MIAMI, May 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise Line
advised guests and travel agents today of our plan to phase in a
resumption in our North American service this summer, beginning on
August 1 with a total of eight ships
from Miami, Port Canaveral and
Galveston. In connection with this plan, our pause in
operations will be extended in all other North American and
Australian markets through August
31.
The key elements of this plan include:
- All North American cruises from June 27
to July 31 will be cancelled.
- Beginning August 1, we plan to
resume cruises on the following ships:
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- Galveston: Carnival Dream, Carnival Freedom and Carnival
Vista
- Miami: Carnival Horizon, Carnival Magic and Carnival
Sensation
- Port Canaveral: Carnival Breeze and Carnival
Elation.
- Other than the above referenced service from Galveston,
Miami, and Port Canaveral, all
other North American and Australian homeport cruises will be
cancelled through August 31.
- All Carnival Spirit Alaskan cruises from Seattle will be cancelled, as well as the
Carnival Spirit Vancouver-Honolulu cruise on September 25 and the Honolulu-Brisbane transpacific cruise on October 6.
- All Carnival Splendor cruises in Australia from June 19
to August 31 will be cancelled.
Impacted guests and their travel advisors are being notified by
email, including options for a combined future cruise credit (FCC)
and onboard credit (OBC) package, or a full refund. Booked
guests can make their selection online, alleviating the need to
contact Carnival's customer service center, which is still
operating in a work-from-home status due to locally-imposed office
closures in South Florida.
We are committed to supporting all public health efforts to
manage the COVID-19 situation. We are taking a measured approach,
focusing our return to service on a select number of homeports
where we have more significant operations that are easily
accessible by car for the majority of our guests.
We will use this additional time to continue to engage experts,
government officials and stakeholders on additional protocols and
procedures to protect the health and safety of our guests, crew and
the communities we serve. We appreciate the understanding and
support of our guests and travel agent partners and look forward to
welcoming them on board as the environment for travel and tourism
improves.
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