By Will Althoff
May 27, 2021
Royal Caribbean has been approved to run passenger cruise service from Port Everglades next month, the first cruise with paying passengers to take off from a US port in over a year.
Celebrity Edge will set sail for a seven-night cruise to the Caribbean on June 26th.
This comes after the CDC approves Royal Caribbean s request to begin test voyages in U.S. waters next month.
Travel Expert Peter Greenberg says the company has been preparing for this for months and that the order of operations was put into place months ago
A two-day test cruise launches from PortMiami on June 20th.
First cruise ship to set sail since COVID-19 shutdown approved to depart in June
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As U.S. citizens continue to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in droves, a major cruise line has announced that it will set sail next month.
CNN reports that Celebrity Edge will be the first major cruise ship to sail from the United States in over a year.
The ship is part of the Celebrity Cruises line owned by Royal Caribbean Group and it will set sail from Fort Lauderdale in June 2021.
By Will Althoff
May 27, 2021
Royal Caribbean has been approved to run passenger cruise service from Port Everglades next month, the first cruise with paying passengers to take off from a US port in over a year.
Celebrity Edge will set sail for a seven-night cruise to the Caribbean on June 26th.
This comes after the CDC approves Royal Caribbean s request to begin test voyages in U.S. waters next month.
Travel Expert Peter Greenberg says the company has been preparing for this for months and that the order of operations was put into place months ago
A two-day test cruise launches from PortMiami on June 20th.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises hopes to have all five of its ships back in operation by early next year. Seven Seas Splendour will be first to return, in September.