Carnival Cruise Line Plans July Sailings From Miami, Galveston, and Port Canaveral
Travel news reveals that Carnival Cruise Line has received the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s (CDC) acceptance of its Phase 2A Port Agreements for Port Miami, Port of Galveston and Port Canaveral. This is fantastic news as all ports are significant homeports for Carnival Cruise Line.
According to a press release these are the first three homeports that Carnival plans to reintroduce guest operations in this summer.
Carnival Cruise Line Plans to Sail From Miami, Galveston, and Port Canaveral This Summer
Lars Ljoen is the executive vice president and chief maritime officer for Carnival Cruise Line and he said, “These agreements move us one step closer to sailing with our loyal guests. We appreciate the support from not just these three homeport partners, but all of our homeports, that are eager to have us back as soon as possible.”
Carnival Cruise Line Has Approval for Operations From Miami, Galveston, and Port Canaveral
The line plans a July return to service and Carnival has announced that Carnival Horizon (sailing from Miami) and Carnival Vista and Breeze (sailing from Galveston) will be the first ships to once again welcome guests on board following the coronavirus pandemic.
In addition Port Canaveral has been identified as a restart priority. The company said in a press release that it expects to announce plans for operations from there sometime in the next few days.
Carnival Cruise Line Gets CDC Approval
In a hopeful sign it was reported in May that Carnival Cruise Line has decided to move its brand new ship Carnival Mardi Gras to Port Canaveral.
The plan was for the ship to leave Barcelona on May 21 and with a scheduled arrival date in Florida on June 4. According to a press release the ship will now fly the Bahamian flag.
Christine Duffy is the president of Carnival Cruise Line and she recently thanked the Panama Maritime Authority for their support as the ship was built and through its registration process. According to her the move to the Bahamas Maritime Authority made plenty of business sense for multiple reasons.
“The Bahamas will be a frequent destination for Mardi Gras, and we are pleased to bring this new level of environmental sustainability to the many ports in the Bahamas and the Caribbean that the ship and our guests and crew will be visiting,” she said.
Carnival also said at the time that, “more and more hopeful signs of a return to guest operations and constructive discussions between the industry and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),” played a part in getting the ship to Florida.
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