Cruise Critic U.K. News: Burning Questions: What We Want to Know After Reading the CDC's New Cruise Order

[LauraS]

(2:40 p.m. EDT) -- On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted its long-standing No-Sail Order in favor of a framework that would allow for the safe resumption of cruise operations from U.S. homeports. But after a weekend of leafing through the 40-page order, Cruise Critic staffers and long-time readers have more ...

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[Candocruises]

The CDC was told by the President they could not extend the No-Sail order until February 2021.  Well those of us who love and miss cruising, welcome to how the bureaucracy in "the swamp" works.  The CDC has struck back with a vengeance after their decree to extend their No-Sail order to February 2021 was rescinded.  How dare you challenge the scientist/bureaucrats of the CDC.  The CDC has created an almost impossible pathway to resumption of cruising from U.S. ports.  This should drive this industry out of our country and quite frankly how can anyone blame the industry for setting up in the Bahamas, St. Martin, Barbados, etc.  There are plenty of airliners parked in the desert and unemployed pilots, easy to create Royal Caribbean Air Shuttle if the U.S. airlines don't want the business.