Celebrity Cruises is dropping vaccination requirements and simplifying testing guidelines for guests sailing from U.S. and European ports.
Starting September 5, 2022 all guests, regardless of vaccination status, departing on most sailings from the U.S. and Europe can cruise as long as they meet local testing requirements for embarkation. The line will also accept any commercially available test, including unsupervised self-tests, in many destinations.
The updated pre-embarkation testing requirements for the U.S. and Europe are as follows:
- Fully vaccinated guests no longer need to test to board sailings from the U.S. that are nine nights or less (excluding sailings that visit Canada and Bermuda)
- A negative test result from a simple, unsupervised and self-administered test will be accepted for all sailings (excluding sailings that visit Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Greece or New Zealand)
- Children below five years sailing from the U.S. and guests below 12 years sailing from Europe are not required to test prior to boarding
The line added that cruises to and from ports in Canada, Australia and New Zealand require all guests aged 12 and above to be fully vaccinated to sail in keeping with country requirements. Galapagos cruises require guests aged three and above to be vaccinated.
Detailed boarding information by country of embarkation is available on the “Country Travel Requirements” page of Celebrity Cruises’ HealthyAtSea.com portal.
Celebrity Edge became the first ship to resume U.S. sailings on June 26, 2021. Exactly a year later, the line’s entire fleet of 15 ships had returned to service, maintaining health and safety measures. The line is now sailing in the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe and the Galapagos. It returns to Australia and New Zealand this October.
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