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Holland America paused all Alaska Cruises sailing roundtrip from Seattle through June. The cancellations impact six cruises on two ships, the Eurodam and the Oosterdam. Princess extended its pause of cruises from Seattle through June 27, affecting seven-day Alaska Inside Passage cruises on the Emerald Princess and Majestic Princess.
Alaska cruises sailing from Seattle departing in July and onward have not been canceled.
Both lines said they were continuing discussions with Canadian and U.S. government authorities to try to preserve remaining Seattle sailings.
The cruises are in jeopardy because sailings to and from U.S. ports need to stop in a non-U.S. port in order to satisfy requirements of a 120-year-old cabotage law, the Passenger Vessel Services Act; Canada s extension of its ban on cruises until early 2022 leaves Alaska cruises with no foreign port in which to call.
Princess & Holland America Cancel Alaska Cruises Through June 2021
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If there is to be any kind of large-ship Alaska cruise season this year, it won’t begin until at least July. Both Princess Cruises and Holland America Line two of the largest players in the Alaska market announced new cancellations today.
Princess has now canceled sailings from Seattle through June 27, while Holland America has extended its suspension of cruise operations to now include all June 2021 roundtrip sailings to Alaska from Seattle.
Eurodam in Seattle (Photo courtesy of Holland America)
For Princess, the decision affects seven-day Alaska Inside Passage cruises on
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The CDC s official guidance is still that all people should avoid travel on cruise ships. It s regulations for cruising s return remain in effect until November 1, 2021. Returning to passenger cruising is a phased approach and our current focus is on the protection of crew and working with cruise lines to implement the initial phase requirements of testing all crew and developing onboard laboratory capacity, a CDC spokesperson told CNN Travel. They said there was no date for when simulated voyages would begin.
In the UK, a governent global travel taskforce is working to determine when international travel to and from the UK can restart, with the official roadmap stipulating it should be no earlier than May 17.
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Holidaymakers haven t been able to take to the seas for more than a year.