Carnival Cruise Line Health & Safety Protocols
Cruising with Carnival is easy! Vaccines and testing no longer required for most cruises. Read on for all the details.
Guests sailing from Australia, please visit the Australia Have Fun. Be Safe. Page for protocols specific to those cruises.
Carnival's Vaccination Guidelines
- Cruises of 15 nights or less: Although vaccines are not required, we encourage all guests 5 years of age and older to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines, when eligible, and carry proof of vaccination. Guests are considered fully vaccinated if they have received their final dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to the sailing day (not counting embarkation day).
- Cruises of 16 nights or more: All guests, age 18 and older, must be vaccinated, and boosted if they are more than 6 months past the last dose of their initial vaccine series. Unvaccinated guests will need to apply for a vaccine exemption when we are ready to start accepting requests for 2023.
Testing
- Cruises of 15 nights or less: Although not required for either vaccinated or unvaccinated guests, we encourage all guests 5 years and older to take a pre-cruise test within three days of their cruise.
- Cruises of 16 nights or more: Guests age 5 years and older have to present a PCR or antigen test taken within 3 days before sailing (unsupervised self-tests are not accepted).
Destination Requirements
Unvaccinated guests are free to disembark and enjoy their time ashore. However, certain destinations have imposed certain restrictions and we cannot guarantee that more will not be added.
- Grand Turk and Cartagena, Colombia age 18 and older will have to remain on board.
- Bermuda - unvaccinated guests must present proof of travel insurance at check-in, which includes coverage for medical emergencies and has no COVID exclusions. This requirement is waived if a child is 11 years and under traveling with vaccinated parents. All guests must register on Bermuda's health portal and apply for a Travel Authorization here. A US$40, per person, fee applies for guests age 2 years and older. To complete the process, guests must submit proof of citizenship, picture ID, proof of vaccination, and insurance.
We will continue to monitor the protocols and requirements of the destinations we visit and will update our guests directly and this page of any changes.
