{"id":73265,"date":"2021-01-06T16:27:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytravelleader.com\/?p=73265"},"modified":"2021-01-06T16:27:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:27:40","slug":"carnival-cruise-line-cancels-more-us-cruises-this-time-until-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytravelleader.com\/cruises\/carnival-cruise-line-cancels-more-us-cruises-this-time-until-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Cruise Line cancels more US cruises \u2014 this time until April"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carnival Cruise Line announced an extension to its sailing suspension, canceling cruises scheduled\u00a0through March 31 in U.S. waters and\u00a0pushing the line’s cruising resumption back to more than a year after the industry came to a standstill in the middle of March last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carnival also canceled select domestic itineraries\u00a0into fall and one international cruise internationally in\u00a0June, according to a statement\u00a0provided by spokesperson Vance Gulliksen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While many of the schedule changes are in relation to pandemic-induced regulations, including voyage-length restrictions, some are also related to rescheduled dry-dock work.<\/p>\n
The cancellations include:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are sorry to disappoint our guests, as we can see from our booking activity that there is clearly a pent-up demand for cruising on Carnival,\u201d Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, said in the statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duffy added that the cruise line plans to resume operations in 2021 with a “phased-in approach,” a strategy\u00a0the cruise line’s parent company, Carnival Corp., has referenced frequently since the onset of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The cancellations come as the U.S. is seeing a continued upward trend in COVID-19 cases,\u00a0reaching\u00a021 million cases on Tuesday night, just over four days since reporting 20 million cases, Johns Hopkins data shows.\u00a0And\u00a0Georgia became the\u00a0fifth state to report a case of the more contagious virus strain\u00a0first identified in the United Kingdom, joining Colorado, California, Florida and New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I am ecstatic’: <\/strong>COVID-19 vaccine inspires confidence among cruise passengers, industry<\/span><\/p>\n Contributing: Adrianna Rodriguez and Jessica Flores<\/em><\/p>\n