Unfair Treatment of Cruise Industry by the CDC?

If you read cruise ship industry forums, many passengers believe the cruise industry has been treated unfairly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Recent forum posts on the Royal Caribbean Blog (as shown below) have been an outlet for passengers for complain about the Center for Disease Control and...

Norwegian Cruise Line Pushed Sail Date Back to Oct. 1, 2020

Passengers hoping to sail with Norwegian Cruise Line during the summer will now have to wait until fall. The cruise line, third largest behind Carnival and Royal Caribbean, extended its suspension of cruise sailings until at least October 1, 2020. A previous sail date announcement had the cruise line sailing...

Know Before You Go: 2019 Update on Cruise Ship Norovirus Breakouts

No one wants to feel queasy on their cruise ship vacation. And certainly, no passenger wants to experience vomiting, diarrhea and severe stomach cramps after paying for passage on a cruise ship to the Bahamas or Gulf of Mexico. Often, this happens because of a norovirus outbreak or other viral...

2 cruise ships fail CDC cleanliness inspections of their vessels

  As a cruise ship passenger, is your health at risk? 2 more cruise ships have failed inspections of their vessels by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The Regent Seven Seas Navigator and Un-Cruise Adventure's Safari Endeavor both failed recent cleanliness exam inspections in June 2013. The Vessel Sanitation Program...