Above, dinnertime on a Royal Caribbean cruise to Havana, Cuba in 2019. |
It was bound to happen, given the surge of omicron variant infections around the world.
Major cruise lines have canceled more sailings. Cruise ships, in my view, are basically floating petri dishes anyway and chances are high to pick up any kind of bug while on board.
According to TravelPulse:
Amid the nationwide surge in COVID-19 infections impelled by the Omicron variant, cruise lines are finding themselves obliged to cancel more and more sailings as we head into the third week of 2022.
Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean International, two Royal Caribbean Group brands, have been forced to call off planned departures over the past few days because of COVID-related concerns.
Celebrity Eclipse’s return to service will be delayed because the company has just cut its four, seven-day Pacific Coast sailings that had been scheduled to start at the end of March. According to The Street, the newly impacted voyages are:
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