In mid-March, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced that the major cruise lines were shutting down operations from all US ports for at least 30 days in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A month later, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) extended its “No Sail Order” fro up to 100 days. Nevertheless, by mid-May, the major cruise lines were planning restarting operations in July and August.
Now, reality has set in, once again and the CLIA announced last Friday that the major cruise lines will not attempt starting operations from the US until September 15th.
Whether the latest date is any more likely than the previous targets remains to be seen. Recently, a White House advisor raised concerns about a second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic this fall, as 29 states and U.S. territories logged an increase in their seven-day average of newly reported cases after many lifted restrictions in recent weeks.
Not to nitpick but only once we’re done with this first wave will we see about a 2nd. As it stands, the 1st wave extrapolates to infinity– slope is opposite to what we need.