Will Cunard want proof of vaccination to board and how would you show it?

[Ray66]

Well, is there really a "family"?   

 

Have not heard anything from this so called "family", days later, not a peep.

 

Interesting. I suspect there is no "family" rather MSC trying to portray themselves as being hard on guidelines.

 

Not sure what you mean?  It's all over the internet. I wouldn't expect to hear anything in the news  from the family as it would be embarrasing for them. Everyone would "tut-tut" as they are rule-breakers.

 

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2020/08/19/msc-cruises-cracking-down-passengers-who-break-covid-19-regulations/5605867002/

 

https://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/news/5540/

Edited August 22, 2020 by Ray66

[mcloaked]

There is an interesting level headed interview with the Carnival CEO from 4 days ago about plans for resumption of cruises - the interview was in Miami and although centred on US cruise ops, there is some discussion of initial plans in Europe: 

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2020-08-17/carnival-ceo-on-aidi-cruises-returning-to-sea-video?fbclid=IwAR3tRYe6OOrl8YFauK2JFm4v-65Jx00hVFHgTmE3uPkMpjDKgvK5h_04YS8

[exlondoner]

I can't get this to work. Could you give the gist, particularly relating to Europe? Many thanks.

[mcloaked]

6 hours ago, exlondoner said:

I can't get this to work. Could you give the gist, particularly relating to Europe? Many thanks.

 

I tried clicking once the page loaded and it did eventually play once it got past the initial 'ad' section that just spun for a while - anyway the gist was that Carnival was not planning to restart cruises from the USA at present due to the 'vibrant' level of covid19 there, and that the much lower level of virus in Europe meant that possibly the first cruises may restart from Italy later in the year, with short several day cruises to nowhere, starting and ending in an Italian port, and possibly stopping at only Italian ports. Experience gained from the first few cruises once this happens will inform them so that further planning can be done on the basis of what happens on the first few small cruises they operate. He said that Carnival was closely associated and negotiating with all the regulatory bodies governing the planning and authorisation of cruises, not only in the USA but across the globe, and that cruises would begin when they felt that the level of risk was reduced to below the level of risk that passengers would experience on land. But he also said that expecting there to be no cases of covid19 on board future cruises was unrealistic. He also said that as each day passes more is known about the virus, and that they are working very hard to bring in whatever measures are deemed necessary to reduce the level of risk on the ships to an acceptable level, which means, the usual distancing and hygiene measures that have been brought in on land, as well as not having self serve buffet restaurants.  He also said that never again would there be a repeat of the situation that happened at the start of the pandemic with ships unable to get to port and large numbers of passengers and crew ill and having to remain on the ships.  He also said that every cruise that they do in the future will already have in place negotiated ports to go to, with measures in place if any passenger were to become ill on board so isolating an ill passenger and getting him or her off the ship would already be in the negotiated plans with the port authorities where the ships are sailing. He could not yet give any dates for the end of the pause, and as soon as the regulatory authorities give the go ahead, and the ships are fully prepared and the crews trained with all necessary measures in place then they would announce a restart, but the time wasn't yet. Of course this is only a summary of a 20 minute interview - so to get the full info it is necessary to watch the interview.

Edited August 24, 2020 by mcloaked
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[exlondoner]

Many thanks.