Cruise News Today Update — August 12, 2022: Carnival Cruise Line Drops Testing, Vaccination Mandate
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Doug Parker reports on significant changes to health protocols across several major cruise brands. Effective September 6, Carnival Corporation brands including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Cunard, and P&O Cruises have implemented new restrictions. Carnival Cruise Line will no longer require a pre-cruise COVID test for vaccinated guests, though requirements remain for specific destinations like Canada, Bermuda, Greece, and Australia, or for voyages lasting 16 nights or longer. Unvaccinated guests are permitted to sail without a vaccination exemption for most voyages, provided they present a negative PCR or antigen test taken within three days of embarkation. Princess Cruises has removed its vaccination requirement for all guests and eliminated testing requirements for vaccinated passengers, though unvaccinated guests must still provide a negative test result. P&O Cruises and Cunard continue to enforce vaccination requirements but have removed the pre-embarkation testing mandate for vaccinated guests. Additionally, Norwegian Cruise Line holdings and select voyages on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity have also dropped vaccination requirements. The report concludes by noting that cruise line stocks saw an increase on Friday, with Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian all showing gains.
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four carnival corporation brands have loosened restrictions and two have dropped the vaccination mandate effective september 6th
vaccinated guests must continue to provide evidence of their vaccination status prior to embarkation
princess cruises has removed its vaccination requirement for all guests as well as the testing requirement for vaccinated passengers
cruise line stocks were up on friday carnival corporation up 1.5 10.70
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