CDC approves first revenue cruise from Florida, but DeSantis threatens fines Celebrity Cruises and last updated 2021-05-28 05:18:54-04 MIAMI, Fla. â Governor DeSantis' office has responded to rules set in place by Celebrity Cruises for their first scheduled cruise out of Florida on June 26. "The CDC has no legal authority to set any sort of requirements to cruise," the governor's office said. "Moreover, the CDC has acknowledged, on record, that the federal government chose not to make a legal requirement for vaccine passports. Now the CDC provides coercive âguidance,â in the absence of any federal law or congressional authorization, requiring cruise ships to violate state law."