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  Share Source: AP Photo/Chris OMeara Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday the state is “fighting back” against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, filing a lawsuit to allow cruise ships to start sailing again. “We don’t believe the federal government has the right to mothball a major industry for over a year based on very little evidence and very little data," Gov. DeSantis said. "I think we have a good chance for success.” This lawsuit is necessary to protect F...

Health your username 2 days ago The state of Florida is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over the CDC’s October 2020 directive that “purported to lift its lockdown order” on the cruise industry but, according to the state, in reality was an “arbitrary and capricious” veiled effort in keeping the industry from “functionally” opening up. Per the state’s Thursday complaint filed in the Middle District of F...

Royal Caribbean Extends Suspension From the U.S. Royal Caribbean has extended its suspension out of the United States through June 30, 2021. Cruises are now not expected to resume until July at the earliest. Photo Credit: ackats / Shutterstock.com Royal Caribbean has followed other major cruise lines by extending its hold on operations out of the United States. It does now mean that cruises won’t start to resume until July 2021 at the very earliest. It comes as pressure mounts on the U.S. Cen...

CDC issues new guidance for cruise industry  BAR HARBOR —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance for cruise lines last week, but the likelihood that any large cruise ships will be pulling into town any time soon remains low.   “I really don’t think it’s going to change things right now,” said Bar Harbor Harbormaster Charlie Phippen.   On Friday, the CDC put out instructions requiring increased COVID-19 reporting, from weekly to daily. The CDC a...

CDC Hopeful of Cruises Restarting By Mid-Summer As growing pressure mounts, the CDC says cruises could resume mid-summer but is this just false hope for the cruise industry? Photo Credit: bear_productions / Shutterstock.com As pressure mounts on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) to allow the resumption of cruise operations, there has now been a response. The CDC says that there is a possibility of cruises being able to resume in mid-summer. However, could this just be fals...

Disney Cruise Line Cancels All U.S. Sailings Until July Disney Cruise Line has extended its suspension on U.S. departures until July 2021. This impacts three cruise ships but not all hope is lost. Photo Credit: Igor_Koptilin / Shutterstock.com Hope for a Disney cruise from the U.S. this summer is getting further away as the cruise line has now extended its suspension through June 2021. U.S. departures are now not expected to restart until July at the very earliest. This comes after several new ...

Norwegian Cruise Line unveiled 3 new cruises this summer after announcing new vaccine requirement for all passengers and crew bchang@businessinsider.com (Brittany Chang) © Alain DENANTES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images The Norwegian Epic. Alain DENANTES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Norwegian and its Oceania and Regent Seven Seas brands will require the COVID-19 vaccine for guests and crew. Norwegian hopes this mandate will push the CDC to greenlight the return of cruises from US...

Disney Cancels Cruise Ships as Summer Vacation Dreams Shattered On 4/6/21 at 11:26 AM EDT The Disney Cruise Line has canceled all sailings from the U.S. through June amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, shattering the dreams of Americans who may have hoped to go on a Disney cruise vacation this summer. The cruises were scheduled to operate aboard the Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy and Disney Wonder cruise ships. The company said in a statement Tuesday: "As we continue to refine our protocols for...

Alain DENANTES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Norwegian and its Oceania and Regent Seven Seas brands will require the COVID-19 vaccine for guests and crew. Norwegian hopes this mandate will push the CDC to greenlight the return of cruises from US ports by July.  A day after this announcement, Norwegian unveiled three new cruise itineraries for 2021. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced Monday that it would require the COVID-19 vaccine for its guests and crew mem...

The new guidelines are the first mention of vaccinations, and they do not require that crew or those working at the ports are vaccinated.