11:08 am UTC Apr. 6, 2021
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Not a single oceangoing cruise ship has departed with passengers from a U.S. port in the past year.
And that s caused havoc in the cruise world – including for passengers.
Take Nargis Kheraj, 70, from New Brunswick, Canada, for example. She has had 28 cruises canceled since the start of the pandemic. Kheraj told USA TODAY that as a result of schedule changes and rebookings, she had 18 canceled in 2020 and 10 already canceled in 2021.
Kheraj has four more cruises booked in 2021, with departures beginning in November.
And it hasn t been smooth sailing for the industry as a comeback still appears distant – even after the cruise industry last month attempted to push the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to allow a July restart. On Friday, the CDC issued technical guidance for cruise lines to address before they can resume cruising but did not specify when cruise ships
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced Monday it plans to require vaccinations for all guests and crew in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in which it looks to have the CDC’s conditional sail order lifted and allow the line to start starting in July.