Two passengers from the United States who shared a room on the Celebrity Millennium tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.Īnd Wednesday evening, two guests under 16 and unvaccinated aboard Adventure of the Seas tested positive for COVID after routine testing. He pointed to the recent incidents with the Celebrity Millennium and Adventure of the Seas, saying "those cases were handled." But we think that’s all workable.” Passengers test COVID positive on Adventure of the Seasįain acknowledged that there will be incidents where passengers test positive for COVID, but believes Royal Caribbean has the ability to manage those cases and avoid a greater outbreak aboard the ship. “We will manage the process so that we will make sure we never go too far with unvaccinated people, and if necessary we’ll close down a cruise. “We recommend that people take vaccinations, and we really encourage it, but we do accept that there are some who don’t, some children who can’t get vaccines,” Fain said. DeSantis has done to advocate for the cruise industry, and added that the company will “try and talk (unvaccinated passengers) into a vaccination.” On Friday, Fain told Yahoo Finance that he appreciates the work Florida Gov. While the CDC had told cruise lines that they would need 95% of passengers and 95% of crew vaccinated in order to skip test sailings, the mandate contradicted a Florida state law banning businesses from requiring proof of vaccination.Īccording to Celebrity's website, for cruises departing from ports outside of Florida, all passengers age 16 and older will still be required to be fully vaccinated. While all crew members are vaccinated, Fain said the company won't enforce vaccines among passengers leaving from a Florida port. give people the chance to practice and get back to the experience.”Įight of the 14 ships within Celebrity Cruises' fleet plan to return to sailing this year, according to a Saturday news release. “We haven’t been operating for 15 months, our crew haven’t been operating on ships for 15 months,” he said. While the lower occupancy means the cruise is less profitable, Fain told CNBC that he wanted to slowly rebuild operations.
The ship is sailing at just 36% capacity, a level Fain considers a sign of “untapped demand” given the short notice to book.Ĭelebrity Cruises, a subsidiary Royal Caribbean Group, had received approval by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to sail one of its ships with paying passengers on board late last month.
► Easing restrictions: Celebrity Cruises drops requirement for passengers to show proof of COVID vaccine for Florida cruises ► Celebrity Cruises: First cruise line to receive CDC approval to sail with paying passengers in June The ship’s departure is set to come shortly after four passengers on two ships in Royal Caribbean Cruises' lines – the Celebrity Millennium and more recently, the Adventure of the Seas – tested positive for COVID-19.
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… If somebody gets sick, we know how to isolate them.” I think the important thing is we make sure they’re isolated cases, and that they don't become an outbreak. “We do know that there will be cases on board cruise ships. “Fortunately, when you get to a very high level of vaccination, that really covers you,” Fain said during an interview with CNBC. While not every passenger on board has had their COVID vaccines – two adults and 24 kids, about 1% of the total passenger count, are unvaccinated – Royal Caribbean Cruises Chairman and CEO Richard Fain said Friday that he’s confident that the cruise line is ready to get back to business. Eastern Daylight Time, sailing to Mexico and the Bahamas. The ship is set to depart on a seven night cruise from Fort Lauderdale at 6 p.m. Celebrity is a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. On Saturday, Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Edge is set to be the first cruise ship to set sail from an American port with paying passengers in more than 15 months. Watch Video: Cruises: What to expect when heading to the sea for vacationĬorrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated with an image of Celebrity Edge, the Celebrity Cruises ship set to be the first to sail from an American port.
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