By Gordon Byrd
May 19, 2021
TAMPA A judge is ordering the state s lawsuit against federal cruise guidelines to go to mediation.
Tampa-based federal judge Steven Merryday ordered the state and federal governments to sit down with a mediator no later than June 1st. Both state attorney general Ashley Moody and the Centers for Disease Control, which issued the guidelines, have the right to object.
The state of Florida has been joined by Texas and Alaska in arguing that the CDC has overstepped its authority.
A national group of travel advisors has filed a friend of the court brief in the case. No cruises have sailed from Florida since the pandemic, leading Moody and Governor Ron DeSantis to demand a change, pointing out the effect on jobs and the local economy.
By Gordon Byrd
May 19, 2021
TAMPA A judge is ordering the state s lawsuit against federal cruise guidelines to go to mediation.
Tampa-based federal judge Steven Merryday ordered the state and federal governments to sit down with a mediator no later than June 1st. Both state attorney general Ashley Moody and the Centers for Disease Control, which issued the guidelines, have the right to object.
The state of Florida has been joined by Texas and Alaska in arguing that the CDC has overstepped its authority.
A national group of travel advisors has filed a friend of the court brief in the case. No cruises have sailed from Florida since the pandemic, leading Moody and Governor Ron DeSantis to demand a change, pointing out the effect on jobs and the local economy.
Carnival Mardi Gras arrives June 4 at Port Canaveral, won’t sail with passengers for months
Carnival says it hopes to resume sailing in July on three or four ships from U.S. ports
Dave Berman, Florida Today
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Carnival Mardi Gras
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Carnival Cruise Line’s newest and largest ship, the Mardi Gras, will be arriving at Port Canaveral on June 4, in preparation for its first sailing with passengers.
But it appears that a Mardi Gras cruise with passengers won’t happen until August at the earliest, according to News 6 partners Florida Today.
Carnival says it hopes to resume sailing in July on three or four ships from U.S. ports after being idled by the coronavirus pandemic in this country since March 2020. But the Mardi Gras and Port Canaveral are not in those plans.