• No major US cruise line will travel to the country until March at the earliest.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to recommend avoiding cruises as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
  • These are the updated sailing plans for cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Disney Cruises for 2021.
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Bad news for all avid cruise lines: cruise lines continue to extend their suspensions until 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

The cruise industry initially experienced a quiet period after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published and expanded theirs Order without sails when the coronavirus pandemic began to rise in 2020. But after months of waiting, in October, the CDC replaced his mandatory sailing break with the “Framework for Conditional Sailing Order”. a list of the stringent requirements required for cruise lines to resume operations.

Despite this order and the one ahead Several cruise lines debut above that next couple of yearsthe return of the cruise is still pending. Currently, no major U.S. cruises will set sail until early March, but many cruise lines continue to postpone their sailing dates as the U.S. coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen.

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Keep scrolling to see updated sailing dates for several major cruise lines:

Norwegian cruises

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Norwegian cruises.


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According to a Updated the suspended trips on December 29, 2020, Norwegian has pressed the pause button on all cruises scheduled to sail through March.

Princess cruises

A fishing boat passes Princess Cruises' Ruby Princess cruise ship docking in Manila Bay during the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cavite City, Philippines, May 7, 2020.  REUTERS / Eloisa Lopez

Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess cruise ship docks in the town of Cavite on Manila Bay during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)


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Princess cruises originally paused his travels through March, according to a communication dated November 20, 2020. However on 6th JanuaryThe cruise line extended this timeline and announced that it would suspend further cruises until May 14th.

Princess Cruises has also suspended all voyages through November 1st that should take more than seven days to travel to and from US ports, as well as all voyages to and from Japan through June 25th, as announced in November.

“We continue to prepare our ships for our return to service and look forward to seeing our guests on board again to create summer memories,” said Jan Swartz, 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” includes new health protocols and contactless features, just to name a few details.

Carnival cruises

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Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship docks in Jacksonville Harbor during the coronavirus outbreak on March 27, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida.


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For a full list of suspended sailing dates per ship, see available on Carnival’s website. According to this list no carnival Cruises will set sail until after March 31, although some ships will remain docked in the future. According to a press release dated January 6th.

For example after a Press release from December 9, 2020, carnival has set up dry docks for Carnival Magic, Carnival Paradise and Carnival Valor and has thus stopped embarkation of the ships until September 24th, May 31st and September 11th respectively.

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

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The upcoming first carnival trip was also pushed back as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

royal caribbean

Wonder of the Seas cruise ship Royal Caribbean

The wonder of the seas.


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royal caribbean originally suspended its cruise travel until February 28, according to a December 17th update. However on January 12thThe cruise line has pushed its sailless date back even further to April 30th. The only exceptions are that Quantum of the Seas Ship in Singapore and Spectrum of seas Ship in china.

According to a study, Royal Caribbean’s Celebrity Cruises line has also canceled all trips originally planned until April 30th Update on January 12th. Some other Celebrity Cruises trips continued to be suspended until October.

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On On January 13th, Royal Caribbean’s Silversea Cruises was also released his new sailing dates. According to this update, the earliest trip will set sail on April 1st, although two trips have been postponed to November.

Celebrity cruises

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Celebrity cruises.


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Celebrity cruises has suspended all trips until February 28th and South America is sailing with the winter program 2021 until April 7th. According to a travel warning published on December 2.

Holland America Line

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Holland America.


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Holland America will pause all cruises until April 30th an update on January 6th. Alaska cruises, originally scheduled to depart by mid-May, have also been canceled, but some will continue to be suspended in June.

Some international trips – especially in Canada and the Mediterranean – will be frozen even longer for selected trips with selected breaks through August. You can find the break timeline on the Holland America website.

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Disney cruises

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Disney cruises.


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According to a travel warning released on December 11, 2020 Disney Cruises have suspended all cruises through February 28th. Cruises longer than seven nights have been suspended. See the full list of suspended Disney cruises here.

MSC cruises

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MSC Magnifica cruise ship in Italy.


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MSC published a list Cancellation dates per cruise ship. Excursions on the MSC Armoniawere canceled until February 28th while the MSC Divinia I won’t be sailing until after March 27th.

P&O cruises

P&O cruises

P&O cruises.


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P&O has stopped All trips through April.

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