What's your Backup Plan if you test + at the port?

[ironz]

Our backup plan might be to rent a car and drive home, to answer your question.

Our-- reduce the stress of worrying about the test plan-- the PRE PLAN is: DH got a PCR test recently to confirm he is negative. And I (unfortunately or fortunately) recently got infected, so I have the 90 day proof of recovery paperwork. Not the way I would have chosen to go about this, if you ask me.

Our PRE-PRE-PLAN-- before we moved our January cruise at the early peak of Omicron (ironic, I know) was: home antigen test and local PCR test before we even flew. Another home antigen test the night before or morning of the cruise (we would have been at WDW a few days first). PCR at port, and home testing again and possibly repeat PCR after getting home to be sure we didn't pick up something along the way.

I think it's not a bad idea to have a known PCR result before you go-- in case you are eligible for the 90 day clearance, or to know what your baseline status is. I wonder if some of the people testing positive at port are not necessarily contagious, but had an undetected infection weeks prior to the cruise that the PCR is still picking up. Which, had they known, they could have maybe tried to get the 90 day recovered exemption, but since they didn't know, they couldn't cruise. But if, for instance, my husband who tested negative last week, turns up positive at the port, then we would have to assume it's a new infection and isolate our way home.

 

[emilymad]

We are renting a car and paying to park it at the port. We also don't plan on handing over our luggage until we get our test results. This is obviously more expensive but worth it not have to depend on Disney after some of the horror stories told here.

We have a couple of destinations in mind of where we would go in Florida. No way are we driving home. It is hard to pick out something definite as we don't want to lose a deposit.

We are also considering canceling our DCL within the 14 day window and switching to a cruise line with more relaxed policies. DCL seems to be the last hold out here.

We will do PCR tests soon to see where we stand there as well.

 

[dreynolds1982]

We're driving and have a stay at the Yacht Club already booked for after the cruise. So, I would get the refund and see how much isolation luxury $3500 can buy me and my wife the the YC stay would be after the 5 days is up anyways so assuming I was symptom free we'd head on to the YC as planned.

TBH tho with case counts plummeting, I'm feeling better and better about all of our collective chances of getting the greenlight!

 

[bcwife76]

Drive to BCwife's house and camp on their lawn. Honestly, I wasn't worried in Florida. I have lots of friends in the Orlando/Tampa area where I knew we could hide out in a room for a week. In Vancouver, we're double stuck, so I'll just have to get us a reasonably priced hotel room outside the city (only one night at the Pacific Rim thank you). I know we have to have a 'plan' in the ArriveCan app, so just waiting until we get closer and more details emerge.

We have a fully contained basement suite Maybe we should consider renting it out during cruise season in case some needs a quarantine lol

 

[Husker Mike]

We cancelled our plans to go to Disney World pre-cruise, and moved our flights back a day. Rented a house with a pool in Orlando for two nights before the cruise. Rental car the whole trip; we're still planning on Universal after the trip. We'll drive to the port, and if we test positive, we'll likely just drive somewhere else with a private pool to quarantine. Might even consider heading south to Miami or the Keys if asymptomatic. If symptomatic and it looks dicey to fly, we'll cancel Universal, switch the rental to a one-way and spend two days driving home (22 hour drive). We'll be wearing N95s in the days prior to the cruise.

The corollary to Murphy's Law is that excessive preparation for the worst case scenario will be rendered moot, and we'll be enjoying a departure day lunch at Cabanas. I consider that a huge win.

 

[pittsburghmarc]

Are there any stories out there of someone being denied getting on the cruise, then trying to get into a park? I'm wondering if DCL and WDW will cross-reference identical guests?

 

[soniam]

We don't cruise until July. Probably will have a rental car parked at the port and just drive home 16 hours to Texas. If things have significantly improved and/or no testing required by then, then we won't worry.

 

[lanejudy]

Are there any stories out there of someone being denied getting on the cruise, then trying to get into a park? I'm wondering if DCL and WDW will cross-reference identical guests?

No, there is no cross-reference -- with WDW, the airlines, the CDC or anyone else.

 

[mousefan73]

Drive to BCwife's house and camp on their lawn. Honestly, I wasn't worried in Florida. I have lots of friends in the Orlando/Tampa area where I knew we could hide out in a room for a week. In Vancouver, we're double stuck, so I'll just have to get us a reasonably priced hotel room outside the city (only one night at the Pacific Rim thank you). I know we have to have a 'plan' in the ArriveCan app, so just waiting until we get closer and more details emerge.

Have you looked for “cheaper hotels” maybe with kitchenette ? We are on the Hawaii Sailing in for our clan I would like to put an address of a place like that and have the telephone number for the worst case scenario. I figured then we could just have groceries delivered. It’s on my to do list maybe you have some tips.

 

[Gonefishin]

We were asymptomatic and 2 of us tested positive at port. We went to WDW and had a great time. Although it was in the 50’s the entire time we were there and we packed for tropical weather.

 

[jjb1974]

We were asymptomatic and 2 of us tested positive at port. We went to WDW and had a great time. Although it was in the 50’s the entire time we were there and we packed for tropical weather.

You tested positive and decided to go to a place filled with other people?

Did I read that right?

 

[jjb1974]

I could be full on eat up with COVID, get denied and be looking for a hotel room just to get me through the night and I'd still not stay at the Westgate in Cocoa Beach, because I promise you that place is filled with more lethal diseases than COVID ever dreamed of being.

Rip off central.

 

[FigmentSpark]

We have no back up plan. If one of us is positive, we could drive home, but since we won't be able to cross the border for 10 days after that test, we'd still have to camp out, maybe in Buffalo. And my sister is flying in. She could come home with us, but again, doesn't live anywhere near us and would have to wait until day 10.

So, I'm hoping there might be some hotels still available that would take us. What we'd do for all that time? Who knows? Stare at each other uncomfortably? Be grateful we all brought electronics and headphones?

 

[lilsonicfan]

We've come up with new backup plans, b/c we were set for a long trip, so if we test positive at port, we will quarantine for 5 days, then, assuming no symptoms, we'll fly to Mexico and go to an all-inclusive there. We'll then test before flying back to Canada, and/or use the previous positive test done at port, to come back.

 

[NurseDave]

You tested positive and decided to go to a place filled with other people?

Did I read that right?

Aaaand the cycle continues

 

[FigmentSpark]

We've come up with new backup plans, b/c we were set for a long trip, so if we test positive at port, we will quarantine for 5 days, then, assuming no symptoms, we'll fly to Mexico and go to an all-inclusive there. We'll then test before flying back to Canada, and/or use the previous positive test done at port, to come back.

So there are all-inclusives in Mexico that would still have availability at that short notice? That's my biggest concern... any place we'd want to quarantine (and then vacation) could be booked up or so high priced at the last minute that it will be prohibitive. And reasonably priced places that are available last minute, might not be places we'd want to stay/vacation.

 

[lilsonicfan]

So there are all-inclusives in Mexico that would still have availability at that short notice? That's my biggest concern... any place we'd want to quarantine (and then vacation) could be booked up or so high priced at the last minute that it will be prohibitive. And reasonably priced places that are available last minute, might not be places we'd want to stay/vacation.

I only really did a quick search through Costco Travel, but I did find some good options. It's also a bit complicated for us being a family of 5...I suspect families of 4 or less would find more availability (and lower pricing). It's certainly not ideal to book last minute but the way I see it, it's a better option than sitting in a hotel for 10 days in a US city only to fly home.

 

[FigmentSpark]

I was surprised to find that even Vrbo didn't have much left in the Orlando area. I don't think we'd want to fly elsewhere. We will have a rental from Canada that we have to bring back.