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| Above, the Majesty of the Seas at Havana Port in 2019. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Even before the pandemic, cruise ships tend to be "floating petri dishes" with 1,500+ passengers crammed into a limited area.
I have taken two cruise trips and each time I have caught a "bug" of one kind or another.
The cruise lines are looking to resuming operations this summer and several have announced that passengers have to follow their vaccination requirements. Besides having to be fully vaccinated, some are requiring passengers to provide a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding.
Condé Nast Traveler reported:
The cruise industry is ready to resume sailing as early as this summer, and individual cruise lines are showing signs of confidence by announcing vaccination requirements for guests. In the last week alone, Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean, and UnCruise Adventures announced vaccine mandates; they joined Crystal Cruises, Virgin Voyages, American Queen Steamboat Company, and Victory Cruise Lines in instituting them. The requirements apply to sailings that could begin as early as May, following a pause in operations that has lasted more than a year due to the coronavirus.
“We are moving to what we consider the safest possible place we can be,” said Dan Blanchard, owner and CEO of UnCruise Adventures, in a press conference on March 22. “With the availability of vaccines across the U.S., it would be negligent to my crew if I didn’t make this decision.”
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