began. royal caribbean abruptly changed course on friday, and only it s ships deporting from seattle and bahamas will require passengers to be vaccinated, and no vaccination requires from texas or florida, florida where businesses can be fined for requiring customers to show proof of vaccination. i was surprised by that because i think they are on the better side of it and i think they are better staying on team cdc rather than team desantis. one lawyer says the situation on cruise ships is unique and the cdc is trying to keep people safe. they appear to be in a waiting pattern here. last year a number of cruise ships were unable to dock when coronavirus spread through tight quarters, and ships sat idle for 15 months.