It's been an incredible week for cruising with so many different announcements.
We've put all of this information into the ultimate guide for cruising in 2021.
Including information on vaccines and a full update of what's happening.
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We're not going to go through all of the protocols cruise lines are doing because we've covered
this a million bazillion times.
as a quick reminder, It's involving mask-wearing, social distancing, ships not a capacity, extra
cleaning, pre-boarding checks and more.
but we're going to talk about the vaccines and things later on.
This will change as time goes on because eventually, things will be back to normal.
which is great.
We're going to be looking specifically at what all of the major big cruise lines are
doing.
whether or not they are requiring the vaccine or testing
and what their plans are.
Because things have changed so much.
First up from Royal Caribbean some breaking news
And the news keeps getting better.
They have announced Vision of the Seas will sail from Bermuda.
This will start on June the 26th 2021.
The vision of the Seas will sail from outside of the United States,
so it can cruise sooner and get around those CDC rules.
The cruises will offer overnight stays in Bermuda as well as a call at Royal Caribbean's
Private Island Perfect Day at Coco Cay.
The sailings will open on March the 29th
and sailings will require all adults above the age of 18 to be vaccinated.
And all those under 18 to have a PCR test. and you must also meet the travel requirements
for Bermuda.
And as they announced last week, they'll be cruising from Nassau in the Bahamas from the
12th of June.
You can book these cruises from the 24th of March.
They'll be sailing on Adventure of the Seas and these will be Caribbean 7-night cruises.
if you'd like to sail on one of these sailings you will need to have the vaccine if you're
over the age of 18, if you're under the age of 18, you'll need to present a negative PCR
test to get on board at the moment.
It does not specify if these cruises are just for USA residents or for anybody around the
world.
As you know they are also cruising from Israel.
Vaccines are only required for those over 16 there.
And the for is Israeli residents only on Odyssey of the Seas.
You can book now.
They are also currently sailing from Singapore, vaccines are not required but negative tests
are required for all crew and passengers.
These sailings are for Singapore residents only and they are on the Quantum of the Seas.
So all of the other cruises have been cancelled until June and we think that it's going to
be pushed further back.
But we are expecting to see an announcement from the UK as well because lots of cruise
lines have announced things that we're going to talk about.
Maybe we'll see Anthem of the Seas.
We can also see as well that the Harmony of the Seas is making her way back to Europe.
So are we going to see cruises and Europe as well?
There's also been talk from places like Bermuda.
They've said that cruise lines are saying they're interested in basing a ship there
as well.
And we've heard the same with Cozumel as well.
So this isn't going to be the last of the announcement.
That's really good news.
We're starting to see cruise lines pop up everywhere to find the CDC laws.
The rumour mill is Rife, isn't it?
People are tracking their ships daily.
So like Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises are also tired of waiting for the CDC and
announced sailings from St Maarten starting from June 5th.
These are available to book from March 25th.
These are seven-night cruises around the Caribbean and vaccines will be needed if you're over
the age of 18 or a negative PCR test If you're under the age of 18.
All other cruises have been cancelled until June.
next up We've got the Norwegian Cruise Line.
These have been particularly quiet.
We haven't really heard anything, but we do expect to see an announcement anytime soon.
Maybe something along the lines of Royal or Celebrity with cruises in the UK while maybe
from a Caribbean Island.
We still don't know if vaccinations will be required but we think they'll follow suit
and that they will be.
They've also interestingly just suspended cruises on the Norwegian Encore, Jewel and
Jade until October or November.
Could we see a revised deployment including the UK?
This is very interesting.
So we think we're going to see these ships be used somewhere.
All other cruises are cancelled until at least July 2021.
Next up with MSC Cruises.
As you know, they are already sailing in Italy with their proven protocols.
They did have one very small breakout, which was contained very quickly by the protocols.
Basically just proving that they work.
but as you know, they also announced short UK cruises from their new terminal here in
Southampton. and they're not just going to be offering cruises from Southampton.
later on, they’re going to be offering other UK ports for departure.
We don't know the ship yet, but we think it might be Magnifica or a Meraviglia class.
They're coming back sooner than everybody else on the 20th of May.
That's just two months away.
And for those who can't have the vaccine some good news.
vaccines are not required for anybody.
which means for kids as well.
So kids can get on board.
Those who haven't had the vaccine, including children, need a negative test within 72 hours
of departure.
So, it's great.
It's the only Cruise Line in the UK so far that's going to be welcoming children in the
summer.
and they're also considering deploying a second ship if the demand is there.
looking at other Cruise Lines, this could be very possible.
and we are expecting to see some sort of announcement soon for ships based in the Caribbean.
Cozumel maybe, maybe a Seaside-class ship.
Keep your eyes peeled.
We will let you know as soon as I hear something.
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Now back to the show, Now news from our side of the pond over here.
P&O Cruises UK announced summer sailing from Southampton.
These are for UK residents only and they're available to book now.
they actually had an unprecedented demand for the bookings and even crashed their website
yesterday.
We've just got to say to all of those people who said that cruising was going to be cancelled.
It's never going to be back.
It's going to be dead forever.
Well, no.
No, it's back.
Yes, and we are so happy.
to all of you naysayers in the comments.
Well, we didn't want to say we told you so but, we told you so.
yeah, absolutely.
They literally are selling out ships.
It's fantastic.
So they're offering three four and seven-night cruises on the Britannia and the brand new
shi[ the Iona.
The Britannia will be sailing from June and Iona will be sailing from August.
There are no port stops and it's just coastal cruising.
vaccines are required with no exceptions.
And that means that there will be no children on board as children cannot be vaccinated
here in the UK.
Because of these cruises, all of the cruises on the Britannia and Iona have been cancelled
until the end of September.
And all other ships in the P&O fleet have been cancelled until the end of August.
So next up Princess.
Very similar to P&O announcing cruises from the UK boarding from Southampton.
3, 4 and 7-night cruises on Regal and Sky Princess.
Beginning at the end of July booking from the 25th of March.
Some cruises will call UK ports including Belfast, Greenock in Scotland and Liverpool
where the Beatles were.
They are offering these cruises to UK residents only and again vaccines are going to be needed.
No exceptions, no children.
Just the way it is.
Most other sailings around the world are being pushed back until the end of June.
Also, sister brand Cunard has announced UK shock cruises on Queen Elizabeth from Southampton.
These two are going to be coastal cruises with no stops for UK residents only.
There's no official word on whether you will need to be vaccinated or not.
But looking at P&O and Princess, we think it's going to be the same situation.
You must be vaccinated with no exceptions.
Next, up, Luxury Line Viking is going to be offering UK cruises as well for May the 22nd
on their brand new ship Viking Venus.
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They're going to be seven-night cruises from Portsmouth doing English Scenic Shore cruises
with no stops.
That's really hard to say.
It's really hard to say.
They're going to be for UK residents only and there's no announcement of needing your
vaccinations yet.
Past customers are the only ones who can register interest at the moment.
All other cruises before May 31st have remained cancelled with Viking.
And another British cruise line Marella has just announced today that they will be offering
UK cruises But there are no details and just yet so make sure you hit that subscribe button
now.
No further announcements from other cruise lines like Carnival, Disney, Holland America.
As soon as we hear something since the last shows will bring it to you.
Yeah being very very quiet from them cruise lines hasn't it.
Finally a CDC update.
As you can see from this news.
cruise lines have given up with the CDC.
They've basically said if we can't cruise what buggering off to the Caribbean.
where it's sunny, hot and delicious.
And we are going to cruise there.
Moving their ships to Caribbean departures, and we do not blame them for a second.
It's not only us who have been criticizing The CDC.
Cruise Lines.
fellow cruises.
politicians and the media have been throwing blame about.
and governors in the USA are even pushing for the CDC to do something about it.
The cruise industry is worth millions of dollars to ports and local areas.
that cruises call.
as well as all of the millions of staff it employs as well.
Maybe not millions, but you know what I mean.
things have changed so much that the conditional sail order won't even work.
what they need to do as we said, is to say look, vaccines are required.
This should give them the confidence that they need for cruises to start again.
They are dragging their feet so much with the conditional sail order that as we said,
it's not even relevant anymore.
They just keep offering false promises to cruise lines and consumers.
In other news in the US, there's also been talk that Biden is in talks to start opening
the USA to the UK and Europe as well as land crossings at borders in Canada and Mexico.
this could happen by mid-may.
This is really good news and it means we could see changes from the CDC.
We don't know when probably in 2046, 16 years after the pandemic ends.
But hey, we'll see what happens won't we.
Oh god, you have said when the pandemic is going to end.
It's Not going to end now, is it?
We’re going to be sitting here in 2046 still talking about it.
What is the CDC doing?
You've got it ridiculous.
You've literally got billions of people in Disneyland right now and trillions of people
in Vegas.
Crazy.
Have you seen the videos from Disney from Vegas?
Vegas was at a hundred per cent capacity.
Over the last week that is absolutely crazy.
And you've got crack aeroplanes and other forms of transport.
It makes absolutely no sense to us.
Thank you so much for watching this episode.
as you can see fantastic news all around.
so many Cruise Lines making announcements of cruise coming back and there's lots of
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