As Disney Cruise Line releases summer 2022 sailings, the CDC has announced a continuation of the Conditional No Sail Order. But some in the cruise industry are finding ways to skirt the rules.
Disney Cruise Line
Disney Cruise Line revealed summer 2022 sailings this week with bookings available to the general public starting March 25, 2021.
The Disney Magic will be spending the summer in Europe sailing the Greek Isles and Mediterranean as well as Northern Europe including the Baltic, the British Isles, Iceland, and the Norwegian Fjords.
The Disney Wonder sailing to Alaska for the summer ‘22 season from Vancouver.
Both Miami and Port Canaveral will offer sailings with stops on Disney’s private island Castaway Cay.
The under construction Disney Wish was announced to be sailing in the summer of 2022, but the schedule has yet to be released.
Not All Smooth Sailing
While we look forward to the summer 2022 sailing season, the current summer, and most of the rest of 2021 are in jeopardy. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) turned down the attempts by the cruise industry and the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) to begin operating in US ports as soon as July.
CLIA has been working with the CDC to set the standard for the return to sailing. CLIA is calling to lift the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order.
CLIA and the cruise community are calling on the US CDC to lift the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) and allow for the planning of a phased resumption of cruise operations from U.S. ports by the beginning of July. #ReadySetSail ➡️ https://t.co/9i6xr2nohH
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— Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) (@CLIAGlobal) March 24, 2021
Cruise Lines are responding to the order by sailing out of ports outside the CDC jurisdiction. Both Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines, parent company Royal Caribbean International, have announced sailing out of the Caribbean and the Bahamas as early as June 2021.
What do you think? Are you ready to sail again? How soon is too soon and when will you be ready?