You can see from this article the problems the Cruise Lines are having filling their ships with passengers.
Many people who go on cruises are destination oriented. Add to that the "vaccine" requirements, and the testing and mask requirements; and a lot of passengers will stay home.
Every day the Cruise lines bring in more ships to a declining Cruising public.
IMHO, more expenses and less income, for a business run on borrowed money. -Tom
Can’t they just deny tickets to grossly obese people?
Meanwhile, back in the Caymans...the little tourist businesses had prepped for the expected influx but are now out of luck.
They should just bypass he destinations and offer cruises with all sea days and double the size of the casinos and bars.
In my experience on cruise ships many people are there just to gamble and drink and never leave the ship.
Cut through a casino once to save time going from one end of the ship to the other....when I walked out I wreaked of cigarette smoke so badly I ended up going back to my cabin to change cloths.
Service at the Margaritaville was pretty bad when I was there in Nov 2019 on a cruise. Took 30 minutes to get a hurricane.
ps
I caught Covid on that cruise. My wife broke her foot. But I did win $500 at the Texas hold em table.
Just stopped in to find out how they got a cruise ship to the Grand Canyon. Back to my coffee....
I thought it said Grand Canyon at first. No wonder it was canceled.
Unfortunate that Cayman Islands is delaying the end of their pandemic by trying to prevent Omicron, the natural vaccine.
On the other hand, I returned yesterday from a 7 day Caribbean cruise on the Norwegian Encore. Virgin Islands and Dominican Republic. The local guides and businesses were grateful to finally welcome us back. It was a great experience and a wonderful Christmas.
The last place I’d want to be is stuck on a vessel with thousands of people going from port to port. I’d much rather find a nice, isolated beach location with a small town or village nearby.
I still don’t see the appeal of being on a filthy overcrowded barge eating 3rd tier crap food
They booked a cruise on the Nieuw Statendam but ended up on the Flying Dutchman instead.
For me the ship is just transportation.
I read that wrong the 1st time... I read Grand Canyon!
I was like.... um.... HOW DOES THAT WORK!?!?
ROFL
I suspect many Americans also no longer have the discretionary income for cruises as Bidenflation reduces them to working for food and rent.
First cruise ship to visit the Grand Canyon????
Gotta stop reading without my glasses.
Capt. Tom wrote: “Many people who go on cruises are destination oriented. Add to that the “vaccine” requirements, and the testing and mask requirements; and a lot of passengers will stay home.”
Norwegian just imposed a masking requirement on their ships leaving USA. In response, I just imposed a ‘no masking requirement’ and cancelled a cruise on Norwegian.