Posted on 01/08/2021 10:33:34 AM PST by Capt. Tom
Latest Cruise Line Restart Dates
Major cruise lines are planning restarts in various phases in 2021. Here's the latest:
Carnival Cruise Line
In a recent announcement, Carnival Cruise Line extended its pause in all operations in the U.S. through March 31. Five different vessels also had additional cancellations, related to homeport operations and drydock work.
The recently delivered Mardi Gras also had its first sailings delayed, as previously announced. Currently in Barcelona, the vessel is now scheduled to depart Por Canaveral on its inaugural cruise in April.
Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean is back in service in Asia, with a local program dedicated to Singapore residents. In December, the cruise line launched a series of short cruises to nowhere onboard the Quantum of the Seas, which is slated to continue for the next few months.
Other sailings around the world, however, remain paused. Back in December, the company announced it had extended its suspension of sailing for its global fleet through February 28.
Cruise cancellations in Australia were extended further, through April 30. More cancellations came from the sale of the Empress of the Seas and the Majesty of the Seas, which left the fleet in December.
MSC Cruises
After a decision by the Italian government, MSC was forced to temporarily pause its Mediterranean sailings during the holiday season.
The MSC Grandiosa, which was sailing in the region since August 16, is now scheduled to reenter service on January 24. Another ship sailing in the region, the MSC Magnifica, had its return recently delayed to February 14.
Meanwhile, the temporary pause of U.S.-based sailings was further extended, cancelling all cruises until February 28.
Norwegian Cruise Line
On December 1, Norwegian Cruise Line announced another extension of its pause of service, affecting all cruises scheduled until the end of February and selected cruises in March.
Recently, the company cancelled its remaining March sailings, while working to meet the requirements of the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Norwegian could be poised for a European restart with two ships being manned in Montenegro.
Costa Cruises
After resuming service on September 6, Costa reactivated a total of three ships in Europe.
In December, the 5,200-guest Costa Smeralda was the only one in service, sailing an all-Italian itinerary. The program, however, needed to be suspended during the holidays at request of the Italian government.
Now, it’s scheduled to restart in January 31, with the Costa Deliziosa taking over from the Smeralda.
Disney Cruise Line
In line with other U.S. operators, Disney Cruise Line has extended its pause through February 28, and is currently planning a March restart. Of note, the company has brought tonnage back to the U.S.
Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises has recently extended its operational pause to include sailings through May 14.
Additionally, cruises with more than seven nights sailing from and to the United States had already been cancelled through November 1.
Previously, the company had also announced that it is transferring the Star Princess earlier to P&O Australia, in addition to the sale of Sea Princess and Sun Princess. Both transactions resulted in additional cruise cancellations.
Genting Cruise Lines
Dream Cruises is back in service with the Explorer Dream sailing island-hopping itineraries in Taiwan. The World Dream, meanwhile, is sailing a program of short cruises from Singapore.
AIDA Cruises
After briefly resuming service on October 17, AIDA restarted cruising on December 5 as the AIDAperla embarked on a 7-night cruises to the Canaries. The vessel was soon followed by the AIDAmar, which started to sail in the Canaries later that month.
The cruises, however had to be suspended again a few weeks ago, after IT issues. The German brand is now planning to resume service on January 23.
Celebrity Cruises
In December, Celebrity Cruises extended its suspension of sailing for its global fleet. Currently, all sailings through February 28 are cancelled.
Additionally, Celebrity suspended its full 2020-2021 winter programs in Australia, Asia and South America.
Holland America Line
Holland America Line has extended its pause of cruise operations and cancelled departures on all ships through March 30.
Additionally, some Alaska sailings are suspended until early June, while Mediterranean cruises are cancelled through early June and Zaandam’s Canada/New England itineraries are not taking place through August.
Moreover, the cruise line had previously cancelled cruises that are eight or more nights calling at a U.S. port until November 1.
TUI Cruises
Sailing in Northern Europe, TUI Cruises was one of the first cruise lines to start sailing, on July 23.
Currently, the German brand is operating in the Canaries, with the Mein Schiff 2 as well as the Mein Schiff 1.
Windstar Cruises
In December, Windstar Cruises made the decision to postpone all its sailings until May. The company also cancelled its entire 2021 Alaska season.
Now, it’s scheduled to resume service on May 15 with the Star Breeze.
Azamara
Azamara has announced it will pause all operations until the 2021 Europe season, cancelling cruises in South America, Africa and Australia.
The cruise line plans to return to service on March 20 with the Azamara Quest.
Silversea Cruises
Royal Caribbean’s luxury brand, Silversea Cruises cancelled all its cruises until early April.
Currently, the Silver Cloud is set to resume service on May 5, the Silver Wind on June 14, the Silver Shadow on April 28, the Silver Spirit on April 20, the Silver Muse on May 20, the Silver Whisper on June 20, the Silver Explorer on May 28, the Silver Moon on April 1 and the Silver Origin on April 3.
Virgin Voyages
Virgin’s inaugural cruise is currently scheduled in May, with the 2,770-guest Scarlet Lady sailing from Miami to the Caribbean.
The brand’s second ship also had its introduction delayed. The Valiant Lady had its Mediterranean season postponed until 2022 and the ship is now scheduled to debut on November, in the Caribbean.
We will get the drift of the cruise ship delays for 2021, when the Socialists, Communists and American haters will have Pres. Trump out of office on January 20th.
And of course some indications before then on how the Cruises around the world will fare.
The cruise lines and the "deplorables" who go on them can be sacrificed to the GREEN New Deal radicals, without any pushback from the DEM voters. -Tom
No they won’t. A year long lockdown awaits. Then nobody will be left to afford it.
Cruise lines provide an affordable luxury experience for the middle class. The globalists are happy to kill them.
My guess is that they like the control and suppression and will indeed continue the lockdown for another year or so.
But there is at least some chance that Joe The Miracle Worker will cure COVID by the end of January and bring everything back to normal. But I certainly won’t bet on that.
100 days from January 20, plus or minus a few days, the maks will come off.
Joe said so: “Please. All I ask is that you wear your maks for 100 days after I’m in office. 100 days...”
That's right: wear a muzzle for another 100 days ... why not?
In before the “they are nothing more than a Petri dish” crowd.
Linky for Joe’s 100-day maks mandate:
I agree. The cruise industry will be dead...at least for middle class people it will be. Wealthy Democrats will still go cruising with their billionaire friends.
“The globalists are happy to kill them”
I would tend to agree with that. The communist media has been after cruise industry for years. Every time there was a virus breakout on a ship they were on it like stink on poop and as usual deliberately fail to recognize the number of illnesses is microscopic in comparison to the MILLIONS that cruise each year.
“The globalists are happy to kill them”
I would tend to agree with that. The communist media has been after cruise industry for years. Every time there was a virus breakout on a ship they were on it like stink on poop and as usual deliberately fail to recognize the number of illnesses is microscopic in comparison to the MILLIONS that cruise each year.
“The globalists are happy to kill them”
I would tend to agree with that. The communist media has been after cruise industry for years. Every time there was a virus breakout on a ship they were on it like stink on poop and as usual deliberately fail to recognize the number of illnesses is microscopic in comparison to the MILLIONS that cruise each year.
I’m not saying to do what Joe asks. For all the difference it would make, the maks can come off now. But Joe and the establishment Left want to make it look like _they_ had the magic pill for ridding us of the rona: “Americans came together under Joe Biden to wear their masks for 100 days to flatten the curve and get rid of covid once and for all...”
We’d be headed on a Princess cruise within the week, as we do every January. My bags of smart outfits would be ready to go. I am jonesing! Maybe I should don a smart outfit and go to the grocery store instead.
They need to keep the topic of COVID-19 alive for as long as possible.
MY bags are still packed from my last Bermuda cruise on Oct. 2019 on the Serenade of he Seas. That is mainly because I have too much summer clothes, and the trip in 2020 was cancelled.
Some of us old folks have saved enough money to go on a cruise , but because of the cancellations of the cruises, we are running out of.... TIME.
I hope all the younger Freepers can wait this new world experience out, and enjoy yourselves in the future.-Tom
I'm open to correction, but I believe most large cruise ships, like some naval vessels, operate on electric propulsion. Should please the green dealers. Until reality sets in. Still requires generators until really long extension cords are developed. Same problem electric cars have, you need electricity. And you can't run a ship on windmills yet. LNG would be an excellent option, but the greenies hate natural gas, or like the ambiance of black smoke from the stack. Green new dealers are more into destruction than solutions.
He missed a zero. No big deal, any more than an extra zero on the deficit matters.
They don't have print that money anymore; all they do is electronically transfer it.- Tom
My prediction: with a controlled, monolithic Leftist media they will simply declare Covid over when it suits the politicians. The Biden administration will have the CDC change case reporting standards, have HHS revoke the Covid-19 case payments then declare Covid-19 over. It has served the purpose of forcing mail in ballots, enabling fraud for battleground. Now that the Left has stolen the third branch of government the Plandemic has served its purpose. There is no longer a need for it. Thereafter all future Covid infections will be referred to as the normal, “background” infections. It’s Swine Flu 2009. When a Dem is Executive it didn’t happen.
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