My test was booked for 1:15 and I arrived there at 1:00. I waited in line for about 15 minutes, though it could have been longer in other situations as quite a few people ahead of me had to step aside since they had not booked their tests in advance. By 1:25 I was done!
It should be accepted as it's on the list included on the government website. The 1 hour one is really pricey, but it was worth it to me to not have to leave the park on only my second day and also for the peace of mind that it would be processed in time.
Thank you! Good luck with your travels too!
Thank you for this update! We're planning to do the 24 hour PCR test in September so this is really helpful!Just wanted to give an update on how my experience getting a return test at Anaheim City Hall went (spoiler alert, it went really smoothly). I booked the one hour NAAT in advance from the website that was posted in this thread. They said they take walk ups, but while I was there they were having people book their test on their phone and show their order number before they would let them come up anyway. I also overheard them saying that they had limited machines to process the tests on site so booking in advance would ensure that you can get the results in an hour.
I took an Uber to City Hall from the Tropicana where we're staying. It was like a 5 minute ride, super close. When I got there I stood in line waiting for my turn, then they checked me in with my order number and my passport for ID (not sure if passport was needed, but I had it on me anyways since Disney doesn't take Canadian drivers licenses in general), then I got in another line to wait for my turn to get swabbed. The NAAT is just a nostril swab, not like the PCRs that go further back.
After that my boyfriend and I (who had tested positive with a breakthrough case just over a month ago so he did not need a test to travel) walked to the Packing House to get lunch and wait for my results. If it would have came out positive I would have just walked back to the hotel (Google says it's about a half hour walk) but thankfully while we were finishing up eating the results came through and were negative! Just a heads up that they ran a rapid antigen test and the NAAT. I was a little worried as the text they sent only mentioned the rapid test, but both antigen and NAAT results came to my email. They did land in my junk email folder though so make sure it check there if you don't see them shortly after the text. It was then easy to download the pdfs, and I'm hoping all will continue to go smoothly tomorrow when we board our plane home.
Even though California has been amazing, I'm very happy that I'm not stuck here in a hotel for 2 more weeks.If anyone has any other things they're wondering about the City Hall testing process feel free to ask and I'll try to answer if I can.
Thank you for posting this! I was bugging BlancheNeige7 asking about the 1 hr NAAT test at the city hall, wasn’t sure if accepted by Canada for entry because it’s “rapid”.
I just checked the pdf results that were sent to me and they don't say "rapid" anywhere on them, just "Molecular Testing - Nucleic Acid Amplification of RNA" under test name and "ID NOW" under test device, which I believe is the same as people that have been travelling from Florida have been using without issue, but yes I can definitely update tomorrow with how it goes with the flights!
Thank you! I think the rapid must refer to the fact it’s 1hr.
They didn't say anything at all! We said that we were going to LA and Disneyland for vacation and they said "Have a good trip!".
It caused us to miss our connection to Regina, but they put us on the red eye without any issue so we'll still get back tonight, just much later than planned so no big deal.
Welcome home!As promised here's my update from coming back to Canada today!
I had absolutely no issues with coming back to Canada the whole way. I uploaded all my vaccine paperwork and filled out the ArriveCAN app yesterday, so I just made sure to have windows on my phone ready with the receipt from that, my covid test results, and my boarding passes so I could just easily flip through them. They checked my negative covid tests both at the checked in desk before the flight and at customs when I got into Calgary.
As a note my boyfriend was travelling with his covid confirmation and recovery documents from last month when he had a breakthrough case and he also had no issues at all using them coming back.
LAX was kind of intimidating as it seemed super busy and disorganized, but from what I've read that's not out of the ordinary for it. Unfortunately our Westjet flight was delayed for an hour because there was an empty Delta plane that no one was moving out of the way for our plane to dock. I felt bad for us but even worse for the people on board the westjet plane that had to wait on the tarmac for an extra hour for someone to come and move it.
Overall it went much better than I was prepared for! Again, let me know if anyone has any questions!
Did anyone ever get back to you on this?
That is very reassuring. We may actually end up using them before you. (Hoping to get tested on Sept 2). I will report back.
I checked their FB page and there are horrible reviews of no shows... I don’t know what to think about this, it is very tempting indeed!
I was just coming to post the same. I don't know that I would trust a company that has that many bad reviews for a no show when coming home depends on a time limited test.
oh no - well so much for that plan. 
