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this update i have brought together the
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four biggest developing news stories
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that i think people like you who are
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passionate about cruising need to know
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in the u.s this growing lobbying on the
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open cruising from july has been a
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with clear the cruise line association
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the travel agents the various trade
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even the florida governor ron desantis
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had a meeting with the cruise line
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leaders which was made very public
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pushing the cdc to open cruising from
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july the reason being
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that the framework that was put in place
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was developed free vaccine they argue so
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it doesn't take account of the impact of
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and also all the sellings in europe and
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asia have shown that the various
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protocols that are proposed
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are working but importantly if you want
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to get involved clear have started a
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program where you can actually lobby
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your elected representatives so you go
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they have a little template there you
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put in your name your address and then
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you can choose to send to your
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various social media messages or in
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emails the link to that is showing
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right now or you can go to the show
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and you can then do that and start
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to open cruising in the us from july
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bear in mind the only other
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opportunities you have for cruising raw
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caribbean celebrity and
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crystal their home porting in the
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caribbean in the bahamas in saint martin
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carnival cruise line by the way has said
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they have no plans at present
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to do anything other than wait for the
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u.s to sail the sister lines
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are also saying nothing everyone's
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waiting to see what norwegian are up to
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because they have taken five ships they
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and they've cancelled all
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their existing schedules saying
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something new is coming so maybe
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something is coming in the caribbean
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there across in the uk
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the summer startup of cruising is really
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11 cruise lines have now confirmed that
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they will be sailing in the uk
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this summer it's going to be scenic
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cruising followed by some limited ports
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a couple are starting in may but most of
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are more towards the end of june but
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they run to september october which is
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of the usual uk and mediterranean
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prices are starting by the way if you're
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interested from around about 120 pounds
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that's about 165 us dollars per person
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so let's take a look at who has
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with a celebrity silhouette we have
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cunard queen elizabeth from the 19th of
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july we have disney magic
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we have fred olsen with two ships
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borealis and bollette
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we have marella which is part of two
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week cruises they haven't announced the
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we have msc cruisers with virtuoso their
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brand new flagship pinot cruisers with
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britannia and iona they're starting up
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at the end of june we have princess
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cruises with two ships regal
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princess and sky princess we also have
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royal caribbean anthem of the seas
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in july we have saga cruises with two
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ships spirit of discovery and
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spirit of adventure and then we have
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venus their brand new ship with a
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limited number of sailings a couple of
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the lions have hinted that they are also
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likely to open up in the uk but the
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at time record there are 11 with many
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however across europe more broadly it's
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less promising they're having a third
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in europe lots of countries locking down
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much more and the vaccine mod is going
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so we've got msc cruisers costa
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manchester and hambach lloyd they've
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said they're going to
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hope to repeat what they did last summer
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with their more limited
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sailings of course we've got big news at
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or will homebase in greece from june and
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royal caribbean will home base
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the jewel of the seas in cyprus from
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july however the general
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mood music for europe is not great so if
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you have european cruisers they are
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questionable so for example ritz carlton
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their inaugural sailings of rhema ship
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cancelled completely the whole european
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launch of that moving into november in
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basically saying that the way europe is
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developing it's not looking promising
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for multi-country and european startups
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again as with the caribbean we're
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waiting for what norwegian is planning
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to do and if any of those ships will be
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based in any parts of europe or the uk
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although it's one of the more
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controversial aspects the vaccine
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for sailing is basically gathering pace
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in the uk all of the startups with
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probably one exception that have so far
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confirmed requirements
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are requiring adults over 18 to had both
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msc is the only one that is not
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requiring adults to have a vaccine
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there are one or two lines that haven't
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confirmed exactly what their plans are
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like disney for example
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and fred olsen royal caribbean and
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celebrities starting up in greece and
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cyprus are going to be requiring
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vaccines as they offer odysseus sea out
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singapore is even talking now about
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adding vaccines into their
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program winsor has also announced that
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they're joining the other lines
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like uncruise many of the u.s river
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cruise lines to require vaccines
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so definitely there's a big movement it
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seems as cruz is starting up
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to include vaccines what's also very
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although it's not definite is the lines
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have hinted they would accept
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a vaccine requirement to allow u.s
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as a cdc condition if you want to know
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more about what to expect in cruising
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over the coming months
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