629 Return to Cruise Rules Released and Rescinded + Cruise News
Cruise Radio: Weekly Cruise News & Travel Tips
Doug Parker
4.8 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Carnival Cruise Line released return-to-cruise protocols, then hours later it was rescinded. We break down what the rules initially said and why they were quickly taken down. Some of the protocols touched on gaming, swimming, and onboard activities.
Sherry Laskin has cruise news:
- More cruise line cancellations
- Vaccines are paving the way for future cruise bookings
- MSC detailed some features on a ship that is coming to Miami
- Miami is going green
- One luxury cruise line will require a shot in the arm
- The future is looking bleak for the Queen Mary in Long Beach
Listener Question: I haven't heard anything about NCL Pride of America. Is there any discussion about restarting these cruises at all?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
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| 0:11.6 | Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:15.9 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:18.6 | Hey, how's it going? My name is Doug Parker. |
| 0:20.2 | Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. |
| 0:22.9 | Very happy to have you here. |
| 0:24.6 | Staff writer Richard Sims is going to weighing in on the... |
| 0:28.0 | So Carnival Cruise Line released some protocols for returning to Cruise for the guests. |
| 0:33.9 | And then hours later, they rescinded them. |
| 0:36.4 | So Richard was going to weigh in on that and give us a couple of his thoughts about what the casino looked like from what we saw the couple of hours that the information was out there. |
| 0:45.1 | Also, Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News. |
| 0:47.6 | Our Cruise Radio News briefs Monday through Friday, the three things you need to know every single day. |
| 0:53.1 | Also in video now, you can check that out |
| 0:54.9 | on the cruise radio YouTube channel or across our social media. All right, Sherry is here with |
| 1:00.7 | Cruise News. Hello, Sherry. Hi, Doug. So more cruise cancellations have dropped this week. |
| 1:05.2 | Yeah, finally catching up with the other cruise lines, Carnival just announced. It's extended the |
| 1:10.3 | cancellation period through May 31st. And also, Carnival just announced it's extended the cancellation period |
| 1:11.4 | through May 31st. And also in Carnival News is another postponement for the debut of their |
| 1:16.7 | new ship, Mardi Gras, over at Port Canaveral. The new date is set for June 5 of this year. |
| 1:22.9 | And as a result of the Canadian Ministry's interim order that extends the closure of Canadian ports to passenger vessels. |
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