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The cruise line thanks eager Volunteers of the Seas and says it is trying to figure out the logistics for trial cruises.

Royal Caribbean is the first to get clearance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct mock cruises with volunteer passengers beginning in June. This comes more than a year after an industry-wide shut down during the pandemic. Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas ship, based in Miami, will start up the test cruises on June 20th. Passengers ages 16 and up must be fully vaccinated with all COVID-19 vaccine doses administered at least 14 days before sailing on the ship. All U.S. travelers age 12 must be fully vaccinated beginning August 1st. Passengers on board the simul...

All aboard – Royal Caribbean is now cleared for test cruises.

| The Freedom of the Seas is the first cruise ship to receive CDC approval to conduct a test sailing. Royal Caribbean International became the first cruise line to receive CDC approval to conduct a test sailing, with the Freedom of the Seas approved to do a simulated voyage from June 20 to 22. The Celebrity Edge. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst The CDC has approved the first cruise to depart from U.S. in more than a year.Continue Reading "After 15 months of hard work and collaboration, today's approval of our simulated cruises is the latest promising step in our path to return to sailing in the ...

CDC Makes Multiple Updates to the Conditional Sailing Order The CDC makes multiple updates to its Conditional Sailing Order making it easier for cruise lines to restart operations out of the U.S. safely. Photo Credit: Matt Bannister / Shutterstock.com As the cruise lines and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continue to find to work through the issues on resuming cruise operations, multiple updates and clarifications have been made. The CDC has made a range of updates to its Conditional Sailing Order (CSO), which impacts restricted and simulated voyages, technical inst...