Carnival Plans to Set Sail Again, or Does It? Behind the Confusion and Controversy
Skift Take
This isn't the first time Carnival has announced a return to cruising in the last month. What's needed here is specifics on how things will be different (and safer) when ships set sail again.
Carnival Cruise Line on Monday announced a partial return to North American cruising for eight of its vessels on Aug. 1. The resumption would be just several days after the Centers for Disease Control's current no sail order is set to expire.
The eight vessels would operate out of the home ports of Miami, Port Canaveral, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, the cruise line said. All other vessels in the fleet would stay docked further, until Aug. 31.
And then, Carnival seemed to backtrack slightly, issuing a second press release hours later, saying that "some of the media reports have not fully conveyed" its previous message. In the second release, it emphasized its plans were still tentative, and that the "current plan [is] contingent on a number of factors," including "continued efforts in cooperation with federal, state, local and international government officials."
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