Celebrity Cruises Restarts Sailings to Alaska After Nearly Two Years
Celebrity Cruises restarts sailings to Alaska with the Celebrity Millennium cruise ship out of Seattle, Washington after nearly two years.
Celebrity Cruises resumes sailings to Alaska today with the
Celebrity Millennium cruise ship based out of Seattle, Washington. It comes after the cruise line has been away from the region for nearly two years. The ship is also the second in the fleet to begin sailing from the U.S., following
Celebrity Millennium Departing for Alaska
It has been a hard journey to get here, but finally, cruise ships are starting to visit Alaska once again. One of those ships is
Princess, Holland America are returning to cruising
From left, Arnold Donald, Jan Swartz and Gus Antorcha in front of Nieuw Amsterdam at the Port of Seattle
To kick off their return to service, Princess Cruises and Holland America Line held a celebration at the Port of Seattle today.
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Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises, and Gus Antorcha, president of Holland America Line, spoke about what this means for Seattle, the local economy and Alaska. Arnold Donald, president and CEO of Carnival Corp. & plc, was on hand, too.
Nieuw Amsterdam will set off Saturday, followed by Majestic Princess on Sunday.
Several US cruise lines have updated their policies to ban passengers on cruises from the US who have been inoculated against Covid-19 with mixed vaccine types.
However, the changes do not appear to affect UK passengers on this summer’s season of ‘seacation’ cruises around the UK.
News of the changes was first reported by Cruise Critic which said that Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line and Princess Cruises modified their health and safety protocols to exclude those who had received mixed doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
The report said: “The move has left many Canadians and Brits who received mixed doses alongside AstraZeneca upon the recommendations of their home countries wondering what will happen to their cruises.”
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Rick McIntosh, his wife and another couple from Ottawa were looking forward to a 14-day cruise together with Celebrity Cruises from Barcelona to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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“Fortunately I have two Pfizer shots. We were trying to book a trip with our friends who unfortunately have one AstraZeneca and one Pfizer,” McIntosh said.
“They can’t travel in October because you’re no longer considered vaccinated in the U.S. with the mixed vaccine.”
SINGAPORE,
23 July 2021: Carnival Corporation has announced that it expects to resume
guest cruise operations with 65% of its total fleet capacity by the end of 2021
across eight of its brands.
Additionally,
Carnival Cruise Line has announced plans that envision the brand’s entire fleet
returning to service by the end of 2021, which would further increase Carnival
Corporation’s total operating capacity up to 75% by the end of the year.
Eight
brands – AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Holland
America Line, Princess Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK) and Seabourn – have
announced plans to resume guest operations on 54 ships to date through the end