Carnival Cruise Line said it will resume some sailing starting Aug. 1. The cruise line already had announced cruise cancellations through June 30, but that now extends through July.
Carnival Cruise Line announced plans to resume some cruising starting Aug. 1, including sailing from Florida’s Port Canaveral and PortMiami.
The cruise line had already canceled cruises through June 30 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but that now extends through July.
The resumption of service will feature only eight ships in the line’s 27-ship fleet, including Carnival Breeze and Carnival Elation out of Port Canaveral.
Carnival Horizon, Carnival Magic and Carnival Sensation will sail out of PortMiami and the port in Galveston, Texas, will also see three ships sailing, Carnival Dream, Carnival Freedom and Carnival Vista.
The rest of the ships in North America including itineraries out of Port Everglades, Jacksonville and Tampa won’t sail until at least September. The line has also canceled Australian cruises through Aug. 31.
In addition, all Carnival Spirit Alaskan cruises from Seattle and the ship’s planned Vancouver-Honolulu cruise on Sept. 25 and the Honolulu-Brisbane transpacific cruise on Oct. 6 are canceled.
The line is offering full refunds or the option to put funds toward a future cruise with an additional onboard credit.
Previously announced moves had canceled Carnival Sunrise sailings through Oct. 19, all Carnival Legend sailings through Oct. 30 and all Carnival Radiance sailings through Nov. 1.
Carnival Radiance is the new name for current ship Carnival Victory, that was slated for a major overhaul this spring and originally planned for sailings in Europe, New York and Norfolk, Virginia. It will now make its debut at Port Canaveral.
The cruise line’s newest ship, Mardi Gras, is also coming to Port Canaveral, set to use the port’s new Cruise Terminal 3, currently under construction, but not making its debut until November as well. Mardi Gras remains under construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.
Other cruise lines have canceled sailings into June as they make plans to return to sailing amid the coronavirus crisis.
A “no sail order” from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for all cruise ships from U.S. ports, originally enacted March 14 and updated in April potentially extends through July 17.
Cruise lines are working on a plan to satisfy the CDC’s requirements to somehow return to service despite COVID-19 threats.
Disney has canceled sailings of Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy through June 18 out of Port Canaveral and its other ships into July. Norwegian, Oceania and Regent Seven Seas, all part of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings canceled through June 30. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara, three brands under parent company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., will sail no earlier than June 12.
Princess Cruises, Holland America and Costa, sister brands to Carnival among several under the Carnival Corp. have canceled through June 30 while Cunard Line has suspended sailings of its three ships through July 31.
MSC Cruises, which sails several ships out of Miami, has pushed cancellations through July 10.
New cruise line Virgin Voyages was originally set to debut its new ship Scarlet Lady at a Miami ceremony in March, but is now waiting until at least July 15 before it begins some showcase sailings followed by its official maiden voyage Aug. 7.