Cruises will set sail in the United States in July or August
The cruise companies Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Carribean, made official their intention to resume trips from U.S. ports in July or August, after a long pause due to the pandemic.
Norwegian detailed Monday in a statement that its first cruise from a U.S. city since the suspension in March 2020 will depart Seattle on August 7, and will be reserved for fully vaccinated passengers.
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Carnival had indicated Friday that three of its branches-Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Line – plan to resume the routes between Seattle and Alaska from July 24.
Royal Carribean announced on the same day that his trips between Seattle and Alaska would also resume in July.
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The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), the country’s main federal public health agency, released in early May new rules that allow cruise companies to return to the sea under strict conditions.
“We had been waiting for a long time to announce cruises leaving the United States,” said Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Harry Sommer in his statement on Monday.
Covid-19 vaccination will be mandatory for Carnival and Royal Carribean travel to Alaska. The firm specified that this obligation will apply to persons over 12 years of age from the first of August.
CDC recommends that all people on cruise ships, both passengers and workers, be vaccinated. However, the governor of Florida, from where many cruise ships sail in the United States, adopted a decree in April that prevents companies from requiring their customers to be immunized against the virus.
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Norwegian, from the US. UU. to Alaska
The Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced on Monday that it expects to resume its cruise operations from the United States from August 7 with one-week trips from Seattle to Alaska.
According to a statement, today’s announcement is subject to the temporary exemption from the passenger vessel Services Act, which allows for the resumption of cruise travel upon obtaining the conditional navigation certificate from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The protocol includes that all crew and passengers must be fully vaccinated to embark to “the last border,” the statement said.
“Seattle has always been our second home, and we are more than excited to return to this amazing home port and bring our guests back to Alaska,” said Harry Sommer, president and CEO of NCL, which is based in Miami, Florida.
“Twenty-one years ago we were the first to offer itineraries to Alaska from Seattle, and we continue to celebrate a strong relationship with our partners in this spectacular destination,” Sommer recalled. The executive director of NCL regretted having been “waiting for so long to announce the resumption of the cruises from United States”.
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