“The big lines like Carnival- Norwegian , Royal Caribbean have shot themselves economically in the foot by the voluntary extensions into too late 2020.”
I’m not much of a defender of cruise lines, but they were clearly in a no-win situation. If they try sailing now, they’d easily fill their ships...but...there would almost certainly be cases blamed on them (rightly or wrongly).
As I’ve said from the start, they’re simply out of luck - but hopefully a vaccine will come out while some are still around, otherwise new cruise lines will have to rise from the ashes (eventually, maybe not for a long time).
A country like Australia has top politicians gearing up to make life even more difficult for cruise lines.
These Australian politicians don't like the idea of foreign flagged ships making money off of Australians.
The pols can't get their hands on the revenue the cruise ships get from Australians.
If this catches on in other countries , it could be a disaster for the present cruise lines, as they now exist. -Tom