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Major cruise ship company may avoid Florida if state doesn't ...
permit Covid-19 vaccination checks!
Florida's new law prohibiting businesses from asking whether employees or customers have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may take a toll on its cruise business.
The CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. said Thursday it could cause the company to suspend Florida departures and move its ships elsewhere.
"At the end of the day, cruise ships have motors, propellers and rudders, and God forbid we can't operate in the state of Florida for whatever reason, then there are other states that we do operate from, and we can operate from the Caribbean for a ship that otherwise would have gone to Florida," CEO Frank Del Rio said during the company's quarterly earnings call.
Del Rio's company plans to stick to vaccination requirements. "At least in the beginning, 100% of our guests and our crew will be vaccinated," Del Rio said. "I think everyone should be wanting to start cruising in the safest possible manner." Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. operates three cruise lines: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
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Re: Major cruise ship company may avoid Florida if state doesn't ...
How will The Disney cruise line handle the COVID vaccine issue? Disney World in Fl has been very strict about mask wearing and social distancing in the parks. I’m sure they’d be in line with wanting passengers and crew to be fully vaccinated. Those cruise ships don’t have to depart from Miami. There a lot of ports up and down the eastern coast starting at Halifax Nova Scotia, Saint John New Brunswick or St John’s Newfoundland....also NYC and Boston.
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