The healthy sail panel create by Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings LTD announced a 72 Step plan to protect passengers when cruising returns including mandatory COVID-19 testing. The Healthy Sail Panel is group made up of experts in the fields of medicine, science, infectious diseases, biosecurity, hospitality and maritime operations that was …

One thing’s for sure. Cruising is back and it’s here to stay. After what seemed like a rocky restart for some smaller cruise ships, it appears large cruise lines have had the recipe for success so far in a COVID-19 world.  Costa is officially the first large cruise line to have 2 ships back in …

The first cruise line will officially resume sailing in the Caribbean beginning on November 7th after the worldwide pandemic halted cruising back in March.  The SeaDream Yacht Club is the first cruise line to officially announce a date that they would resume sailings in the Caribbean. SeaDream announced the news on their website saying that …

A second major cruise line will resume operations on September 6th in Italy after pausing global operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Carnival corporation owned Costa Cruises will depart this Sunday from Trieste, Italy.  The first sailing will be on the Costa Deliziosa which has a maximum capacity of 2828 passengers.  Costa Cruises will launch …

All Novembers sailings have now been suspended.  Princess Cruises has scheduled their reopening cruise for December 20th 2020.  According to the Princess website the first American sailing will be a 7 day eastern Caribbean cruise from Ft. Lauderdale Sailings have been canceled through Dec. 15 on all travel into and out of ports throughout Asia, …

The first large cruise ship to resume operations since the suspension of worldwide cruising due to the COVID-19 pandemic has completed its first 7 day cruise.  The MSC Grandiosa completed the round trip sailing from the Italian port city of Genoa which featured stops in  Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples, Palermo and Valletta (Malta) before returning to …

The first major cruise ship resumed operations today after the worldwide halt of cruising due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The MSC Grandiosa departed at 7:30 GMT from the Italian city of Genoa with 2500 passengers on board. The MSC Grandiosa will stop at three Italian ports and the Maltese capital of Valletta on the 7 …

Viking Cruises has cancelled all remaining cruises for 2020, it said in a statement. “On March 11, 2020, Viking was the first cruise line to temporarily suspend operations of our river and ocean cruises. Our commitment to our family of guests and employees is that their safety and wellbeing is always our top priority. In …

MSC cruises has scheduled their reopening cruise for November 1st, 2020. The first cruise is scheduled to depart on November 1st, 2020 on a 7 night round trip cruise from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas New Health and Safety Protocols:   “The new procedures include universal COVID-19 testing for all guests and crew prior to embarkation, protected …

Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte announced late Friday that Italy will be reopening its borders for cruise ships starting on August 15th, 2020.  It’s the latest move to boost Italy’s tourism industry hit hard by the global pandemic. The approval came despite COVID-19 infections being confirmed in passengers and crew in recently resumed cruises in other …

The cruise industry voluntarily suspended voyages in U.S. waters until “at least” Oct. 31, a month past  the date the CDC’s ‘no sail’ order will expire.  The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced the voluntary suspension Wednesday. “Despite the valuable alignment between CLIA’s previous voluntary suspension to 15 September and the CDC’s current No-Sail Order …

One of the first cruise ships to resume sailings in U.S. waters since the coronavirus shut down the cruise industry has reported one case of COVID-19 on board the vessel. Passengers are quarantining on board UnCruise Adventures’ Wilderness Adventurer ship “until the State of Alaska deems it safe for them to return home,” after one passenger tested …