Two major cruise lines just postponed sailings on 15 ships

[Kennywood]

Two major cruise lines just postponed sailings on 15 ships — here are all the cruises that have been canceled amid the Omicron surge
Brittany Chang

• On Tuesday, Norwegian postponed sailings across 11 cruise ships.
• Royal Caribbean has also paused itineraries on four ships as COVID-19 cases continue to spike.
• These are all the cruise ships Norwegian and Royal Caribbean have postponed.

Two major cruise lines have canceled sailings on a combined 15 ships as COVID-19 continues to spike around the world amid spread of the Omicron variant.

The majority of cruise ships sailing in the US have reported COVID-19 outbreaks in the last several weeks, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These ongoing outbreaks have barred cruise ships from docking at ports of calls, infected crew, and forced passengers to quarantine aboard ships.

Amid these disruptions, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean have postponed several sailings, citing travel restrictions or the COVID-19 outbreak. Almost 250 cruises were set to sail throughout the first month of 2022, but this ongoing rise in COVID-19 cases could continue to cause further cancellations.

These are all the cruise vessels now facing cancelations:

Norwegian Cruise Line



In early January, Norwegian announced it will be canceling itineraries aboard eight ships due to "ongoing travel restrictions." On Tuesday, the cruise giant expanded these postponements to include embarkations across 11 vessels:

• Norwegian Pearl — postponed through January 17
• Norwegian Dawn — postponed through January 18
• Norwegian Getaway — postponed through January 19
• Norwegian Escape — postponed through January 22
• Norwegian Joy — postponed through January 22
• Norwegian Sky — postponed through February 25
• Pride of America — postponed through February 26
• Norwegian Jade — postponed through March 3
• Norwegian Star — postponed through March 19
• Norwegian Sun — postponed through April 19
• Norwegian Spirit — postponed through April 23

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line



On Friday, Royal Caribbean also canceled sailings aboard four ships, citing "ongoing COVID-related circumstances":

• Vision of the Seas — postponed until March 7.
• Serenade of the Seas — postponed until April 26
• Jewel of the Seas sailings — postponed until February 20
• Symphony of the Seas — postponed until January 29

The Vision of the Seas is currently being used as a quarantine vessel for Royal Caribbean crew who have contracted COVID-19.

Source: www.buisnessinsider.com

 

[sethschroeder]

For clarity:
NCL - Only vaccinated passengers and crew are not allowed to disembark the ship, tested at port with quick antigen test
RCL - 12+ needs to be vaccinated, kids allowed on ship but pre-test and test at port, PCR and NAAT testing only 1-3 days prior

These are the rules these cruise lines are following prior to the latest issues

 

[soniam]

I guess these delays/cancellations are due to staffing issues with quarantine/isolation or maybe some ship deep cleans. Deep cleans don't usually take that long though.

 

[Cheburashka]

I guess these delays/cancellations are due to staffing issues with quarantine/isolation or maybe some ship deep cleans. Deep cleans don't usually take that long though.

Staff issues for sure.

 

[Snowwhyt]

On the fantasy the past couple days I’ve been watching several groups of people being walked around the ship and explained how the areas were used. I saw another line of about 20 people when I got off the ship that were walking in through the lower level deck one entrance. Fantasy was doing a ton of training.
I found the canceled events upsetting and left me with nothing to do but they are working hard to make sure they are prepared.