COVID testing requirement for air travelers arriving in the United States is set to end June 2022

[wdwmagic]

A boost for Walt Disney World as COVID testing requirement for air travelers arriving in the United States is set to end

Guests arriving from international locations including the UK and Europe will no longer need to test before arrival into the U.S.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[surfsupdon]

This will help all air travel. My overseas trips while this protocol was in place had a silly added expense and silly logistics. Glad to see it finishing.

 

[CLEtoWDW]

The fact that the testing requirement lasted this long is just another indicator of how nonsensical these last years have been. Hopefully we all learned something from this.

 

[Angry Warlock]

Of course, there could also be an adverse effect, as people feel less safe on a plane and choose not to travel. Works both ways.

 

[George Sanderson]

I'm sure we all look forward to even higher crowd levels (said nobody ever...)

 

[tpoly88]

This will help all air travel. My overseas trips while this protocol was in place had a silly added expense and silly logistics. Glad to see it finishing.

had 2 trips to Caribbean this past winter and just in may. added $150 to come home for 2 tests and the anxiety of wondering if your getting stuck and paying another $7000 for quarantine. This will open it up for sure and its amazing since april the level of stress has gone down significantly due to no masks. This will also help with people in the US going to europe and other places besides FL.

 

[SoFloMagic]

Of course, there could also be an adverse effect, as people feel less safe on a plane and choose not to travel. Works both ways.

It was mostly a one-way requirement anyway. Most of the world doesn't require testing at the moment for the vaccinated.

But I'd have thought they'd move to a France model first - test only the unvaxxed.

 

[tpoly88]

It was mostly a one-way requirement anyway. Most of the world doesn't require testing at the moment for the vaccinated.

But I'd have thought they'd move to a France model first - test only the unvaxxed.

if you were not vaxxed you couldnt go. you had to upload your vax card, passport and negative test before you went to a lot of the islands and then test the day before you left at the hotel. only PR and USVI plus Mexico had different criteria. everywhere else no vax No Go! This is a big help to the carribean as they are really hurting from lack of tourism.

 

[MrMichaelJames]

Disney doesn't NEED a boost of any kind! They are already horribly busy, this will just make things worse for them and those that want to visit the parks seeing as how they seem to have staff shortages this will make it even more of a nightmare for everyone when the floodgates open fully. Makes me seriously want to reconsider even starting to plan a trip for next year.

 

[King Panda 77]

Just at the optimum time

Early signs that Covid may be rising in parts of the UK

Official estimates suggest there has been a small increase in infections in England and Northern Ireland.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[mkt]

PR

Pre-arrival registration, mandatory quarantine if unvaccinated and without proof of negative PCR test from previous 72 hours - 14 day quarantine, or until you get a local negative result.

Now it's a free-for-all, and case numbers are increasing on the island.

 

[mkt]

Disney doesn't NEED a boost of any kind!

It won't necessarily mean a boost of guest numbers, given that this, combined with no mask requirements on flights have scared away quite a few guests.

 

[nickys]

This will help all air travel. My overseas trips while this protocol was in place had a silly added expense and silly logistics. Glad to see it finishing.

Not to mention a whole lot of stress has just been lifted from anyone who had trips planned in either direction.

 

[nickys]

It was mostly a one-way requirement anyway. Most of the world doesn't require testing at the moment for the vaccinated.

But I'd have thought they'd move to a France model first - test only the unvaxxed.

If you’re unvaccinated you still aren’t allowed in, afaik. I don’t think that’s changed.

 

[LieutLaww]

It won't necessarily mean a boost of guest numbers, given that this, combined with no mask requirements on flights have scared away quite a few guests.

Well Virgin and TUI in the UK reported a massive spike in bookings for Disney over the School Summer Holidays here when the news dropped about the Covid tests going away, so a ton of UK people will be heading out/

 

[SoFloMagic]

If you’re unvaccinated you still aren’t allowed in, afaik. I don’t think that’s changed.

Oh, I guess that part didn't go away.
Still I'm surprised unvaxxed us citizens are exempt from testing before returning. Seems like a good way to encourage vaccination.

 

[nickys]

So I just read a CNN report which said this initially applies for 3 months and will then be reviewed.

Since I’m visiting in December I’m going to have to wait a while to see what happens.

 

[Stellajack]

My husband and I are vaxed and boosted. We spent a week in Rome starting 5/4. Both of us tested "very mildly" positive on 5/11, when testing at the airport in Rome to return to the US. We were transferred to the Sheraton Hotel at very reduced rate until we were retested on 5/18 with negative results.

 

[mkt]

Well Virgin and TUI in the UK reported a massive spike in bookings for Disney over the School Summer Holidays here when the news dropped about the Covid tests going away, so a ton of UK people will be heading out/

Tell them to get travel insurance. If they get covid and need medical treatment while in the US, the bills will not be cheap.