Cruises

The ship was supposed to dock in Miami on Saturday. However, a federal judge there issued an arrest warrant for the ship on Thursday, a maritime practice where a U.S. Marshal goes aboard a vessel and takes charge of it once it enters U.S. waters. Instead, the ship diverted to the Bahamian island of Bimini.

Princess Cruises is extending its Book with Confidence program as the coronavirus pandemic continues to play a factor in travel plans.

A spokesperson for Norwegian told FOX Business the ship docked overnight in St. Maarten on Thursday and will be back in New York "soon." The company did not offer an estimated arrival time.

The CDC will transition to a voluntary coronavirus risk mitigation program for cruise ships when its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) expires on Jan. 15, a CDC spokesperson confirmed to FOX Business on Thursday.

The CDC sounded the alarm on cruises Thursday amid a surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide, raising its travel warning to the highest level and telling Americans to “avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status.”

Carnival Corp’s Queen Mary 2 cruise ship won’t be returning to New York as scheduled.

The ship, which departed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Dec. 18 for an eight-night, round-trip voyage, was forced to briefly return to port due to a positive COVID-19 case earlier this week.

Royal Caribbean's Odyssey of the Seas is under investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 10 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness.

On Wednesday, Royal Caribbean International announced the launch of its “Ultimate World Cruise,” which will last 274 nights, starting on Dec. 10, 2023, and ending on Sept. 10, 2024.

Virgin Voyages promised cruise customers a whale of a time and did so with a mermaid twist.

Viking is seeing high demand for its world cruises.

The return of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was home to the largest outbreak of COVID-19 outside of China in February 2020, was delayed Wednesday amid the ongoing pandemic.

In accordance with a new order implemented by the Bahamas, Disney Cruise Line is requiring passengers ages 12 and older to be fully vaccinated for voyages to the country between Sept. 3 and Nov. 1.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has already figured out its global sailing itinerary for 2023 and 2024.

A federal judge has for now sided with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. in its bid to invalidate Florida’s rule that bars businesses from requiring proof of Covid-19 vaccination from their customers.

The Mardi Gras is the first cruise ship to launch from Port Canaveral with guests since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the industry to halt trips.

Florida continues its battle with the CDC over cruise line restrictions, even after a court of appeals suddenly reversed their own decision and ruled in the state's favor.

A fully vaccinated passenger on an Alaska cruise tested positive for COVID-19 and received "private air transportation" home, according to Celebrity Cruises.