Full Vaccination Required Ages 5+ Starting 1/13/22

[greeneyedchick]

In the GTA they’ve already announced the neighbourhoods that will get rolled out first and ours is not on the list. So it will be at least December and maybe January. If they go 8 weeks between shots we could be scr*Wed for a March break cruise.

How I am supposed to juggle that by December 1 is beyond me. And the thought of telling kiddo that his cruise is postponed for a third time is…

We're in the same boat. A family member had a horrible reaction to Pfizer so we have been waiting for the J&J one to be approved for the kids. It seems unlikely that it will be before we sail in March. This will be our 3rd re-schedule. We've never been on a cruise and at this rate, our oldest will be in 12th grade. It will have been 3 years from the original sail date

 

[OhhBother]

So pleased to see this news. We’ve been waiting to book a cruise. Time to make a reservation!

 

[msrika]

I think this is a Disney call not a Bahamas call. A admittedly brief google search still said 12 and up for Bahamas

 

[stout]

I, too, would love to know if this means DD9, who gets her second dose on 11/26, will be able to board our 12/26 cruise without the 72 hour test. And, I am hopeful they will allow her to get off the ship in Tortola and St. Thomas without being on a DCL excursion…I just want to get off the boat and walk around!

 

[anneeb]

I think this is a Disney call not a Bahamas call. A admittedly brief google search still said 12 and up for Bahamas

Maybe they are expecting Bahamas to change the rules and are trying to give people more advance notice this time so they can adjust their plans as needed?

 

[ucf_knight]

I think this is a Disney call not a Bahamas call. A admittedly brief google search still said 12 and up for Bahamas

Same. Royal hasn’t changed their policy to require kids to be vaxxed and they are a much bigger line than Disney in comparison of how many people cruise with them

 

[Kahlenfiore]

As some one with Lupus I was lucky I could get the vaccine I hope one day exceptions are made for people who can't take it for medical reasons.

Agreed. My 6 year old has a rare autoimmune disorder and can't be vaccinated. Just cancelled our cruise for our family this afternoon.

 

[BigGoof81]

Agreed. My 6 year old has a rare autoimmune disorder and can't be vaccinated. Just cancelled our cruise for our family this afternoon.

It’s reading of people in situations like yourself that break my heart. So sorry

 

[DCLMP]

Agreed. My 6 year old has a rare autoimmune disorder and can't be vaccinated. Just cancelled our cruise for our family this afternoon.

I suspect there will be a lot of cancellations. Vaccines aside, I foresee a long recovery for cruise lines with everything going on.

 

[Clojel]

No, it is 2 doses, but the dose size is 1/3 of adult dose.

It’s actually 2 doses PLUS 14 days. And whatever you are the day you board is what you are….so, for us, we sail on Dec 5th. DD gets her 2nd dose on 11/28. But she still has to do the 3 day pre-test - bc she’s not “fully vaccinated” on the day we board. She’ll become fully vaccinated while on board but that won’t matter.

 

[Wendysofftoneverland]

I think just keep the testing in place. There’s a lot of countries that aren’t vaccinating this young at the moment so all they’re doing is ostracising people. There’s also a lot of people that aren’t comfortable with vaccinating their young kids.

My son's neurologist recommended that he not get the covid vaccine based on his medical history. I understand the precautions during the pandemic but I do hope someday the vaccine won't be a requirement to cruise or else we will never get to do one.

 

[DCLMP]

My son's neurologist recommended that he not get the covid vaccine based on his medical history. I understand the precautions during the pandemic but I do hope someday the vaccine won't be a requirement to cruise or else we will never get to do one.

I can't imagine anyone not hoping the same thing.

 

[cvjw]

We sail on the first dream cruise after the new rule takes effect. So many people are cancelling. Hope disney knew what they were doing with this new rule. The cruises that we have taken so far have sailed practically empty. This may cause them to sail even emptier.

 

[Anais]

I wouldn't even think about that right now. For the EMA is looking at the 5-12 and by then it will be approved and who knows what the big picture is by then.

Yes just read it in the newspaper. Frankly, I knew my newly 12-year-old boy had to get vaccinated which we are taking care of but I just didn't realize some countries had started for smaller children. I am relieved, I still have time maybe I won't have to cancel.

 

[Terapin]

We are sailing on the first Hawaii cruise (and rebooked from the cancelled cruise). My littlest turns 5 years old on Feb 25th. I don't think we'll have enough time for her to be considered 'fully vaxxed' with first and second dose, and waiting time. And we'll be outside of the 5 week grace window. I think in Canada we will be 8 weeks between doses. So gutted. We have 7 people booked, our pre-cruise hotel booked, our Aulani stay booked, and excursions in Hawaii booked. We've been counting down the days, after counting down the days to the cancelled cruise. 5 weeks seems awfully arbitrary based on the dosing schedule that's being proposed for 5-12 year olds likely being 8 weeks

So anyone with a birthday within 5-9 weeks of sailing can't sail even with one dose and a test, yet unvaxxed within 0-5 weeks of their birthday are free to sail with testing. THAT makes no sense.

 

[mousefan73]

We are sailing on the first Hawaii cruise (and rebooked from the cancelled cruise). My littlest turns 5 years old on Feb 25th. I don't think we'll have enough time for her to be considered 'fully vaxxed' with first and second dose, and waiting time. And we'll be outside of the 5 week grace window. I think in Canada we will be 8 weeks between doses. So gutted. We have 7 people booked, our pre-cruise hotel booked, our Aulani stay booked, and excursions in Hawaii booked. We've been counting down the days, after counting down the days to the cancelled cruise. 5 weeks seems awfully arbitrary based on the dosing schedule that's being proposed for 5-12 year olds likely being 8 weeks

So anyone with a birthday within 5-9 weeks of sailing can't sail even with one dose and a test, yet unvaxxed within 0-5 weeks of their birthday are free to sail with testing. THAT makes no sense.

Are you Canadian close to the border? If I were your situation I would be thinking all options that would include traveling to the US just to get his second shot under eight weeks. I know in Germany for kids it was six weeks and I got my son his second earlier at four or five weeks because he was flying to Texas during their peak in summer and there was no way I was sending him there not fully vaxxed. I explain the situation to his pediatrician and got him in earlier for his second shot. The gap between shots as often arbitrarily same thing with boosters.
I’m on your cruise too and we’re on the cancelled one too. I totally feel your pain be devastated myself. Up until now as European travelers we weren’t even sure if Hawaii would allow us in seeing that before the CDC updates/ opened borders on the 8th they only allowed vaccinations that were also only administered in the US which is totally mind-boggling how in their eyes my Pfizer shot given in Germany is somehow different than one given in the states. And I’m even American

 

[Terapin]

Are you Canadian close to the border? If I were your situation I would be thinking all options that would include traveling to the US just to get his second shot under eight weeks. I know in Germany for kids it was six weeks and I got my son his second earlier at four or five weeks because he was flying to Texas during their peak in summer and there was no way I was sending him there not fully vaxxed. I explain the situation to his pediatrician and got him in earlier for his second shot. The gap between shots as often arbitrarily same thing with boosters

Possibly but we'd be past PIF date and would have all airfare and everything paid in full. For us it would be a 20k gamble that we could achieve that.

 

[Starwind]

We are sailing on the first Hawaii cruise (and rebooked from the cancelled cruise). My littlest turns 5 years old on Feb 25th. I don't think we'll have enough time for her to be considered 'fully vaxxed' with first and second dose, and waiting time. And we'll be outside of the 5 week grace window. I think in Canada we will be 8 weeks between doses. So gutted. We have 7 people booked, our pre-cruise hotel booked, our Aulani stay booked, and excursions in Hawaii booked. We've been counting down the days, after counting down the days to the cancelled cruise. 5 weeks seems awfully arbitrary based on the dosing schedule that's being proposed for 5-12 year olds likely being 8 weeks

So anyone with a birthday within 5-9 weeks of sailing can't sail even with one dose and a test, yet unvaxxed within 0-5 weeks of their birthday are free to sail with testing. THAT makes no sense.

DCL is basing it on the approved US dosing schedule for the Pfizer vaccine, which is two doses, 3 weeks apart, for 5-11 year olds [and then add 14 days to be considered fully vaccinated]. See https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pre...emergency-use-children-5-through-11-years-age

 

[Philsfan77]

Same. Royal hasn’t changed their policy to require kids to be vaxxed and they are a much bigger line than Disney in comparison of how many people cruise with them

I'm thinking they haven't adjusted yet just for that reason. The size and scale of their fleet and the number of european cruises they have (where European countries vaccine is still only for 12 and up). I imagine when/if countries in Europe start vaccines for 5 and up, Royal will follow suit, similar to what happened when they changed policy to 12 and up.

That's not to say that Disney doesn't have its share of European guests. or Canadian guests...but the scale is a lot smaller to that of Royal Carribean.

 

[beckicnm]

Possibly but we'd be past PIF date and would have all airfare and everything paid in full. For us it would be a 20k gamble that we could achieve that.

Colorado vaccinates anyone of age, no questions asked. I vaccinated a gentleman from Spain who said he would make me famous in Spain for giving him his vaccine