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CRUISE UPDATE : Some Big Cruise Ships Are Resuming Cruising Immediately
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Feb 18, 2025
Some of the Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean Group owned cruise lines made 12 key changes which have enabled some of their big ships (2,000 to 4,300 passenger cruise ships) to start sailing out of Germany. These changes are laying the template for more of their brands to start sailing across different regions of the world. I explore the 12 key changes implemented by these two large cruising corporations to their cruise brands based and operating out of Germany, as why they discuss using this approach to try to resume cruising in other regions like Italy, UK and USA. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qE-Obs2ocdmPXY0TIU-cw/join SUPPORT THE CHANNEL BY: Buying my Cruise T-shirts: http://bit.ly/TFTStore Booking your next cruise with CRUISEDIRECT.COM: http://bit.ly/TFTBookCruise WATCH THESE POPULAR RECENT VIDEOS: 10 Cabins to Avoid: https://youtu.be/PgTGLma919A European River Cruise Watch-Outs: https://youtu.be/oqhz54wStyk 5 Cruises To Avoid: https://youtu.be/CNiPzK4IRWA Alaska Cruise Need-to-Knows: https://youtu.be/Tn7dpNw5kSI Things Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know: https://youtu.be/cs5UKha9ALc Rules Passengers Break Most: https://youtu.be/djZLZ3XV_f0 Things You Can’t Do On A Cruise Any More: https://youtu.be/zas6F4wMD0Q Should You Pay Cruise Gratuities: https://youtu.be/QBYzqxXjEXQ
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I'm Gary beverage and this is another of
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my tips of travelers cruise updates in
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really significant developments both
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carnival and Royal Caribbean are
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starting to sail their medium to
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large-sized ships these are ships that
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normally hold between two thousand one
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hundred and four thousand three hundred
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passengers they have instituted twelve
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significant changes to enable these
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cruises to start initially out of
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Germany using some of their brands that
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are based out of Germany so Carnival has
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Aida which targets German passengers
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their ships carry up to four thousand
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three hundred passengers normally Royal
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Caribbean has joint ventures with tui so
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they have their mind shift brand and
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they also have the haploid ultra luxury
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joint venture and this feels like a real
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template for the way that cruising can
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move forward some of these things you
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may not like the first significant
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change these are brand new cruisers they
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are not existing itineraries they've
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been put in place specifically to enable
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cruising start up again
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they have scrapped the existing
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itineraries we've seen that happen in
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Norway we've seen that happen in France
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we've seen that happen as the cruises
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have been announced in the UK we've seen
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that being announced in Taiwan as they
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start talking about cruising and now
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we're seeing it as cruises started out
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of Germany brand new cruises secondly
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the cruises that are being put in place
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are significantly shorter cruises
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lasting between three to five days not
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only are they short but they're normally
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include no ports at all so they're kind
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of cruises to know where their scenic
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cruising some of them do include a
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technical stop so they stopped for
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example in Norway passengers aren't
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allowed to go off the third key change
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is fewer passengers between 60% and 50%
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of passenger capacity only and this is
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to enable the ship's to allow a much
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more social distancing - they actually
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allow much more space but very
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importantly cruisers will not sail full
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the fourth really significant change is
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they have only been selling balcony and
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suite cabins on these cruises so inside
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an ocean view are not included at all
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and this makes a lot of sense I guess to
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allow people their own space to allow
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more ventilation perhaps
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on the balcony the next key change that
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we've seen is all of these cruisers are
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catching only for one nationality or
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sometimes a kind of a bubble of
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nationalities you can only go on these
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cruises if you are a German resident an
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Austrian resident or a Swiss resident
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this definitely is a big change and
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something that I think we're gonna see
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happening more and more for example when
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small ship cruising started in Norway
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initially it was for her to go in and
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see dream you had to be Norwegian and
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then it was extended to Danish we've
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also seen Hurtigruten has run some
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Cruiser of Germany also only for German
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passengers we've also seen her to
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Britain announcing cruises in the UK
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again for UK passengers we also saw
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Arnold Donald talking about this very
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topic within the last week where he
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spoke about how he does see actual
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regional cruises for local people who
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don't have to drive will travel a long
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way as being the way forward they're
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talking very aggressively and actively
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with the Italian government because they
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have Costa which has normally over 90
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odd percent Italians he also referred to
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for example P&O Cruises in the UK which
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again has way into the ninety percent of
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UK only passengers the pointing that
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order also makes is that the Carnival
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brand tends to have way into the ninety
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percent of American passengers only
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and here's a very strongly that that
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could be the way that they start up by
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focusing on a brand which is very
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specific to the US market the next key
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change is around staggered and
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pre-booked invocation time what you have
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to do on all these cruises is you book a
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very specific invocation time so that
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enables them to spread out invocation
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enable social distancing and also
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managing the whole process of screening
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that leads me on to the next point which
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is the whole process of medical
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screening and there's a couple of really
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important things in here passengers who
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are age 65 or over
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or have some pre-existing conditions I
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have a very strong advice to consult
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their doctor before cruising none of
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these cruises have required a medical
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certificate by them or suggested and
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strongly recommended that you have a
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discussion with your doctor before
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booking the cruise secondly also what
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they have instituted is based on this
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very specific region you come from if it
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has over a certain threshold level of
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certain
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of incidents of infections you have to
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bring with you a covert 19 negative test
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so all passengers don't have to do that
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but if from a very specific region you
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have to bring that note and of course
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we're seeing that happening in other
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regions have example in the US and
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Alaska if you head into Alaska I want to
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go on to an uncrewed brand Cruise in
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Alaska you have to have proof of a
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covert 19 test we're seeing that if you
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head into French Polynesia and you want
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to go on a cruise there so certainly it
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looks like one of the ways of managing
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people onboard is going to be either you
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come from a region which has a very low
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incidence or if you come from a region
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which has high you have to have some
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proof of a negative test thirdly you
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have to complete online before you head
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off to invocation and medical screening
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questionnaire once you get to check-in
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time there will be temperature screening
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but there will also be a medical team
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there that will look at your replies or
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questionnaire as the temperature
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screening and may require people to
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undergo a covert nineteen test there at
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invocation the next key change is one
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that people may find less acceptable and
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may have moistures with and this is all
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to do with social distancing and the use
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of masks on board the requirement is for
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people to keep 1.5 meters that's 5 or 6
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feet distance from everybody and in that
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situation you are not expected to wear a
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mask however in those situations where
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that cannot be maintained and Marshall
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is going to be required to be warned
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masks are not going to have to be worn
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on these cruises in any of the outdoor
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spaces in any of the restaurants in any
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of the bars when you're working out or
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doing some kind of gym activity so some
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limited use of masks are included in the
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protocols on these cruises the point
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that's being made as this reflects the
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current situation on land so all
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passengers embarking that level of mask
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usage is fairly consistent so I think
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what we're seeing reading from this is
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what happens on the ships will reflect
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whatever the current state of play is on
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land the next area which also may be
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less appealing to some people is around
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the limits on the amount of people into
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a venue or amount of people attending
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any particular activity so number of
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venues on board these ships are going to
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be closed initially there will be no
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pool parties there'll be no disco
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however everything like the gym will be
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open but having fewer people and shows
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and theaters will happen but there will
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be controls on the amount of people that
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can go into those around the pool they
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will limit the amount of people that can
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go to the pool any one of the pools and
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in particular time and actually all of
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the lounges will be spread between one
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and a half meters and two meters apart
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there's also limits for example a number
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of kids in the kids club so when some of
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these cruise lines only ten kids are
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gonna be allowed in the kids club at any
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one time also in the bars they've
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removed lots of the stool so you can
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serve the bars and the tables are going
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to be limited to people within your
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Travel Group only so you're gonna be
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able to form large groups of people that
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you perhaps met on the cruise and sit
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around in tables in the bars so there
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will be some limits on your social
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interaction and there will be social
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distancing and controls on numbers what
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about dining there have been some key
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changes in dining one of the things
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that's very interesting is you have to
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book your dining plans and times at
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least three days before the cruise
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starts you have to plan out and booked
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your dining times this is to enable them
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to plan and social distance people
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within the restaurant so they can spread
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the tables out you know 1 1/2 meters
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there will be no self service it'll all
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be served so the buffet even will be a
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served activity the next key change is
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an area of cleaning and cleansing as
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you'd expect there's been a lot of
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changes to these ships in terms of the
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cleansing protocols that have products
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they use changes to the filtration and
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air conditioning system to bring in more
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fresh air to bring in HEPA filters so it
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screens out much more of viruses so lots
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of changes but one of the key changes
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that we're also seeing is on some of
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those cruises starting up they are
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allowing a full day in between cruises
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so instead of cruises coming in the
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morning people disembarking cleansing
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and people boarding they're actually
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long a full day in between cruises to
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basically clean the ship and do a deep
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clean one of the other key things which
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is around if there is an outbreak so
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certainly there's talk around having at
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more doctors more nurses on board the
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ship the fact that there's fewer
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passengers they have actually much more
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capacity if there are any issues there
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is now testing capability on board but
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one of the key changes and I think this
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is a really significant changes as we
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know one of the challenges when those
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are breaks before was the whole area of
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getting people back on land getting them
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home dealing with them what all of these
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cruise lines are guaranteeing is if
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people do fall ill there will be a whole
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process to take care of them including
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getting them back home getting into the
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medical system and basically ensuring
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that they're cared for so of course this
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is fairly important because many
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insurance policies travel insurance
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policies are specifically excluding
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anything related to covered 19 so in all
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of these cruises the cruise lines are
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building in effectively some kind of I
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guess insurance or guarantee that you
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will be taken care of if you do fall ill
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on board the ship so there are a range
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to some vocational medical care and
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travel if you do fall ill on board the
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ship 12 really important changes that
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are enabling these mid-sized to large
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ships to sell Barrowman these ships
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normally carry up to four thousand three
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other passengers they are going to be
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sailing with fewer passengers than that
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but these are big ships with big major
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cruise lines owned by the big
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corporations carnival and Royal
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Caribbean they've agreed changed to
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protocols which have been bought into by
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the health authorities the maritime the
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transport authorities and this feels
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like a real template for the way that
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cruising can move forward some of these
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things you may not like and it'd be
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great to know and hear what you think
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about some of these changes and if this
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was to be the situation on your
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particular favorite cruise line how
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would you feel about it
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