Posted on 02/04/2021 5:25:37 PM PST by Capt. Tom
There will be no help from the BIDEN group, Green New Deal activists, and Environmental groups who now have control of the Presidency, Senate, House and the Press. Cruising is way down on the list now.
The happy talk about cruising is starting to fade and the cruise writers are starting to write about it.-Tom
My sister-in-law and I have been wanting to take a small ship cruise to the Great Lakes, were hoping to do it right after Labor Day. Since the ships all go into Canada, I would imagine those cruises are cancelled too?
Bribe an island in the Caribbean, have them all sail from there, don’t go to any US ports.
Sailing with masks and idiotic protocols doesn’t sound too fun.
More governmental trashing of entire industries and ruining countless livelihoods.
My sister-in-law and I have been wanting to take a small ship cruise to the Great Lakes, were hoping to do it right after Labor Day. Since the ships all go into Canada, I would imagine those cruises are cancelled too?
Please excuse double post...
You might luck out, as they just change the itinerary.
More than likely the small cruise ship line in flagged in USA and doesn't have to visit a foreign port, like Canada. -Tom
rnold Donald, the Carnival Corporation CEO, said that the cruise lines are still waiting for further instructions on how to perform these test voyages.
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That 40 page CSO was announced Oct 30...it must have taken the CDC months to develop...100 days on and they havent explained how the cruise lines are to accomplish much of the directive...
The required equipment must have been hard to purchase since its the same that hospitals are using for their virus patients but they have managed get them...and extended boo coo funds rebuilding parts of every ship to fulfill the demands of the CDC...
If it wasnt for the test cruises they could have been back sailing again...
The CDC kept moving the goal posts for months ...I hope there are very big lawsuits ...Id join a passenger one...
What some little gods in the CDC are doing to these companies and the American economy and workers has to be illegal...
It has already cost the state of Florida tens of BILLIONS of dollars...
I’m afraid that the cruise line industry is done.
I may be proven completely wrong, but I suspect that the era of middle class international tourist travel is over.
It’s looking like Europe will be closed to most tourists this year, even if you wear a mask for 9, 12 or more hours nd get tested on both arrival and return. It’s just not going to be a pleasant experience and most will avoid it.
As far as I know, the Caribbean islands are closed to tourists still, and the same for South America. Many of the folks who made the cute handcrafts, worked in the hotels or other things in support of the tourist trade are out of work now. By the time this has the slightest chance of becoming fixed, say 2022, the travel industry will be much smaller and much more expensive.
So, for now we can have fun seeing the USA... well, at least until our shiny new electric cars keep us from straying too far from home, and of course we will have to file our travel plan. Have you saved up enough carbon credits yet?
sigh. I need a vacation from the dreary pandemic. A place where I can cruise, eat, drink, dress well, sunbathe, participate in art auctions. Jonesing.
I believe we can cruising goodbye maybe forever, but at least until/unless the Green freaks aren’t running the show. They’ve always been after planes and ships, and now they’re in charge.
My sis was pig-piled on when she posted something similar on some cruise related FB site.
IMHO the Cruise Lines will have to downsize in the number of passengers, and devote more time to solid itineraries and avoid certain unfriendly ports, and have a talk with the people who loaned them BILLIONs, for starters. -Tom
I have Gypsy Fever, aka Wanderlust. I’m hot with fever!
I don’t like long distance driving, and my bad feet don’t look forward to walking around an Airport.
I’m even thinking about The Greyhound, first time in X number of decades. Gov. Brown’s Smart Train doesn’t go anywhere but Dulls-ville Blvd.
Seeing as I never went Horseback Riding, my mode of travel will probably be Amtrack.
Under the “Green New Deal” the whole power grid will go third world—sometimes it works, sometimes it does not.
That will make long distance travel with electric vehicles a test of nerve.
I really hope that they can turn things around. Thousands of American jobs are at stake.
Florida is a right wing voting state and the sociaist/communist America hating BIDEN group couldn't care less about its economic problems.
Republican Gov. DeSantis of Florida is a potential Presidential candidate for 2024 and there is no incentive for the socialists DEMS to bail him or that state out.
The BIDEN Group will concentrate on bailing out California and New York, and other socialist states and cities. -Tom
“I need a vacation from the dreary pandemic. A place where I can cruise, eat, drink, dress well, sunbathe, participate in art auctions.”
Come to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina! The pandemic panic has already passed, indoor dining is OK, beautiful white sand beaches. Some restaurants require fancy dress or it’s just fun to do so.
Lots of local cruises with dinner evenings on board ship & entertainments. Art auctions abound.
Been vacationing there for 35 years. You’ll love it!
Great advice!!!! Thank you.
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