The company plans to resume sailing using eight ships and departing from Florida and Texas. Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen says that "we are using this extended pause to continue to build a strong set of protocols for guest, crew, and community health and safety." The cruise line industry is currently suffering as the summer months are their most lucrative time for vacations and trips, and in addition the industry was one of the first take a big hit from the corona virus.
This is interesting to me because I'm not sure I would want to go on a cruise so soon after this pandemic. Cruise ships were one of the first places this virus was discovered spreading. I think the company and industry will have a hard time building back people's trust in their health and safety. Carnival will need to find a way to keep their name and brand strong without continual ties and reminder of the corona virus.
Article by: Dave Sebastian
I get the feeling that this pandemic has brought to light a lot of the problems inherent with cruises - chief among them the risk of spreading diseases. Speaking from a family that goes on cruises at least once a year, we have pretty much withdrawn any such plans for a long time to come.
ReplyDeleteCruise lines will be facing an uphill fight trying to convince people to sail again - on the upside, this just might push them into improving safety standards on the high seas. That, I think, is the silver lining to all of this.