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Well, that was fast. A few days ago Crystal Cruises announced they will sail from The Bahamas to bypass the CDC and U.S. ports. Earlier today, Celebrity Cruises announced they will sail from the homeport of St. Maarten. And not to be left out, Royal Caribbean just announced that they will also sail a ship this summer from The Bahamas.
The Details
Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas will be sailing 7-night voyages from Nassau beginning June 12. Itineraries go on sale March 24, 2021. The new itineraries will continue through August.
Ports of call include Perfect Day at CocoCay (back-to-back stops at the private island), Cozumel and Grand Bahama.
All guests over the age of 18 must be fully vaccinated from Covid. Children 17 and under must show a negative PCR test prior to sailing. All visitors to The Bahamas must also show a negative Covid test prior to arrival. As of right now, all travelers must also have a negative Covid test before returning to the United States.
Royal Caribbean has not stipulated the mask policy on board yet. The company plans to announce further health and safety details at a later date. You can read the full press release here.
I personally think these cruises from Royal Caribbean will sell out quickly. Many cruise aficionados are vaccinated and ready to hit the seas.
What cruise line will be next to announce a new non-US homeport for this summer? Carnival? Norwegian? Both?
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Author: Nancy
Nancy lives near Dallas, Texas, with her husband and three kids. Her favorite vacations include the beach, cruising and everything Disney.
I’ve bee one one cruise 20 years ago – not my idea of a vacation. The people I know that like cruising are covid deniers and antivaxers.
Interesting… I love cruising and many people I know that also enjoy it are far from covid deniers. Nobody I know has any desire to jump on a ship any time soon.
Good point, but what wouldn’t the cruise line take on provisions in a US port? They are doing that now, on smaller scale, to supply the crews keeping the ships running, repairing, etc. Then they top off in visited ports as they normally do.
I believe the idea is to avoid U.S. ports altogether in order to avoid the rules and CDC requirements that the U.S. imposes.
Another thought that just struck me is that at some point the ships will return to being based out of the U.S.. When that happens, there’s going to be a lot of people scrambling to cancel airline reservations to the Bahamas.
The food may not be as good as people expect. I worked weekends at the port of Miami many years ago and watched them load up the ships. They had the infrastructure to handle large scale provisioning. Getting the food to an island storage facility, holding it, then reloading it onto a gigantic cruise ship is a pretty daunting logistical task. Produce and other perishables might not make the cut if cruise lines want to maintain quality.
Very interesting! I didn’t think of that.
Good point on the supply. I’d think the Bahamas could handle the food better than other ports because it has large shipping ports and is close to Miami.
Don’t discount the Bahamas when it comes to food and the ability of the country to perform