Cruise lines are slowly moving ship after ship abroad after more than a year without sailing in US waters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “conditional sailing order” is keeping ships from sailing without a clear timeline for resumption, though the CDC has said that midsummer cruising could be feasible if cruise lines adhere to the agency’s order and meet its requirements. Following the lawsuit brought by Florida and Alaska against the CDC, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., sent a letter urging the CDC to maintain current restrictions on cruising.
