Posted on 10/07/2021 9:09:42 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
Cruise lines are expecting to welcome back more families with vaccinations for younger kits set to be approved.
Several major cruise lines have indicated that they will be welcoming young kids back on board sooner rather than later. While it is technically possible for children under the age of 12 to sail right now with the most cruise lines, there is a whole list of testing requirements that need to be fulfilled—something which is putting families off cruising right now.
Whether or not it does happen depends on the FDA approving Pfizer’s research into vaccinating children, something expected to happen later this month.
FDA Pfizer Meeting Announced For October 26 Vaccine producer Pfizer submitted research to the FDA a short time ago, which will enable children between the ages of 5-11 years old to be vaccinated. The wait now is for the Food and Drug Administration to approve the research the company has done.
Results are expected to be released during a meeting on October 26. Kids will then be able to start being vaccinated before Halloween. It also means kids in this age bracket will be fully vaccinated by Christmas, which is traditionally one of the busiest periods for the cruise industry and one when many families with kids go on a cruise.
When the results are published and use is approved for kids, the vaccines will be under an emergency use authorization only, is the expectation.
Norwegian Cruise Line One cruise line which will surely welcome positive news from the FDA is Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. At this time, the cruise company does not allow any children or adults on board who have not been fully vaccinated at least 14 days before the start of the cruise. Approval from the FDA will mean the cruise line can welcome families back on board once again for the Holiday season.
Norwegian Cruise Line President and CEO Frank Del Rio told CNBC the cruise line is currently losing passengers due to the strict sailing requirements the cruise line has implemented. However, he feels it has a competitive edge over other cruise lines due to NCL’s ships’ protocols.
“Are we missing some customers? Possibly,” Del Rio said. “But today, we believe that our mandate is a competitive advantage.”
With the company planning to have its entire fleet of 28 ships operational by April 2022, being able to sail those ships at full capacity and with families with children onboard will be a significant stepping stone for the company.
Carnival Cruise Line Carnival’s president Christine Duffy voiced similar words about vaccinations for children in an update this week, saying the cruise line is hopeful vaccines will be approved for children soon, so the cruise line will be able to welcome kids back on board again.
“We are optimistic that vaccines will be approved for children between the ages of 5-11 before the end of the year and we look forward to welcoming more families back on board.”
The cruise line has always been a family orientated company. For many families, the current testing requirements are most definitely a hindrance. Children need to produce a negative PCR-RT test taken three days before the cruise upon arrival in the terminal and another test before boarding. On longer cruises, one more test is done before the end of the cruise.
So far, Norwegian Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise Line will be opening up their ships to 5- to 11-year-old children if they can be fully vaccinated. This still leaves the testing requirements for 3- and 4-year old children, something many hope will be waived by the cruise lines and the CDC.
One cruise line which will not be too worried about the vaccine requirements for kids is Virgin Voyages; the adults-only cruise line which started operations from Miami this week.
It seems odd to me some of the cruise lines couldn't keep quiet about mandatory vaccinations , and just hope it puts more customers onboard.
Some of the Cruise Lines seem to be cheering on the giving experimental drugs to children so they can go cruising, and make more money for the Cruise Lines. -Tom
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Until and unless cruising gets back to pre-Wuhan Flu “normal” then I won’t be going.
And I used to get on board with Princess 2-3 times a year.
I’m also not getting into an airliner until this bullsh!t is over. I’d rather drive or not go at all.
Since the vaccines don’t work, I wouldn’t be surprised if we never take another cruise. It was fun while it lasted.
No thanks. From what I’ve seen you’re either in danger of catching any variety of illnesses or you get a chair upside your head for taking too much chicken at the buffet.
NCL has added a wrinkle to my Boston to Bermuda cruise next year(its been canceled twice we all know why) Instead of 2 days at sea on way back from Bermuda, shortened to one day at sea and one day at Bar Harbor (8 hrs 10am to 7 pm). Assuming this is a cost cutting move
Lier lier pants on fire. Was booked on Royal for a December cruise out of NJ. After the fact they added a vaccine requirement, we canceled. As of today, prices all dropped and their an abundance of cabins available.
I am in that same position.
As one of the most vaccinated persons on the planet I am unvaccinated for Covid because I cannot find a so called vaccine that works effectively.
And at 86 I have so many comorbidities I shouldn't last more than 2 days if I get Covid.
Flu season is coming in months and I need a reliable vaccine. Or I have to hunker down for the winter and hope I don't get anything that affects my lungs. MY Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis will be my undoing. -Tom
Got an Email last night about my Feb cruise The all vaccinated
protocols are staying in place and they’re delighted the 5 to 11 children will be vaxxed by then
No mention of the people with antibodies
Cruise Lines are still stating the ship s are far too dangerous by supporting this nonsense. Why go do something so dangerous when it is supposed to be a vacation?
Yes fully vaxxed passengers tested positive and were left in Bermuda for quarantine
Carnival had an 8 day to St Kitts St Maarten San Juan Grand Turk for $680 for 2 plus tax etc Oct 9
Dirt cheap prices
They think they’ll get the families back but how. Many parents will subject their children to Joe’s Jabs
That to me sounds like it might be a good cruise.
Normally you would leave Bermuda at 4 or 5PM and take two days at sea to be in Boston.
If you leave at 10 AM you can get to Boston with in 1 day at sea. So I would imagine if you are going to Bar Hbr Maine you would be leaving Bermuda in the morning and not in the afternoon. -Tom
Given the nazis that airplane workers have become does anyone really think it will be different on a cruise ship?! This scamdemic is about making live as uncomfortable as possible for those in the West. The current Democrat risky scheme is to import Afghanis and put them in red states to spread disease and terrorize Americans. I read an article about that, “Afghan Refugees Headed to Nashville, and Tennessee Republicans Have Questions”, and you can give that a look at PJmedia. Zero need to bring them here when we used to assist people like that in place in their own country. There is no need to travel, and I’ll blissfully save my money from that to spend on other things. Like 2A.
Danger Will Robinson. Danger!
They don’t work because they are not and never have been actual real vaccines. Those take on average about 10 years to develop. These imaginary ones took 9 months.
I absolutely love to cruise, but I will never cruise again. My husband and I are choosing not to vaccinate. We both had COVID. The entire COVID vaccine violates my strongly held religious beliefs.
That's why I posted this article because some of the Cruise Lines seem to be pushing vaccines for the children, instead of just informing the Cruising public of what might happen in the future.
In one of your other posts I believe you have hit on what I think of as a double edged sword, and that is; some vaccinated mothers and fathers won't go Cruising if their children also have to be vaccinated.-Tom
In 2 or 3 years, after the dirty vax of death has taken its toll, it might be safe again to go on a cruise.
The dirty vax of death contains microscopic metal shards, graphene oxide, and parasites. Probably also fungi. Pfizer and Moderna claim they contain mRNA too. Now we find out Pfizer, and probably others, also used tissue from aborted fetuses. It’s an evil witches’ brew.
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