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The Carnival Sensation arrived to Mobile Friday so that 110 crew members on board could receive a COVID-19 vaccination from USA Health medics.

CDC Changes Facemask Guidance for Cruise Passengers Again Photo: Mia2you / Shutterstock.com.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has again updated its guidance for resuming sailing out of U.S. cruise ports. This time, the CDC has amended its facemask mandates, making it easier for cruise companies to allow passengers to gather or “conduct activities outdoors,” including eating, without a mask as long as they are vaccinated. The full change in language says that cruise lines “at their discretion, may advise passengers and crew that—if they are fully vaccinated—they...

Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 7, 2021 US Sen. Dan Sullivan met in a socially-distanced roundtable with stakeholders in Sitka’s visitor industry on May 4, 2021. He and other senators from cruising states have tried to push through legislation to relax CDC rules and federal regulations that are preventing large cruise ships from sailing this season. “Every day, every hour that we’re not resolving this makes it a little less likely that we’re going to be able to resolve it,” he said. (KCAW photo/Robert Woolsey) Alaska’s visitor industry is holding out hope that large cruise sh...

Travel agents waiting for CDC to allow cruise ships to set sail in U.S. It's been more than a year since a cruise ship has set sail in American waters. That could soon change, much to the relief of people in the travel industry. Author: Elizabeth Worthington Updated: 7:39 PM EDT May 3, 2021 The cruise industry in the U.S. is still docked. Maryanne Crean runs Cruise Source One Travel Agency out of her home in Canadensis. Sally Black does the same with Vacationkids, based in Kunkletown. Both travel agents say the demand to set sail is definitely there. "We've be...

Cruise Lines Could Set Sail From U.S. By Mid-July Apr.30.2021 It’s been a long year for people who enjoy taking cruises but have been unable to cruise due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, finally, some good news has appeared on the horizon: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is committed to allowing cruise ships to resume passenger operations in mid-summer. “We acknowledge that cruising will never be a zero-risk activity and that the goal of the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order’s phased approach is to resume passenger operations in a way that mitigates the ...