Posted on 09/11/2020 10:58:56 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
In a meeting with the Miami-Dade County Tourism and the Ports Committee and cruise lines, CEO’s and Miami-Dade leaders have said the industry is ready to resume operations. There is a push for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) not to extend the “No Sail Order” in the U.S which is currently in place through September 30, 2020.
So all the major players in the U.S. had their say and there was definitely a trend that the cruise industry was ready to make a return. It was mainly a message to the CDC to say health measures are just about in place for U.S. cruises and by extending the suspension even further it will not just impact the cruise lines but local businesses, crew members around the world, and more. The impact will be huge.
One of the most impactful statements was from Frank Del Rio of NCL who spoke from the heart as a local Miami citizen. He started by saying that “the cruise industry is close to devastation” and the market cap of the three public companies had dropped by almost $50 billion.
He went on to say it was a shame the new NCL terminal at PortMiami was not welcoming passengers now that it has been completed. New health measures are being finalized and the NCL along with Royal Caribbean will submit their new protocols in a week to 10 days to the CDC. The CDC has already opened up for public comments about the current cruise situation and that will come to a close on September 21. However, there is the worry that it may take weeks more to assess the public comments and make a decision. This could lead to a further suspension on operations in the U.S.
(Excerpt) Read more at cruisehive.com ...
LOL Over-sensitive much?
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From another FR thread today :
Forbes ^ | Sep 11, 2020,02:00pm EDT | Sep 11, 2020,02:00pm EDT
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease official, told MSNBC on Friday that because of the timeline for manufacturing and distributing a coronavirus vaccine, it will be well into next year before American life returns to normal. "If you're talking about getting back to a degree of normality, which resembles where we were prior to COVID, it's gonna be well into 2021,” Fauci said. “Maybe even towards the end of 2021."
I do. About three times a year. I will continue once we are allowed
I would love to see a few of them turned over to ex Navy/Military types for conversion into Veterans homes.
You are unaware that most cruise lines have full bookings scheduled for 2021. Most travelers whose cruises were cancelled this year immediately booked on cruises next year.
The premium lines/ships are a dream to go on. There is a reason why cruising is a multi-billion $ business.
WE do also..I was leaving next week on a cruise in the Pacific. Well maybe next year..
Semper Paratus, brother.
“People who are taxed to the point of castration (so OTHERS can have a life of ease) don’t have any discretionary income for ‘leisure’”.
MONEY QUOTE!!
I do! Love it!
Not at all but you are a karen in training
Us too we do the 3 day one to Ensenada all the time we get off walk around the dock shops and back on board and have the pool all to ourselves
Could you let me know when your next cruise is booked so I can get an idea of how far out these cancellations might go? LOL. -Tom
>>The Green New Deal. No cruises. No airlines.<<
Like Robinson Caruso, as primitive as can be.
Except the elite rulers of course. They will continue to have individual carbon footprints the sized of small cities and all the luxuries technology and fossil energy can provide.
I was being facetious. It’s not a big deal. To each their own.
I do.
You miss spelled dick
That would be good as well; better even since those ‘homeless’ people would wind up trashing the place - defecating and whatever allover the place and the ship would have to be sunk to keep contamination away fro shore.
What are you, the cruise police?
If you don’t register your ships in the US and pay employees as if they were in the US, to hell with you, go sink.
Never been on a three day. Seems way too short given the grief getting on and debarkation. We sail almost exclusively out of Galveston.
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