Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line based in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc, and its logo is a funnel shaped like a whale's tail, with a combination of red, white and blue colors. MSC Cruises has resumed travel from Italy with two ships departing from the United Kingdom and plans to restart voyages in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe with seven more ships before August. The same applies to all cruise lines owned by Royal Caribbean, excluding cruises in China and Australia.
The cruise industry is seeking to begin its recovery this spring and summer, with Crystal Cruises planning to resume cruises on July 3 with one of its two largest ocean ships, the Crystal Serenity, which sails across the Bahamas from Nassau. The line has also announced plans to resume cruises to Alaska from Seattle on July 27 with the Carnival Miracle and expects to restart cruises from Miami with the Carnival Horizon also in July. British-based cruise line became the first in the world to require that all guests must be vaccinated before traveling. Cruises on the line's French channels will resume on July 2 and its maritime cruises along the Croatian coast and around Corsica will resume in June and July, respectively.
In addition, luxury cruise line extended its suspension until May for maritime cruises and longer for other types of vessels. Since many maritime and river cruise lines are gradually returning to operation around the world after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping track of the seemingly minute-by-minute changes in the cruise industry can be a challenge. Virgin Voyages has not yet started regular cruises with its first and currently only Scarlet Lady cruise ship. Serenade of the Seas will begin sailing to Alaska in July and Ovation of the Seas will begin sailing to Alaska in August, both from Seattle, Washington. Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours plans to resume river cruises in Europe on July 30 with departures on the Douro River in Portugal.American Cruise Lines resumed intra-coastal waterway cruises in Georgia and South Carolina on March 13 with a single ship, the Independence for 100 passengers, and has since added trips on the Mississippi River and several other United States.
The two largest cruise lines for Carnival Cruise Line and Royal El Caribe have already restarted with a limited number of ships from the U. S. Department of Justice as the situation in that country is advancing rapidly. Celebrity Cruises this month became the first major cruise line to operate a sailboat in the Caribbean since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and several other major lines, including Royal Caribbean, are also about to start again in the Caribbean.
However, the cruise line has made new cancellations for cruises previously scheduled outside the United States; the Royal Caribbean ship in Singapore; and European cruises from MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises, Tui Cruises, Aida Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd.
