We have some great news.
The wheels of being set into motion around the world catching cruise finally back up
and running
after almost a year of no sailing.
We have this, and loads of cruise news from all of the biggest cruise lines.
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We've got some great news for a change.
It looks like cruise is finally on its way back.
First up some ships are starting to welcome back their crew.
A few the Carnival ships
The Carnival Breeze and Carnival Horizon have already made their way to Miami.
They welcomed a brand-new crew on board in the Caribbean last week.
And Norwegian Cruise Line have even launched an ad campaign
the first since the cruise lockdown began,
which is a great sign.
The campaign is called “Break Free”
and I think some people really need to break free and go on a cruise.
It's encouraging people to forget 2020.
Yes please.
And do all of the things they missed next year.
It's really exciting to see this finally happened.
Yes, and that ad campaign keeps following me around the internet now.
I keep getting on every video on every website.
The UK is also looking to get back to cruising.
The UK government is looking at easing guidelines against cruising.
It will begin with UK itineraries for UK passages only.
This looks like it could happen early 2021
with international cruising resuming in spring.
MSC and Norwegian are also working with the port of Southampton
to open a brand-new sparkling cruise terminal next year.
This is a great sign for cruising in the UK and the sign of things to come.
It's quite nice to see other Cruise Lines other than the Carnival brand invest in UK
So it seems like there is going to be a long-term future for MSC and NCL in Southampton.
Yeah, two of our favorite cruise lines so we are super excited about that.
The German cruise line Aida is back
and will be offering cruises to the Canary Islands in Spain at the beginning of December.
Aida is a Carnival Corporation company and is Germany's leading Cruise operator.
It’s really great news to see this happening.
It feels like there's a lot of things happening in cruise
and there is light at the end of this tunnel.
Elsewhere in the world MSC have also been given approval to sail in Japan.
It's the first International Cruise Line to receive this approval.
They're hoping to restart cruises there by April 2021.
Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas will restart cruises next week from Singapore.
Rehearsals have already started of some of the shows on board
and it will be the first Royal Caribbean ship to sail with passengers for all the eight
months.
How crazy is that Ben!
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The news of vaccines has also provided a much-needed boost for cruising.
Many of the Cruise Lines stocks have risen due to the news of the vaccines.
It's a welcome boost as all lines are building lots of money with no passengers on board.
As this becomes very close now, it's only a matter of time before things get back to
normal.
As you know, some Airlines require a vaccine before traveling.
Will this be the same for cruise?
We just don't know yet.
But what do you feel about this?
Would you have a vaccine just to be able to cruise?
It really feels like the momentum for cruising to begin is really starting to happen.
And the best thing of all is that cruising is going to be super safe when it returns.
It already was one of, if not the safest forms of transport.
But we can all be very safe in the knowledge that going forward
the protocols are going to be super tight.
Plus fellow passengers and much more conscious of health and safety.
This means that cruises will be some of the safest places on Earth to be.
So in some not so great news the CDC has elevated its warning not to cruise.
They have changed their warning to level 4 very high.
This comes just a few weeks after the CDC lifted their cruise ship ban.
The CDC said people should avoid travel on cruise and river ships
Because passages are at an increased risk of spread from the virus from person to person.
If you do go on a cruise, you should get tested three to five days after your trip
And stay at home for seven days after travel.
Even if your test is negative, they're still recommending that you stay at home for the
full seven days.
But if you decide not to be tested you should stay at home for 14 years after you travel.
As you know there have been big arguments that the CDC is treating cruise lines unfairly.
We have called them out for not enforcing the same rules for other travel methods
such as Airlines and Trains.
Just this week a report was released by New Zealand scientists where four people contracted
on a long-haul flight.
It really shows that it does spread, especially among those long haul flights.
And another report by Irish scientists
13 of only 49 passengers on a seven hour flight from Dublin tested positive.
And then it was a 46 in came into contact with them after.
Even with the air being replaced every three seconds,
reports revealed it still does happen.
People are still contracting on board.
And what's more concerning is that the slights were super quiet with very few passengers.
So seated up to four rows away from each other.
As you remember a few Airlines did some tests to check whether or it would spread
but these were deeply flawed in our opinion.
They use dummies as passengers, they didn't move, touch their masks or even take their
masks off to eat and drink.
As you know, this is really not realistic.
Just last week on a flight,
we saw people with masks around their chins, hanging off their noses,
long lines for toilets and eating for an hour or two without their mask on.
So, on a 7 hour flight six inches away from somebody,
there is no way you can be safer in Social distancing on a big cruise ship at 50% capacity.
And also 50 million people are planning to fly and travel to other places in the USA
for Thanksgiving.
But they still believe that cruises the dangerous form of Transport.
It's just completed or the madness!
And what we want to reiterate is that our problem with the CDC guidelines is that it's
a double standard for cruise.
It's attacking cruise, but it's not doing the same rules for airlines.
Yes.
We have no problem with the CDC rules of not being able to sail.
It's just that letting everything else go by with no protocols in place.
On a lighter note,
Alot of cruise lines are announcing Black Friday deals.
Norwegian are often 30% of cruise faires.
You'll also receive all five of the cruise lines “Free at Sea” offers.
This includes free drinks, free specialty dining, Shore Excursion credits, free Wi-Fi
and discounted rates for friends and family.
Royal Caribbean are offering instant savings off cruise fares
On sailings five nights or less there are $75 of interior and Oceanview cabins, $100
of balcony staterooms and $200 of suites.
For cruises six nights are longer you get $100 off interior and Oceanview cabins,
$150 of balconies and $400 of suites.
Carnival are offering up to 30% of cruise fares.
And if you book with Princess Cruises, you can take advantage of 50% reduced deposits.
And receive up to $200 onboard credit per cabin.
There are also great deals from MSC, Holland America and Virgin Voyages.
They all have some great deals.
So it's a really good time to support cruise and get booking now with some great deals.
And don't forget some of these cruise lines are offering bookings into 2022 as well.
So if you did want to wait little bit to see how things pan out,
You can always book a lot further down the line.
Norwegian have extended their "Peace of Mind" booking policy.
The "Peace of Mind" policy will be extended to include existing and new reservations made
by December 31st 2020.
For any Voyage from January 2021 to October 31st, 2021.
The policy also allows you to cancel for a future Cruise credit or full refund up to
15 days before you cruise
and they're also extending their 60 day final payment policy
to include all cruises through to June 30th, 2021.
The normal standard final payment day would usually be 120 days before you sail.
So this is 1/2 that.
You can pay up to 60 days before you set sail.
So that's it for this episode.
Let us know what you think about cruise coming back.
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and remember from earlier on
Would you cruise with the vaccine or would you choose not to have the vaccine?
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