant wait for the rest of it. I dont like relying on these ‘for profit’ American healthcare companies to do the right thing.

I uploaded jpegs of our test results and doctor letters (we received as pdfs and I just converted them as SafePassage seems to like jpegs better). After I uploaded the photos of our vaccine cards, an option to apply for recovery status popped up and that's where you enter the test and letters. It was easy and we were cleared to sail in about 24 hours.

 

[DJmommy]

It took almost 3 days for my husband’s Clear to sail status to be updated after uploading results and letter from his doctor. The rest of us all have to test.

 

[Karin1984]

My current covid adventures in the Netherlands:
- Last Saturday, I have a sore throat. Test negative.
- I keep testing negative on Sunday and Monday. So I assume, it's something else.

- Tuesday, I go to work. During the day my sore throat is gone. I do have a cold now. A mild cold is the only symptom I have for the coming days.

- Wednesday, I go to work. Out of boredom I do another test. I was the first at the office, no one around to talk to, I walked by the closet we keep the tests at work.
Within 2 seconds my test is bright red and positive.
- I go home and go to our national health care service to get an official test. Later on Wednesday I get the official result: I have covid.

- Thursday, I start checking how it works for my cruise next month. I need the positive result + recovery certificate.
- In the Netherlands, when you test through our health services, you do not get a result that is valid to travel with.
You just get an e-mail that you are positive and what you need to do. In our Covid app you do get an automatic recovery statement valid after 11 days.
The e-mail about me being positive doesn't state my name or DOB, because it comes via my social security number. The recovery statement does have the date I tested positive, name, dob, and that I am cleared.
- I start calling DCL to ask, I only have one document, not two. The CM didn't know. The back office didn't know. Contact Inspire Diagnostics.
The phone line was incredibly busy, I am calling international, so I decide on sending an e-mail. With attached the recovery statement.
- To be sure to have what is needed, I decide to go for a commercial provider to get tested again. An antigen test.
It comes back after an hour and I test negative! I belong to the 2-3% where the antigen doesn't pick it up...
- As I have no idea for how long I will test positive, I have symptoms for 5 days already... my thoughts: I have to act now. So I decide to go for a third test, again with a commercial provider and PCR this time.
- I tell the girl taking the test, I am looking for a positive result. So please swab very very thoroughly. She does.

- Friday, 24 hours later, I have the positive result and a statement in English that I have tested positive.

- Saturday nothing happens.

- Sunday, I wake up early because my nose is blocked. I blow my nose, and I have a nosebleed.
No idea if that is because of Covid or because of the nasal spray I have been using.
- What do I discover during the day... I have lost my sense of smell and a bit of my taste. After more than a week of covid-symptoms, I develop a new one!
- As soon as I discover this, I get a call from our national health services. They were notified about my 2nd positive test and wanted to hear what I was doing (sometimes people get another test to have a negative test and get a reduced quarantine period). I explain the guy about the DCL procedures, he's fine with it and ready to close my file. He asks how I am doing and he basically tells me about my new symptom that it is different for everyone. It happens that you develop new symptoms.
- With the rules in the Netherlands, I can get out of quarantine 10 days after my first symptom. Tomorrow is my last day.

So now I hope my smell returns for my cruise, because I do not taste a lot at the moment. And I was planning to eat all the delicious DCL food.
And to wait for Inspire Diagnostics to get back to me if my recovery certificate is accepted or that I need to go to my GP.

Fun times, I do hope it works because testing before sailing is too stressful.

 

[otten]

DH tested positive with a government issued home test on 7/8. I had a positive PCR test about 6 days later. There is no issue for me to get the results and a recovery letter but since we just moved here to Florida, DH is not an established patient with any doctors. I believe I had read the reasoning for the 90 day recovery letter is that it may still be possible to test positive after recovery. Is that accurate? Is this a potential issue for DH?

Honestly not really an issue with antigen and they should probably drop recovery letters. With PCR you can test positive for up to three months.

 

[MrsScooby]

You may have an existing Safe Passage account but can't add a new cruise reservation until that 15-day mark.

For recovery letters, we used mdanywhere and it was easy. Cost was $69/pp.

How long did it take for you to get the 90 day recovery letter from mdanywhere ? My cruise isn't until next month so not sure if I should apply for the recovery letter now or wait...? But mdanywhere looks like it would be cheaper than a regular doctor visit.

 

[nancipants]

How long did it take for you to get the 90 day recovery letter from mdanywhere ? My cruise isn't until next month so not sure if I should apply for the recovery letter now or wait...? But mdanywhere looks like it would be cheaper than a regular doctor visit.

My letter and my husband's letter took less than 15 minutes to receive.

 

[Scottishdisneyfan]

We have our alaska cruise on the 5th Sept, safe passage opened for us on Sunday, uploaded the vax and positive test/doctors letters and we were approved to board after 4 hours from upload. Superb efficiency.