2021 sailing plans updated from several major sailing lines

No major U.S. crossroads will sail through the country until early March.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends avoiding cruise travel as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage.
These are the updated 2021 sailing plans for cruise lines such as the Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Disney Cruises.
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Bad news for any avid travelers: cruise lines continue to extend the suspensions of cruises until 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

The shipping industry initially experienced a quiet period after the disease control and prevention centers posted and expanded its non-shipping order as the coronavirus pandemic began to rise in 2020. But after months of waiting, the CDC replaced its mandatory break in October with the “Framework for Conditional Sailing Order”, a list of strict requirements required for the use of cruise lines.

Despite this order and the forthcoming debut of several cruise ships over the next few years, the return of the voyages remains in battle. At present, no major U.S. cruises will sail until early March, but many cruise lines continue to push back its cruise dates as the coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate in the US.

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Keep scrolling to see the updated sail suspension dates for several major waterways:

Norwegian Cruises

Norwegian epic cruise ship — Norwegian Cruises.

According to a suspension of the voyage on December 29, 2020, Norwegian pressed the pause button on all its voyages that would sail until March.

Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises originally suspended its voyages until March, according to a notice posted on November 20, 2020. On January 6, however, the cruise line extended this timeline and announced that it would sail further until May 14.

The Princess Cruises also suspended all voyages until November 1 that would last longer than seven days to and from U.S. ports and all voyages to and from Japan until June 25, according to the November notice.

“We are continuing to prepare our ships for our service delivery and we are eager to see our guests back on board to create summer memories,” Jan Cruz, president of Princess Cruises, said in a statement.

When the cruise line sails again, several ships – including the Diamond Princess and the Grand Princess – will have Princess’ MedallionClass Experience. This ‘experience’ contains new health protocols and contactless features, to name a few details.

Carnival Cruises

A complete list of suspended shipping dates per ship is available on Carnival’s website. According to this list, no Carnival cruises will depart until after March 31, although several ships will remain moored even further in the future, according to a news release on January 6.

According to a press release issued on December 9, 2020, for example, Carnival has set up dry docks for the Carnival Magic, Carnival Paradise and Carnival Valor, thus stopping any of the ships’ inputs until September 24, May 31 and September 11 respectively.

“We are sorry to disappoint our guests as we can see from our booking activity that there is clearly a pent-up demand to sail on Carnival,” Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, said in a statement on the news release. said.

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The upcoming first Mardi Gras trip was also pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Royal Caribbean

According to an update dated 17 December 2020, Royal Caribbean will suspend any cruise voyage until 28 February. The two exceptions to this are Australian cruises, which will remain suspended until 30 April, and the new Odyssey of the Seas ship, which will remain moored until 26 March.

According to a December 2 press release, Royal Caribbean’s Celebrity Cruises also suspended its voyages until February 28, with a further suspension on South American cruises until April 7.

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Royal Caribbean’s Silversea Cruises brand remains suspended until April 1 (with the exception of the Silver Origin cruise, which travels on February 6). The Azamara line of Royal Caribbean remains suspended until March 20.

The earliest Royal Caribbean ship to sail again is in China with the Spectrum of the Seas. This particular ship will only be suspended until January 20th.

Famous cruises

According to a travel warning posted on December 2, Celebrity Cruises has suspended all travel until February 28, and South America’s pigs with the winter program 2021 to April 7.

Holland America Line

According to an update on January 6, Holland America will suspend all cruise travel until April 30. Alaska cruises that were originally scheduled to depart until mid-May have also been canceled, although some will still be suspended until June.

Several international trips – specifically those in Canada and the Mediterranean – will be frozen even longer with a break until August for selected trips. You can find the timeline for breaks on the Holland America website.

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Disney Cruises

Disney Cruises.

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According to a travel warning posted on December 11, 2020, Disney Cruises has suspended all travel until February 28. Cruises lasting longer than seven nights have been further suspended. See the full list of suspended Disney Cruises here.

MSC Cruises

MSC Magnifica cruise ship sails through Saint Mark Basin in Venice, Italy June 9, 2019..JPG — MSC Magnifica Cruise Ship in Italy.

MSC has announced a list of cancellation dates per cruise ship. Trips on the MSC Armonia, for example, have been canceled until 28 February, while the MSC Divinia will only see any speed after 27 March.

P&O Cruises

P&O stopped all travel until April.

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