NCL is hinting that cruising will start soon

Yep, I also now think 2022 is the year. Once we get the cancellation email, I'll just transfer our June booking to next March. It'll only be the 5th time we re-booked this cruise over the last 13 months. No worries.

HOWEVER

This public announcement by the CDC is "textbook" in the way political hardball is played. It's a brushback pitch against CLIA and the cruise lines. But just because something is announced one day doesn't mean that it can't be changed the next. Not saying that will happen, just that it could, especially if the entity with the upper hand (ie: govt) gets a concession on something they are seeking from the other entity.

Look, this is all just speculation on my part. Political intrigue always fascinates me. But for all I know this just may be just the blind leading the blind, and no one knows what the hell is really going on or who is really in charge..

You're probably right...and, even if they manage a start in NOV, I don't know if we really want to be the guinea pigs...

Not at all surprised with this Nov 1 date from CDC. My take is that 2021 is a wash and gonna start hoping for 2022.

So much for the "we aren't in charge" response to the Representative from Alaska!

Yeh, and no more OBC's for you either.....

That price is per person, right?

Right.....gives them all plenty of time to incorporate in the US, solve all their problems...you want an inside cabin for a week?....no problem....$4,750.....hehehehehehehehehehehhe

Nobody's blinking yet.

https://cruisefever.net/cdc-says-order-limiting-cruises-will-stay-in-effect-until-november/

Go ahead, incur my ire...I need something to get the juices flowing...........lessee....15-20 years from now, that would make me what 11,000 years old.....not to worry, I'll come back to post...hehehehehehe

Yes indeedee, just how high does it go Yank. Perhaps to the SEC or the FTC? At the risk of incurring your ire, please allow me to restate my previous "ridiculous" hypothesis that the squeeze was being put on the cruise lines by the govt to re-incorporate in the US, thus subjecting them to US tax laws. You stated that can't possibly happen. That there would be shareholder revolt and legal challenges up the wazoo. I say, you're probably right, but that wouldn't stop some in the govt from trying anyway.

The cruise lines finally wised up and are forcing the issue on to the public stage, but they had better tread carefully. Think about it. They couldn't complain to the public if the govt is strong-arming them to re-incorporate, for they would get no sympathy, being the big rich corporations that they are. In fact, that would have all the makings of a PR nightmare. Nope, all they can hope for is public pressure on the powers that be, whoever that is. It's been a waiting game of chicken. Who is going to blink first?

Yeah, maybe I'm nuts, and there's no need to chastise me. But I'll tell you this. I hope I live long enough to read the real history of this era when it's written 15-20 years from now. I'm quite certain there will be lots of back stories about govt intrigue and power grabbing.