[Capt. Tom]

We should assist American citizens at minimum. We are evacuating citizens from the rest of the world so this should be no different.

Holland American has made proposals to solve the passenger problem. -Tom

From the article-
So far, the plan calls for arranging charter or charter-like flights out of Fort Lauderdale for passengers who need to be flown out of South Florida to international destinations and the West Coast, as well as transportation to the airport and passage through the airport so passengers don’t have contact with other travelers.

Those who have cars at Port Everglades would be allowed to drive home, and the cruise line would drive anyone who lives in South Florida but doesn’t have a car at the port back to their residence.

[pnz1]

Not sure how anyone would have cars there? The ship’s itinerary shows it hasn’t been in Ft Lauderdale since October 2019?

[offduty]

I know this may sound stupid, but rather than move international passengers through Ft Lauderdale, why not utilize the facilities at Guantanamo Bay? It’s isolated, has an airstrip, medical facilities, and is within 90 miles of the US. I don’t know if it has a deep-water port, but they could shuttle passengers to shore via launch, just like some cruise lines do to shuttle passengers to their private islands.

Just wondering?

[Hildy]

I cannot believe in America this has taken so long. It’s outrageous that dead bodies are in refrigerators on a cruise ship. Shameful.

[ncalburt]

They want to unleash more untested infected passenger in SFL ?
Is this insane ?
This is no solution .
Have the Cruise liner pay for 2 weeks of quarantines not in FL .

Not getting in your car and infect the rest of the state.
Desantis needs the national guard to stop this insanity.
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[libertylover]

Those who have cars at Port Everglades would be allowed to drive home,

I thought the ship set sail from Buenos Aires.