“We miss them,” said Dinnie Kysar, president of the tourism nonprofit Destination Hilo. Hawaii Portcall also lists Norwegian Cruise Lines Hawaii resuming weekly Tuesday Hilo port calls for its interisland cruise ship Pride of America on Jan. While those dates can’t yet be ruled out based on the DOT statements, they seem overly optimistic considering the CDC’s conditional sail order remains in effect until Jan. The website Hawaii Portcall - which many cruise enthusiasts rely on but the state has described as not official information - lists Princess Cruises’ Grand Princess to dock in Hilo on Jan. “… And with only a few weeks left in the calendar year, it is not feasible to execute port agreements in that short a time.” The state has jointly prepared a framework for such agreements, which includes adaptation of the Safe Travel prearrival screening program for cruise travel. They were aware of these preparations and likely timetables when they took their bookings.”Ĭunningham said the state Harbors Division “has been coordinating with cruise lines, counties and local health and emergency management agencies on port agreements that clearly outline the resources available and responsibilities regarding potential health emergencies. When asked about the cruise line’s statement, Cunningham replied, “Carnival is aware of the preparations relating to the (state’s) Safe Travels digital platform to accommodate the additional approved vaccine types as well as the user interface for cruise passengers. I want to assure you that they made every effort to preserve this but, unfortunately, we now have no other choice but to cancel this cruise.” The article quoted John Heald, Carnival’s brand ambassador as saying, “While the ship is ready and we agreed to all the protocols required by the state, they will not be ready to restart cruising in Hawaii until 2022. “Despite the cruise line agreeing to all the necessary protocols, Hawaii is still not ready to welcome back cruise ships for guest operations,” the article stated. It said Carnival “has been working with the authorities in Hawaii to try and keep Carnival Miracle’s Nov.

10 story reads “Carnival Cruise Lines Cancels Sailing to Hawaii From Long Beach.”Īccording to the story, the Carnival Miracle was set to depart Long Beach, Calif., and dock in Honolulu on Dec. On the cruise industry website Cruise Hive, a headline for a Nov. There has been pushback from at least one cruise line about not being able to bring passengers to Hawaii, a popular destination for cruise enthusiasts. In addition, a number of other states now are allowing cruise ships in their ports under conditions of the CDC’s order, including Alaska, Washington, Texas and California.

That ruling, however, applied only to the state of Florida. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, who sued the CDC in April. ports to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.įlorida’s ports have accommodated cruise ships for about five months since a June 18 federal court ruling that the CDC couldn’t enforce its conditional sail order on cruise ships in Florida waters, a victory for Florida Gov. The conditional sail order - which had dry-docked the cruise industry since Maalso requires cruise operators to show 95% of crew and passengers on cruise ships arriving to and departing from U.S. In Hawaii, the DOT’s Harbors Division would be the executing authority. 15, but the CDC has extended that order before. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s conditional sail order, which requires an executed agreement with any cruise line prior to resumption of cruise operations to any U.S. “… Cruise operations can resume, per the terms of the agreement, after that agreement has been executed.” “We do anticipate completing an agreement and allowing resumption of passenger dockage in early 2022,” Cunningham said.

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