Continued suspension

[nocl]

3 hours ago, TeeRick said:

All Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines now suspended through Dec 31.  Announced yesterday.  See the first post.

However, non-revenue would not be a published sailing nd they could do such while their revenue cruises are suspended.  After all suspended does not mean no ship operations.

 

If the cruise lines embraced the CDC order and moved aggressively to staff a ship or two, and get the practice cruises in, figuring 30-60 days to get a ahip in warm layup ready, including crew quarantines, then they could be doing practice cruises in late December and maybe have some cruises in January.

 

However, I would be surprised if the cruise lines don't try to get gain some wiggle room in the rules.  They did that with crew repatriations in the no sail order days (did not do them any good in the end).  We should see in the next couple of weeks what route they will take.

[SeaHunt]

16 hours ago, OnTheJourney said:

Viking did this back in July already - canceled everything till at least end of December. I figured many other lines probably did as well. 

 

And in the meantime Viking has been hard at work 😊

 

"Viking announced that it has completed installation of the first full-scale PCR laboratory at sea.

This new onboard facility allows for testing capacity in the cruise industry, enabling Viking to conduct PCR testing of all crew members and guests with a non-invasive saliva test, the company said, calling it an industry first.

 

The lab has enough capacity for daily testing of every crew member and guest, which provides flexibility to respond to COVID-19 prevalence levels around the world.

 

This first lab has been installed on the 930-guest Viking Star; it will undergo a series of extensive tests to ensure the procedures and protocols that have been designed are fully effective, the company said.

 

“We have been working on this for a number of months, and today is important as it moves us one step closer to operating cruises again, without compromising the safety of our guests and crew. The recently announced CDC guidelines are clearly aligned with our public health research, and we welcome the agency’s push toward testing, as we believe this is the only way to safely operate. In our view, continuous PCR testing, along with our extensive onboard hygiene protocols, will lead to making Viking ships a safe place to get away to and explore the world,” said Matt Grimes, Vice President of Maritime Operations for Viking".

 

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23803-viking-star-gets-first-pcr-laboratory-at-sea-for-covid-testing.html

 

 

Edited November 3, 2020 by SeaHunt

[TeeRick]

19 hours ago, nocl said:

However, non-revenue would not be a published sailing nd they could do such while their revenue cruises are suspended.  After all suspended does not mean no ship operations.

 

If the cruise lines embraced the CDC order and moved aggressively to staff a ship or two, and get the practice cruises in, figuring 30-60 days to get a ahip in warm layup ready, including crew quarantines, then they could be doing practice cruises in late December and maybe have some cruises in January.

 

However, I would be surprised if the cruise lines don't try to get gain some wiggle room in the rules.  They did that with crew repatriations in the no sail order days (did not do them any good in the end).  We should see in the next couple of weeks what route they will take.

CLIA announced yesterday that all of the major cruise lines would voluntarily suspend all cruises through Dec 31 while they try to understand the new CDC guidance.

[Covepointcruiser]

The cruises in Europe will the Far East will continue.    We don’t behave in the U.S. so we can’t have nice things like cruises.

[mnocket]

23 minutes ago, Covepointcruiser said:

The cruises in Europe will the Far East will continue.    We don’t behave in the U.S. so we can’t have nice things like cruises.

Are you aware of the Covid situation in Europe?

 

 

Edited November 4, 2020 by mnocket

[Covepointcruiser]

Yes, look at the Costa, ADA, MSC sites.   The German line has stopped through December 18 but cruises to the Canary Islands continue.   Some residents of high COVID nations won’t be allowed to board.