hey everyone welcome to popular cruising I'm your host Jason Leppert here
with a look at fifteen new cruise ship launches that have been or might be
delayed in 2020 as a result of the covid19 pandemic many international shipyards
had to temporarily shut down building projects as have cruise lines themselves
suspended operations for the time being as a result many delivery schedules have
been shifted to accommodate first we'll start with cruise ships that are already
completed just awaiting their maiden seasons to fully begin and then we'll
move on to those that are under construction and farther out on the
horizon the latest luxury liner from Regent Seven Seas Cruises is the
brand-new Seven Seas Splendor this ship is one that has already launched and was just
beginning its inaugural festivities and previews when the coronavirus brought
them to a screeching halt we actually had the chance to see the ship
temporarily laid up in San Diego before it was relocated of course soon the
Splendor will have its moment to shine currently the ship shows resumed sailing
starting in October another ship and in fact entirely new cruise line that was
about to have its grand unveiling in its home port of Miami is Scarlet Lady from
Virgin Voyages the vessel had already been introduced in the United Kingdom
but not yet in the United States until it can hopefully on October 16th as is
now scheduled the ship remains anchored off the eastern coast of Florida
meanwhile its sister ship Valiant Lady is still slated for 2021 as a follow-up
to the successful Celebrity Edge Celebrity Cruises was also ready to
debut its completed Celebrity Apex sister ship in March but its inaugural
celebration has also been put on hold the architecturally sharp ship has
postponed all of its sailing until September the third in the series
Celebrity Beyond is still on track for 2021 in the meantime you can
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one final ship that had already launched according to SeaTrade Cruise News is
Ponant's Le Bellot the fifth vessel in the Ponant Explorers fleet the luxurious
expedition ship is temporarily on hold as the line has suspended service until
September at least from US ports for now future sistership Le Jacques
Cartier's introduction timeline is also unknown Lindblad Expeditions-National
Geographic had also planned to debut its new National Geographic Endurance
following its successful February sea trials sporting an advanced X-bow for
greater stability and smooth sailing Endurance was originally supposed to
launch in April but for now Lindblad has paused operations until July built
specifically for the Galapagos Islands Silversea Cruises' new Silver Origin
should already be navigating Ecuadorian waters but it too has been delayed
remarkably though the shipyard was able to complete construction for delivery of
the expedition ship to the luxury line this very month the current plan is for
the ship to begin welcoming guests in August of course it's never too soon to
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information below yet another luxury expedition ship that
has been pushed back is Crystal Cruises' Crystal Endeavor unfortunately this one
has been delayed a couple times now due to the MV Werften shipyard in Wismar
Germany being closed it was initially delayed to this November but the vessel
has been further delayed to 2021 Quark Expeditions' new Ultramarine expedition
ship has also been delayed to 2021 but is still seeing forward progress at the
Brodosplit shipyard in Croatia in fact it was successfully floated out ahead of
final outfitting just last month Fridtjof Nansen the new sister ship to
Hurtigruten's recently launched Roald Amundsen
that we reviewed at the link here has had to postpone as well it was originally
set to sail beginning in March but for now the ship has paused its sailing
calendar until September as a different type of small ship this time with sails
Sea Cloud Cruises' Sea Cloud Spirit was supposed to launch on August 29th but
it's now looking to be delayed until the fall and rounding out the expedition
style ships is the upcoming launch of yet another new cruise ship and new
cruise line combo Evrima from The Ritz-Carlton
Yacht Collection previously delayed until this June the luxury ship has been
pushed back by the hotel chain yet again in to April of 2021 according to Cruise
Critic we just reviewed Princess Cruises' latest Sky Princess at the link here but
another Royal class sistership the Enchanted Princess was set to debut this
June in Southampton England while no new launch date has yet been scheduled it is
known that all of its sailings have now been canceled until November as per
Princess' website returning again to Silversea Cruises its Silver Moon has
been pushed back from this August to October 2nd that date is still
subject to change though delays at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona Italy
have affected the luxury ship's schedule also looking to the fall of 2020 Royal
Caribbean International is readying the new Odyssey of the Seas to be unveiled
it's not known if the ship will be delayed at all at the moment it is still
set to debut in Fort Lauderdale by November lastly Carnival Cruise Line's
largest ship ever the Mardi Gras was previously delayed not by covid but by
the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland it may or may not be delayed again
but for now it too is supposed to launch in November thanks so much for watching
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