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Holland America has just increased its gratuities too! We should have bets on which cruise line is next!

That Frank Del Rio sure is harsh!

Unless you're cruising in Australia, you should be fine. I also think that Australia will soon ease the protocols again.

I also don't think the protocols will make a return! But you should still take out travel insurance no matter what!

@Blue Shirt, Virgin Voyages is best when it comes to being comfortable! They have the hammocks! They look super comfy!

@Blue Shirt are there any more ships impacted?

Weather related maybe? If so, not really their fault.

With everything being so fluid, it's not really a surprise. When was that news?

Have you checked your Manage Booking area? It should be updated in there.

It's nice to see more MSC cruise ships come to the US, especially their newest ships.

After reading about the Norwegian Escape resuming from Port Canaveral over the weekend, I saw the livery design and I do think it's one of my favorites! Was just thinking which is your favorite livery across the NCL ships?

John Heald said on his live post this morning that the January 6 cruise won't be cancelled. Not as good as Hawaii, but that would be better than breaking them all up!

This might help:

Wow, wonder why they did that? What ship are you sailing on? As far as I know, people are still in cabins next to each other. Will have to dig deep in all the Royal Caribbean protocols.

Good question on why they changed. Don't think they gave a reason why. Maybe something to do with the port agreements.

It's constantly changing. The main thing is that cruise lines are ignoring all these notices, which is good. Florida is looking better than most areas in that map from Brown's University! That's a good sign.

Looks like Holland America Line and even sister line Princess Cruises have extended their protocols through February 2022. I guess testing could continue too.

They were going to do it but I read that due to logistical reasons they ended up not implementing testing at the terminal. The best way is with the home test kits or booking at somewhere like CVS or Walgreens.

Now even more cancellations in Australia as I saw today that Royal Caribbean cancelled an entire season for Ovation of the Seas. When is the government there going to start allowing cruises again! This is getting so bad now.

Majestic Princess has now resumed from Los Angeles too.

Did anyone else see the new infographic Carnival released? For the first three months back sailing the cruise line has completed 98 sailings with a total of 237K guests sailed. I'm more interested in the other facts such as the number Guy's burgers served! 😂

Did anyone else see the update from the Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEO on CNBC? He talked about COVID booster shots and didn't think they would be needed. He also mentioned that once kids 5- to 11-year-olds had approval to be vaccinated, they would be allowed to cruise. Very interesting update. Norwegian Cruise Line set to launch full fleet by April, CEO says (cnbc.com)

It looks like Chris Williams is still on the cruise doing handover. The Mardi Gras does look fun though, not sure if I would give that ropes course a go!

HOORAY! Cruising is back from LA!

It will be interesting to see which places are added to level 4 next. The cruise lines are doing well and it's good they continue to sail to these ports.