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Old Jun 14, 2020 | 4:26 am
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Badenoch
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Originally Posted by SkaterJasp
The cruise lines have ships displaced all over the world, especially since the 2 largest cruise line been using their ships to get cruise staff and crew back home. There are ships in places where they don’t typically go. For example, Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas is either on its way to or already in India. That ship normally sail up and down the east coast between New Jersey and the Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda, and Canada. So in order for them to start up the cruises, they would need to first get all the ship, crew, and staff back in position. I highly doubt they are going to do that for a simply “cruise to no where” because those cruises are typically used to either introduce a new market to cruising or to fill a gap in the schedule so that ship is carrying passengers every single day its in operation.
There are several cruise ships currently moored in American ports that could if relieved of the Passenger Vessel Service Act be pressed into service for U.S.-only cruises exclusively for passengers who are already in the U.S.A. And with nothing else sailing a "cruise to nowhere" would definitely fill a gap and generate some revenue for the lines.

The question is if they were available would you take one?
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