Posted on 10/12/2020 1:15:50 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
As the only major cruise to still hold out for cruises in November from Miami and Port Canaveral, Carnival has announced the cancellation of all voyages leaving in November from these two ports.
The cruise line, which has held out until the last possible moment, feels that doing cruises in November is now no longer feasible. Guests booked on the voyages in November have already or will be contacted by their travel agents or Carnival directly.
December Voyages Still Planned To Go Ahead As for the cruises in December, these are still planned as going ahead. However, Carnival does mention that those guests booked on voyages leaving Port Miami and Port Canaveral can still voluntarily cancel their reservation and receive the same offer that all other impacted guests are receiving. This includes a combination of future cruise credit (FCC) and onboard credit (OBC), or a full refund.
Australian Voyages Also Cancelled In the same press statement, Carnival Cruise also announced the cancellation of all five voyages leaving from Sydney, Australia, between January 16th and February 8th. Carnival is notifying guests and travel agents that the five cruises on Carnival Splendor. Those guests will also receive the same offer of the combination FCC/OBC, or a full refund.
Has Carnival been too optimistic? While Carnival continues to work on new protocols and procedures that will see the cruise industry back in action, the prognosis for a November time frame seems to have been too optimistic.
Earlier last week, competitors Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Lines Holding canceled all their November voyages as well as voyages well into March for some of their ships.
Related: Carnival Releases Major Update on Fleet and Finances
Cruise lines made it clear earlier that they would need a minimum of 30 days just to fly the crew to the ships, re-supply the ships, and implement all the new procedures.
The Cruise lines own Healthy sail panel recommends an additional two weeks of quarantine for all joining crew as well. This would push the possible start date towards the end of November.
It has made a smart choice by dedicating Miami and Port Canaveral as homeports for a resumption of cruising in the U.S., the CDC seems to take a much dimmer view of the current possibilities.
It is still entirely possible that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will extend the current No Sail Order to November and December, and possibly even the New Year. This depends on the decisions that CDC-Director Robert Redfield and his team will be making towards the end of the month.
While a promising conference call was had last week with Vice President Mike Pence, Director Redfield, representatives of the major cruise lines, and the Healthy Sail panel, Director Redfield has made it abundantly clear that cruising will not be on the table while he feels that lives could be in danger because of it.
So while the Holiday season comes closer each day, it seems that a successful return to cruising in Europe is not a benchmark for the U.S. or Australia just yet.
Also our CDC is no friend of the foreign flagged Cruise Industry and seems to want to put them into bankruptcy.
There are plenty of law-suits against these cruise lines for lying and deception of their status.
Being flagged in different countries will help the Lines out in Court. If they were all incorporated in this country I believe our litigious lawyers and fellow Americans would Quickly force some of these lines into bankruptcy.
I figure in a reduction in size is the obvious future for the cruise Industry. -Tom
I don’t expect the first cruises to start again until around middle-March 2021 at minimum. And only Carnival and Royal Caribbean can wait that long.
If it goes on that long Norwegian Cruise Line will be in big trouble and will have to reorganize under bankruptcy. -Tom
In before the petri dish yaholes
“If it goes on that long Norwegian Cruise Line will be in big trouble and will have to reorganize under bankruptcy”
Or, they do like MSC and start operating in Europe, possibly Asia doing “Cruises to Nowhere” kind of thing that they can’t do in the US.
Frank Del Rio, the CEO has been very vocal about starting up again.
I was on a cruise long ago and many got sick. When people are jammed in together like that you will have issues at times with sickness.
Now with covid-19 and whatever comes out next I don’t see how that industry survives. I know I’ll never take another cruise as there are better travel / vacation options.
My Jan 9 cruise is in the crosshairs and its not out of PC/Miami...
I NEED A CRUISE !!!!
My last cruise was on Carnival Ecstacy this year at end of February. It was crowded, we never missed any shows or buffets. This was my 36th cruise. Never got sick on a single cruise. Came back always feeling stronger after every cruise due to great facilities for walking, jogging and the well equipped gyms. No better place to walk than on the top deck with sun rising on the horizon and the wonderful strong breeze always present.
I need a cruise too. Been awhile since I cruised the Greek Islands.
My daughter, son-in-law and his brother and wife are taking a Caribbean sailing cruise next summer. It’s part of Worldmark Timeshares’ vacation packages. Gorgeous boat, pilot included. Go join Worldmark and you too can cruise.
No love boats sailing?
In before the petri dish yaholes
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At least this is not Reddit. Libtards are cheering the demise of cruise lines, airlines, and anything entertainment, spectator sports, movie, music concert or social related as it doesn’t fit in with the New Green Deal.
Oh wait, I’ve seen the same sentiments here. Do we want to live in a dull gray society, reminiscent of Soviet Russia?
The bureaucrats certainly want Cruise Ship blood.
A hint of what is coming to the Cruise Lines may be in these paragraphs from the article: - Tom
It is still entirely possible that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will extend the current No Sail Order to November and December, and possibly even the New Year. This depends on the decisions that CDC-Director Robert Redfield and his team will be making towards the end of the month.
While a promising conference call was had last week with Vice President Mike Pence, Director Redfield, representatives of the major cruise lines, and the Healthy Sail panel, Director Redfield has made it abundantly clear that cruising will not be on the table while he feels that lives could be in danger because of it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=bywka6oybeU
Good video. I often say to my wife when on cruise, if we could just have this cabin layout inside our house it would greatly simplify our life.
As that film shows a lot more than welding plates together goes into making a cruise ship. - Tom
Just the size of the sections being dropped in place is incredible.
Chgogal wrote: “It’s time for cruise lines to advertise heap air purifiers, hand sanitizers in all elevators, on all decks etc.”
They have been advertising these things for weeks.
Fai Mao wrote: “Or, they do like MSC and start operating in Europe, possibly Asia doing “Cruises to Nowhere” kind of thing that they can’t do in the US.”
Doubtful that doing like MSC will help that much. A large amount of opposition to the restrictions MSC has imposed.
Booking the Jan. 2 Celebrity Cruise!! CAN’T WAIT!!
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