What about re-entry?

[Ikaikalani]

Currently (and I know this type of thing changes like the wind), no matter if you're a foreign visitor coming to the US, or a US citizen returning home from a foreign land, no matter if you're vaccinated or unvaccinated, you must show a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of arriving the US. It makes me wonder if the Disney ships are able to administer, test, and supply the results to each soul aboard a ship? And if they're unable to do this, then wouldnt logic dictate that we wont see a return to foreign ports of call until this US return mandate is lifted? Maybe port agreements or somesuch could waive the US entry requirement? We have a 7 night Fantasy booked in Feb 2022 and 2 of our travel party chose to take the cruise based on diving spot at our ports. I'm not sure they would keep the cruise if the ports were cancelled (but the other 2 of us will ).

 

[Starwind]

Currently (and I know this type of thing changes like the wind), no matter if you're a foreign visitor coming to the US, or a US citizen returning home from a foreign land, no matter if you're vaccinated or unvaccinated, you must show a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of arriving the US. It makes me wonder if the Disney ships are able to administer, test, and supply the results to each soul aboard a ship? And if they're unable to do this, then wouldnt logic dictate that we wont see a return to foreign ports of call until this US return mandate is lifted? Maybe port agreements or somesuch could waive the US entry requirement? We have a 7 night Fantasy booked in Feb 2022 and 2 of our travel party chose to take the cruise based on diving spot at our ports. I'm not sure they would keep the cruise if the ports were cancelled (but the other 2 of us will ).

This requirement only applies if one is arriving by AIR into the US. It does not apply if arriving by other means [eg land or sea].

See https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html

The short version of the requirement is:

Before you arrive in the United States:

• All air passengers coming to the United States, including U.S. citizens and fully vaccinated people, are required to have a negative COVID-19 test result no more than 3 days before travel or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 in the past 3 months before they board a flight to the United States.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel-during-covid19.html


SW

 

[KashasMom]

This requirement only applies if one is arriving by AIR into the US. It does not apply if arriving by other means [eg land or sea].

See https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html

The short version of the requirement is:

Before you arrive in the United States:

• All air passengers coming to the United States, including U.S. citizens and fully vaccinated people, are required to have a negative COVID-19 test result no more than 3 days before travel or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 in the past 3 months before they board a flight to the United States.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel-during-covid19.html


SW

Which, of course, makes no sense at all.

 

[Ikaikalani]

This requirement only applies if one is arriving by AIR into the US. It does not apply if arriving by other means [eg land or sea].

See https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html

The short version of the requirement is:

Before you arrive in the United States:

• All air passengers coming to the United States, including U.S. citizens and fully vaccinated people, are required to have a negative COVID-19 test result no more than 3 days before travel or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 in the past 3 months before they board a flight to the United States.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel-during-covid19.html


SW

Thanks for clarifying for me!

 

[Intr3pid]

All other cruise lines, including RCL, are providing free on-board antigen or PCR tests when returning - typically on the 3rd day of, say, a 4-day cruise. This is to meet the home requirements for other countries, such as Canada, or states, such as Hawaii.

 

[Starwind]

Which, of course, makes no sense at all.

I am assuming that for the land border in part it is because the land border is closed to non-essential travel (with some exceptions).

 

[Chrislovesdisney]

I was wondering about this myself, as an American with an Alaskan cruise booked In 2022. Assuming the port stays as Vancouver for 2022 and there’s no policy changes for the vaccinated about needing negative tests for air travel back to the us, will Disney offer pcr testing 3-5 days before the cruise ends? Or perhaps the driving border-crossing policy back to the us will ease by then and it’ll be best for us to book air to Seattle rather than Vancouver and drive. Curious to hear what others will do as it becomes time to start booking flights.

 

[Starwind]

I was wondering about this myself, as an American with an Alaskan cruise booked In 2022. Assuming the port stays as Vancouver for 2022 and there’s no policy changes for the vaccinated about needing negative tests for air travel back to the us, will Disney offer pcr testing 3-5 days before the cruise ends? Or perhaps the driving border-crossing policy back to the us will ease by then and it’ll be best for us to book air to Seattle rather than Vancouver and drive. Curious to hear what others will do as it becomes time to start booking flights.

While things are likely to change in at least some ways before then [I hope ! we also have a DCL Alaska cruise booked for summer 2022], going with the current rules it is even more complicated:

- For travelers arriving from outside Canada by land or air, Canada could require a pre-arrival test and possibly an on-arrival test and possibly post-arrival tests ** this is an evolving area and will surely change in coming months as Canada reopens its border to travelers, so something to watch Canadian news for

- the US could require a test to board the ship [there isn't a current comparable, so this is just throwing it out there]

- Canada could require a test to get off the ship [since the passengers would technically be arriving from the US]

- the US could require a test to enter the US by land or air [US currently requires travelers arriving by air to have a pre-arrival test]

- either or both countries could impose vaccination requirements to sail and/or to enter their respective country


Right now, rapid testing is available inside YVR (Vancouver International) Airport. See: https://www.yvr.ca/en/passengers/takecare/covid-19-testing If that is still available next year that would be an option. Note that the US does not require a PCR test for air travelers, though RT-PCR is one of the accepted types. See info here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html

 

[Starwind]

I was wondering about this myself, as an American with an Alaskan cruise booked In 2022. Assuming the port stays as Vancouver for 2022 and there’s no policy changes for the vaccinated about needing negative tests for air travel back to the us, will Disney offer pcr testing 3-5 days before the cruise ends? Or perhaps the driving border-crossing policy back to the us will ease by then and it’ll be best for us to book air to Seattle rather than Vancouver and drive. Curious to hear what others will do as it becomes time to start booking flights.

US citizens have never been prohibited from returning to the US during the pandemic, even if the purpose of their trip is non-essential travel. US citizens are exempt from the "no non-essential travelers may enter the US" rule. So unless something quite catastrophic were to happen, as a US citizen you would be allowed to cross the land border into the US.

 

[Chrislovesdisney]

US citizens have never been prohibited from returning to the US during the pandemic, even if the purpose of their trip is non-essential travel. US citizens are exempt from the "no non-essential travelers may enter the US" rule. So unless something quite catastrophic were to happen, as a US citizen you would be allowed to cross the land border into the US.

I hadn’t realized this - all of the information is so confusing to read. Thank You.

 

[Starwind]

I hadn’t realized this - all of the information is so confusing to read. Thank You.

No worries. There is a lot of info and it can be confusing.

The US Embassy in Canada has a good page of COVID info for Canada that includes info for Americans in Canada, which naturally includes info about things like the land border crossing situation. See https://ca.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information-canada-3/ Probably a good page to bookmark for anyone contemplating travel to/from Canada. This is their page about land border restrictions for travel to the US: https://ca.usembassy.gov/travel-restrictions-fact-sheet/ Here is additional info from the US CBP: https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1596?language=en_US

This is the most recent notice in the Federal Register extending the land border closure: https://www.federalregister.gov/doc...le-to-land-ports-of-entry-and-ferries-service Note that "U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents returning to the United States;" is considered essential travel and therefore can cross.

This is an archived DHS fact sheet about the earlier versions of the announcements, from the fall: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/10/19/fact-sheet-dhs-measures-border-limit-further-spread-coronavirus Note the statement: "U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents and certain other travelers are exempt from this action. They will receive the same processing, evaluation and potential CDC medical screening that all entrants undergo at U.S. Ports of Entry.".

SW