The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their color-coded status update for individual cruise ships operating within their jurisdiction for the week of June 29, 2020.
As of Tuesday, June 30th, the CDC upgraded the Disney Dream from provisionally red to provisionally green and the Disney Fantasy from provisionally yellow to provisionally green. The Disney Wonder remained at provisionally green. For the third week, the Grand Celebration sailing under the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line remains the lone ship with a green light from the CDC for commercial crew travel.
At this time, the Disney Magic remains in Europe, docked in Dover so she does not fall under U.S. CDC jurisdiction thus not included.
For additional details, please see our previous article when the CDC introduced the color-coded rating for cruise ships. You can view the status, updated each Monday, for all cruise ships currently operating in U.S. waters, or seeking to operate in U.S. waters over on the CDC’s website.
It is very important to note, meeting the CDC’s criteria does not mean a cruise ship can resume passenger service. At this time, the CDC does not have enough information to say when it will be safe to resume passenger sailings. According to the CDC, cruise lines may need to establish additional safety measures before sailing with passengers is permitted to resume. CDC will continue to evaluate and update its recommendations as the situation evolves.
Disney Cruise Line Crew Repatriation Update
As of June 29th, there have been over 1,300 Disney Cruise Line crew members repatriated through CDC approved disembarkations. Over the last week, there were no crew members repatriated through the CDC’s oversight process.
Due to the CDC’s constraints limiting commercial travel, the ships have been sailing to various ports in the Caribbean as well as to Europe to drop off crew members. The Dream, Fantasy, and Wonder have been sailing around the Caribbean most recently visiting Barbados and Curaçao while the Magic remains in Dover. Thankfully, other countries continue to help crew members return home, especially considering they have been quarantined on the ships for over 100 days.
Scott, I may have missed the scoop, so pardon me! Why are you listing hte Grand Celebration here? Is it connected with DCL? Apologies if this is a duh! moment!
Primarily out of laziness given the ship is listed ahead of the Disney Ships on the CDC website which is where the screenshot is pulled. Additionally, I want to point out they are the lone cruise ship to have a green light for commercial crew travel which points out DCL is not alone in not being allowed commercial crew travel at this time.
Thanks Scott. Patiently waiting for the day we can go back onboard!