

On Princess Cruises, reservations can be made through the MedallionClass app. To manage capacity and physical distancing, many onboard restaurants recommend reservations and will limit groups at dining tables to eight. Will I need to make reservations for dining and other onboard activities?

Physical distancing is encouraged for all activities. On some ships, passengers won’t be allowed to try on clothing for sale. Indoor dancing, karaoke and nightclubs are no longer allowed on many ships, including the Majestic Princess, which converted its karaoke area into extra room for spa treatments. Most self-serve buffets have been modified so that employees serve passengers to avoid unnecessary crowding. You won’t be lining up at the buffet for meals.

Have any activities been eliminated because of COVID-19? What are cruise lines requiring of passengers? How have boarding, dining and other activities on board changed? We gathered some information to answer common questions. Some 200 cruises are scheduled to depart from there in 2022, up from 120 in 2019. The Majestic Princess, a ship designed to serve the Chinese market, made its maiden call from the Port of L.A. Royal Caribbean cruises for 2022 are nearly at 2019 levels, the company’s chief financial officer, Jason Liberty, said on a recent earnings call.ĭespite the shutdown, the world’s cruise lines have more than 100 new ships on order to set sail by 2027. The cruise industry suffered its biggest financial blow in decades when the COVID-19 pandemic halted most sailings for months and made nervous cruise fans think twice about booking an ocean voyage.īut cruising is back and all signs point to a turn of the tide for the industry: More cruises are scheduled to depart the Port of Los Angeles next year than in 2019.Ĭarnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise company, reported that bookings for the second half of 2022 already surpassed bookings for 2019.
