We have all the latest cruise news including the biggest cruise line in the
world saying that there's still a chance of cruising resuming
from the USA in 2020.
To Tom Cruise hiring out
two cruise ships to film Mission: Impossible.
We also have a full roundup of when each cruise line is planning to set sail again.
So stay tuned.
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So first of all news from Carnival.
Carnival's Corporation's CEO Arnold Donald
says there's still a chance that cruise ships could sail from u.s ports before the end of 2020.
He went on to say that cruising successfully started in Italy and Europe,
so it's definitely a possibility we could sail again from 2020 in the USA.
He went on to say though - is it too soon? is it premature? is it perfect timing?
We'll all know that in a month or two from now.
Which is very close to the end of 2020 anyway.
He's also said in the past that they are
in no rush to resume cruising because they want to get it right.
To be honest though we think we are not going to see this happen
but who knows.
There's still a lot of things that are depending on this
including the CDC removing the no seal order
and things like vaccines and new fast testing to come through as well.
But to us it seems really unlikely doesn't it.
Yeah it does.
And it to him it sounds like it seems unlikely as well his answer was pretty much
it could happen or it couldn't happen so...
not really much of a statement there was it.
Carnival have also announced the new cruise director for the Carnival Mardi Gras
after Matt Mitchum's shock departure last week.
Mike Pack has been named to head up the entertainment team
like Matt he's a very popular cruise director with a really big fan base.
It will be the second time that he has launched a brand new ship as a cruise director.
He previously launched the Carnival Horizon.
He said he looks forward to welcoming people on board the Mardi Gras
and wowing them with this new ship.
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And next up news from Royal Caribbean.
We are all eagerly awaiting to see the results of the healthy sail panel recommendations.
As you know Royal Caribbean have been working with Norwegian Cruise Line
in creating some brand new policies and protocols for when sailing resumes.
These recommendations have been sent over to the CDC for review.
The new policies will not be released until sometime after the CDC open comment period ends.
Now we hear you say; "what's the open comment period?"
Well since July
CDC have been asking the public to comment on how crews should return.
Which personally we think is ridiculous and should be left to the experts.
To us it looks like they're just trying to slow things down and delay things even more
You already know how unimpressed we are with the CDC and how it's handled the cruise situation.
There are no other open forums for things like flights, theme parks, vacation resorts or anything
Once again, cruise is being picked on to be special.
So this open comment period ends on September 21st.
So we're not expecting to see anything till at least the end of September.
In other Royal Caribbean news.
Royal Caribbean's fifth oasis-class ship the Wonder of the Seas
is scheduled to be floated out tomorrow on the 4th of September.
It will be the biggest cruise ship in the world and will be cruising around China and Asia.
We actually saw this ship didn't we in the shipyard.
Yeah when we saw the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire s he was actually called Melody of the Seas.
But they change the name to Wonder.
A little fact there. A little fact.
The new Royal Caribbean cruise terminal in Galveston, Texas
will begin construction on April the 1st 2021.
No it's not April fools day.
It's due to be complete now by September 2022 after being delayed a whole year.
The new terminal will be able to accommodate the line's biggest Oasis class ships.
Now on to the cruise news about Tom Cruise hiring a cruise.
Yeah that's gonna be a...
that's that's more than just a....
coincidence.
Tom Cruise has rented two cruise ships to stop filming becoming a Mission Impossible.
How many times can I make make that joke?
Gosh... how many times David.
The two cruise ships from Hurtigruten
are been used to house hundreds of crew and cast while filming in Norway.
It has been reportedly cost around half a million dollars to hire the two ships
in an effort to stop delays for the new movie.
And i'm pretty sure there is ships spare to hire at the moment.
Don't you Ben?
The production company has rented the "MS Fridge off nansen" a battery hybrid ship
and the MSC "Vesta luring" until the end of September.
Apologies for butchering the names there but it's really hard to pronounce.
The ships will be docked in Hellesylt at the east of the country.
Sorry if that was wrong as well.
Around 217 miles from Bergen.
The next Mission Impossible installment is being filmed all across Europe
but production was halted when large parts of the continent closed down.
So a ship is a great way to accommodate all those people.
Yeah fantastic.
And in other news.
After going months without being paid crew from a cruise line took them to court.
After the shutdown in March, management for the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line
requested that all employees on board their two ships
sign a contract which essentially said that they would agree to work without pay
until cruising resumes.
This is absolutely shocking!
Shocking yeah!
Obviously this is ridiculous and it's already been six months.
To be fair it doesn't matter if it was six days
they should be paid for every day they're on the cruise ship.
Yeah, 100%.
In june the cruise line CEO boarded and promised crew members
a thousand dollar payment before the end of July
but that never happened.
So crew members have pushed forward with a lawsuit.
It's now been settled in a Miami court
with the company agreeing to pay $875,000 in unpaid wages to its crew.
That's good news isn't it.
So let's take a look at when all of the major cruise lines are planning to sail again.
So this includes all of the cruise lines around the world just giving you an update
on when they're starting again.
Well first let's start with Royal Caribbean.
This also includes sister lines Celebrity and Azamara.
So they're planning to sail again on November the 1st.
But all Royal Caribbean Alaska, Canada, New England, Transatlantic and Bermuda
itineraries have been cancelled for the remainder of 2020.
As you know the Odyssey of the Seas, the brand new ship is delayed till April 2021.
Next look at Norwegian Cruise Line.
They're looking to restart on November 1st.
There's no details yet of their planned return to service or protocols.
Just that it will be a staggered return with only a few ships.
Next up we have Carnival Cruise Line.
The restart date for them as well is November 1st.
But all Carnival Australia cruisers are suspended until at least December 3rd.
Carnival Radiance and the Mardi Gras as you know are both delayed till 2021
and as Norwegian they've released no details or a return plan or protocols yet.
Just again that it will be a staggered return with fewer ships.
Princess Cruises have announced their restart date will be December 15th.
December the 12th in Australia and New Zealand.
Yet again there's no details about their return to service.
Next up Disney Cruise Line.
The Disney Magic is due back on the November 12th,
Wonder on November 20th, the Dream on November 13th and the Fantasy on November the 2nd.
Again absolutely no plans or details of their return or protocols just yet.
Stay tuned we'll bring you that information when we have it.
MSC cruises have already resumed with the MSC Grandiosa doing Western Mediterranean sailings.
The MSC Magnifica has been delayed though until september when she'll be doing Eastern Mediterranean sailings.
They've got a comprehensive return to service protocol.
We did a video about that. You can see in the link in the corner of this video.
Next up Virgin Voyagers who have yet to seal and enter service.
Their restart date again is November 1st.
There's no details of a plan yet
but obviously it will just be Scarlet Lady doing short cruises from Miami.
Yeah no details about their launch or anything.
LIke about their um...
It's such a shame they've had their launch cut twice now so
we can't wait to see that brand new cruise ship and line up and running for once.
And over in our neck of the woods P&O Cruises UK's restart day is currently November 13th.
Yet again, we've got no details yet about what it will look like when they return.
And then P&O down under their restart date is December 3rd.
Again with no plans or protocols quite yet.
Marilla Cruises restart date is currently November 16th.
And for Cunard, Queen Elizabeth is due to come back March 25th 2021.
Queen Mary 2 - April the 18th next year.
Queen Victoria - May 16th next year
and again no further details of protocols or anything like that just yet.
Oh gosh, I know, I mean -
We mentioned it last week, on last week's video,
just looking at them dates - 2021
That is crazy! That is, like you said last week, nearly a year.
Yes i know it's really bad isn't it.
It's looking less and less likely that the mainstream cruise lines,
apart from say MSC, are going to be cruising this year.
But that's it for this episode.
Thank you so much for watching.
Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
When do you think cruising is going to start?
Bo you think we're going to have to wait for a vaccine?
and there's also talk of a brand new swab test as well
which can give results in 20 minutes
and apparently it's highly highly reliable as well which
some of the tests hasn't haven't been so that's some really good news there that
could really make a big change to cruising but yeah let us know in the
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