More Good News: CDC Approval to Sail from Galveston, Miami AND PORT CANAVERAL!

[KmomChicago]

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/25122-carnival-cruise-line-gets-go-ahead-to-sail-from-miami-galveston-and-port-canaveral.html

[stellarose]

mardi gras????? 

[Shakatime]

Don’t care about Port canaveral unless Mardi Gras lol

[KmomChicago]

1 minute ago, stellarose said:

mardi gras????? 

Yesssssssss I hope so. I believe there are 2 other ships planned to be homeported there by August, Liberty and Elation.  But definitely I am hoping Mardi Gras will be prioritized.  Heck I hope they all sail of course but we are looking forward to our booked cruise August 7, and would be grateful to be on board any ship.

[stellarose]

1 minute ago, Shakatime said:

Don’t care about Port canaveral unless Mardi Gras lol

PC out of MG is all I care about.  lol

[Lee Cruiser]

Great news! Hope the good news keeps coming.  Looking forward to cruising in September!

[Knights on the Beach]

Of course I care about Mardi Gras, but as a local resident I care a lot about Port Canaveral.  I'm ready to see the ships coming and going WITH passengers on them.  

[TNcruising02]

29 minutes ago, cruisemom2 said:

Of course I care about Mardi Gras, but as a local resident I care a lot about Port Canaveral.  I'm ready to see the ships coming and going WITH passengers on them.  

Oh, now you are just bragging to be able to live right there! LOL.  I would love to see the ships coming and going.

Edited May 28, 2021 by TNcruising02

[ProgRockCruiser]

This is unexpected but great news!  I half-expected PC to linger another month in the background until they got the Miami operations rolling, and maybe they still will wait a whole month for operations if Miami does get sailing in July as planned, but this is a huge step towards that!

[TNcruising02]

8 minutes ago, ProgRockCruiser said:

This is unexpected but great news!  I half-expected PC to linger another month in the background until they got the Miami operations rolling, and maybe they still will wait a whole month for operations if Miami does get sailing in July as planned, but this is a huge step towards that!

I didn't have a lot of hope for Port Canaveral any time soon.  This is great news.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

FINGERS CROSSED ---- MG... MG... MG

 

(or its ship code:   MD... MD... MD)

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Other bits/pieces here:

 

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/florida-cruise-guide/os-bz-cdc-carnival-port-canaveral-miami-galveston-20210528-3tb56zzhmjhw5nli7xqo4vam4u-story.html

 

https://www.wesh.com/article/viral-videos-may-28/36571728

[coscab]

Was at Port Canaveral yesterday eating at Fishlips, there was a royal caribbean ship in, maybe getting crew vaccinated?  The Disney ships have been anchored off shore for a while now, they go in and out alot  but I only saw one out there yesterday.

 

 

[BlerkOne]

Test cruise? I guess that means masks! Ship shore excursions. Etc.

[nyc12345]

Good news indeed, hopefully Mardi Gras in August will sail. 😄

[Joe817]

2 hours ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Other bits/pieces here:

 

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/florida-cruise-guide/os-bz-cdc-carnival-port-canaveral-miami-galveston-20210528-3tb56zzhmjhw5nli7xqo4vam4u-story.html

 

https://www.wesh.com/article/viral-videos-may-28/36571728

Gaaaaaa! I can't keep up with all the good news! Thanks for posting Tom-n-Cheryl! 🍹

 

I thought this interesting: "For Carnival, though, it will have to complete a test voyage with at least 10% passenger capacity on each ship meeting the sundry safety requirements from the CDC in order to get its Conditional Sailing Certificate, which would then allow the cruise line to sail with paying customers. Those certificates are handed out on a ship-by-ship basis."

[IntrepidFromDC]

Really hoping you MG peeps get your cruise SOON!

[KmomChicago]

20 minutes ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Really hoping you MG peeps get your cruise SOON!

 

Thank you; hope Baltimore is back in biz as planned as well for you! I would love to be on a Spirit class ship one day. In fact I wonder if those will replace Fantasy class in certain ports eventually? Not sure if they fit.

[pogoism9]

39 minutes ago, KmomChicago said:

 

Thank you; hope Baltimore is back in biz as planned as well for you! I would love to be on a Spirit class ship one day. In fact I wonder if those will replace Fantasy class in certain ports eventually? Not sure if they fit.

Spirit is not much bigger than Fantasy class. I know Baltimore is limited to around the size of a Spirit because of the cross under the bridge. Wouldn't be able to fit anything bigger

[xDisconnections]

6 hours ago, TNcruising02 said:

Oh, now you are just bragging to be able to live right there! LOL.  I would love to see the ships coming and going.

Happy to live within a few minutes from Port Everglades. 

[bdever]

5 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

Test cruise? I guess that means masks! Ship shore excursions. Etc.

I hope they announce a mixture of both depending on the port/ship/time of sailing (summer vrs fall)

[firefly333]

1 hour ago, bdever said:

I hope they announce a mixture of both depending on the port/ship/time of sailing (summer vrs fall)

I'm hoping when the cso lifts nov 1st the cdc goes away with all their rules. Maybe by my dec cruise masks are gone.

[mondello]

10 hours ago, stellarose said:

PC out of MG is all I care about.  lol

Yeah, I hope they keep the Politically Correct out of MG, too. Oh, you must of meant MG out of PC.

[DenaInWyo]

9 hours ago, coscab said:

Was at Port Canaveral yesterday eating at Fishlips, there was a royal caribbean ship in, maybe getting crew vaccinated?  The Disney ships have been anchored off shore for a while now, they go in and out alot  but I only saw one out there yesterday.

 

 

 

Awwww, I love Fishlips!  Can't wait to visit again someday soon.  And fingers crossed we get news like this in the near future about Seattle too.  I don't go until 8/31, but I sure hope it works out.  It's looking pretty promising.  

[stellarose]

just hope Ron , CCL and CDC can play nicely in the sandbox