Look now for a lot of Cruise Line maneuvering to get back on track outside this country. -Tom
More Losing!
Where do they get Nov 1 as a target date?
Yep, part of the Deep State CDC’s informal mission is to destroy American businesses and wealth. They’re successfully driving these businesses and associated jobs overseas!
Big Cruise News here.-Tom
I agree, or maybe (hopefully) take it to court.
Regardless of what one thinks of vaccines, and assuming they work as advertised, there is absolutely NO VIRUS RISK to allowing vaccinated persons on to cruise lines. It’s starting to really look like political punishment to Florida.
The CDC doesn’t have ANY authority.
Time for the cruise lines to dust off their lawyers. I’ve heard suggestions these regulations aren’t in the purview of the CDC. I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer. In my experience I’ve been aware of Coast Guard authority and inspections. They may well bend to the CDC, or not. I don’t know. If the Big Guy thinks this will earn him votes in FL, he’s dreaming. I don’t know how well the cruise lines can arrange alternate ports of departure, but I’m sure they’re looking. And though air fares are a problem, I suspect the airlines will be happy to transport people at competitive fares. Heck, though I don’t cruise in Europe, I’ve paid as much, within $100-$200, to fly to Phoenix or Miami as western Europe. Time is a factor, but there are Caribbean and Mexican ports. Puerto Rico or St Thomas, but they’re amongst the unfriendly US ports. I’d be curious to see the CDC rationale. Other than keeping the nation shut down. At this point, unfortunately, the industry has to look to other nations. I acknowledge I mostly use US lines, but no reason they can’t do an African cruise out of Lisbon or Barcelona.
FTA....
...”The cruise industry has adopted a high bar for resumption around the world with a multi-layered set of policies that is intended to be revised as conditions change,” Kelly Craighead, president of the Cruise Lines International Association, said in a statement released prior to the CDC’s announcement. “Cruise lines should be treated the same as other travel, tourism, hospitality, and entertainment sectors.”
On its website, the CDC says that cruise passengers “are at increased risk of person-to-person spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, and outbreaks of COVID-19 have been reported on cruise ships.”
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Just further economic destruction by the commie in thieves.
About 4pm today I got an EMail from Carnival...the final payment date for June cruises has been moved from April 16 to April 30...Mine is June 6...
and Carnival said they hadnt decided about a port outside the US which means they are thinking about it...
I hope they do...;
However they did mention vaccines...