Editorial: Cruise ships locked out of transtasman bubble 14 May, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read The Diamond Princess cruise ship at Yokohama, Japan, in February 2020. Photo / AP file NZ Herald EDITORIAL As tourists, airlines, tourism operators and travel agents exhale with relief over extra business from the transtasman bubble, another part of the industry remains out in the cold. Cruise operators - and those who love to sail on the ships - are still marooned, unable to make the crossing. Generally, the health concern with cruises is that people spend hours indoors - the most risky conditions for a Covid-19 super-spreader event.