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So the CDC wouldn't accommodate Senators & Congressmen from Alaska & Florida, nor the Governors of either of those states, nor the CEO's of some of the largest travel & entertainment companies in the world, nor the various trade associations representing tens, if not hundreds of thousands of workers. No, they respond to a just elected (Nov 2020) county mayor, informing her of upcoming guidance.
Not be be skeptical, but I'll believe it when I see it.
A bit overstated by the mayor. The following update on guidelines (if we can call it that), is far less than needed (and antiquated), especially since we're in vaccination mode.
My other rant stands. DelRios letter is just corporate psycho-babble....
I assume y'all have read it ALL...These are clearly impossible conditions to be met at virtually ANY US port by ANY cruise line. Got some serious thinking to do...............
Not only US Ports, but foreign ports as well.
Here's an excerpt from an article published in today's copy of Porthole Cruise Magazine (digital copy)
"From our point of view, the CDC has just made it even harder for cruise lines to adhere to their conditions by looping in ports of call as well. What’s frustrating is the CDC gave no indication of when the second step of Phase 2, test sailings, could begin. We’ve been given new requirements, but still no concrete timeline for when we might actually get to sail again. Given how strict the requirements are, it’s pretty obvious the CDC doesn’t want cruise lines operation from American ports anytime soon".
She's a politician...they always smile..........until they go to jail......
Some don't stop smiling even then. Did you ever take a look at some of their mug shots.
Some don't stop smiling even then. Did you ever take a look at some of their mug shots.
The CDC certainly came out with more information. I wonder if the Mayor is still smiling?
She's a politician...they always smile..........until they go to jail......
The CDC certainly came out with more information. I wonder if the Mayor is still smiling?
I assume y'all have read it ALL...These are clearly impossible conditions to be met at virtually ANY US port by ANY cruise line. Got some serious thinking to do...............
Hmmmmmmmm....... decisions, decisions. Just checked out the Anthem of the Seas sailing out of Nassau in June. Not as expensive as I thought it would be.
I'm tempted, but I still wonder if an "example" will be made of the cruisers who go this route. I'd hate to have to submit my family to 14 days of quarantine upon returning to the US because we dared to fly out of the country to spend a week on one of those "floating petri dishes" (CDC's view-not mine)
So we can admit we're in Phase 2A. So we can wait another indeterminate about of time for the gov't to approve the back to sail plan, inoculate crew, receive port permission then asked again to enter Phase 2B where the plan undergoes review for 60 days. If approved, then apply for a conditional sail permit and we'll review for 30 days. If we agree you can sail under "conditions". '21 is about done from where I sit.
Here's a good article from the Cruise Radio website, detailing the new CDC "guidance".
https://cruiseradio.net/inside-the-cdcs-second-round-of-cruise-guidelines/
I think the article's last paragraph pretty much sums it up.
IMHO this is totally unworkable for the cruise lines, and nothing short of massively rolling back or rescinding this CSO will get the boats out to sea from US ports this year, or any other for that matter.
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