[Captain Walker]

The Cruise Ship will not require you to prove vaccination but if you don't claim it, and prove it, you will be treated as an unvaxed passenger, and have to pay more money for tests, and will be limited on shore excursions and treated like a second class passenger onboard. - Tom

All of this red tape makes sense if it is a ship pulling out of some war-torn country somewhere where there is not enough room on board for everyone who wants to embark.

That a company could put this kind of red tape up and still get people willing to pay extra for the privilege of spending their cruise in steerage is really an indictment of this country's cruising class.

[Capt. Tom]

That a company could put this kind of red tape up and still get people willing to pay extra for the privilege of spending their cruise in steerage is really an indictment of this country's cruising class.

It looks like resistance from the unvaxed may be a factor in filling the Cruise ships in the future.

Below is a statement from a cruise writer onboard the Celebrity Edge for the first trip out of the USA in over a year. - Tom

"In all, only around two dozen passengers on board have not been vaccinated, and nearly all of those are children under the age of 12 who are not eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine."