Contact protocols on board for 90 day recovered

[sanders3]

Does anyone know how they handle 90 day recovered who are identified as a contact on board? My understanding is there is no indication they treat vaxxed/90 day recovered differently on board (e.g., you still get quarantined if you're a contact - at minimum until testing?). But if they're using rapid PCRs on board, you have the same potential problem as you would for port testing - you could show as positive based on the past infection. We can't do a PCR retest prior to our rescheduled cruise - if the kids are positive still, NY will flag it, we'll have to isolate all over again, etc.

DCL won't give an answer (no doubt the people I can reach don't actually have any idea) - same varies case by case they say to any protocol questions, so I assume no one else knows, but thought it worth the ask!

 

[lanejudy]

I don't know what they are using in the health center if someone presents with symptoms onboard; it may or may not be PCR.

However, the "debarkation" testing for unvaccinated kids is an antigen test. Presumably that is what they would use for close-contacts as well, though I don't know if the protocol even includes automatically testing close-contacts or just quarantine (they quarantine close-contact kids even with a negative test). And really, other than testing due to symptoms or having young kids, I don't know that DCL is doing a lot of onboard testing or contact tracing. The only quarantines I've read about were due to unvaxxed kids getting tested the day prior to debarkation -- and now that everyone 5+ must be vaccinated, there are probably very few kids tested anymore.

Debarkation Day COVID-19 Antigen Testing
All unvaccinated Guests on 5-night and longer sailings are required to take a COVID-19 antigen test (paid for by Disney Cruise Line) on the ship the day before debarking.

And to add... I believe the "90-day recovered" status only impacts embarkation testing, no other protocols.