BIG Carnival News Makes Me ANGRY | BREAKING CRUISE NEWS
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The creator discusses recent policy changes regarding COVID-19 testing requirements for major cruise lines following the CDC's removal of its voluntary program. Royal Caribbean announced that starting August 8, passengers on cruises of six days or shorter will no longer be required to provide negative test results, though those on longer sailings must still comply. Carnival Cruise Line announced similar changes effective August 4, but with slightly different parameters. For Carnival, vaccinated passengers on sailings of five days or shorter are exempt from testing, while those on longer trips must provide a negative test within three days rather than two. Additionally, Carnival will stop offering on-terminal testing for unvaccinated passengers. The creator notes that these two companies are in direct competition, making announcements within twenty-four hours of each other with slight variations in their rules. The video concludes with the creator expressing frustration over the continued testing requirements for longer sailings and suggesting that a cruise line should eventually remove all testing protocols entirely.
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I get tired of all the this is tiptoeing around somebody please educate my small mind and tell me what's the difference between five and six days and seven days or or longer when it comes to covet
I wish a cruise line was able to just say you know what we're going to go ahead and get rid of the testing all together
I believe that if you're going to just go ahead and release all of the rules and whatnot you should go ahead and rip the Band-Aid off
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