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Will Cruises Ever Regain Their Popularity?
Considering that any virus will spread like wildfire on a cruise ship, I was wondering whether people will now be too nervous to take this kind of holiday even after the covid crisis has passed.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.A cruise has never been my idea of an ideal holiday - hate the thought of being bundled in on a ‘package trip’ with a load of strangers - but we were invited to an ‘event’ aboard a cruise ship and had option but to accept. The cruise was booked for last May, cancelled due to Covid, and moved to next July. I don’t think it will happen … but I don’t mind.
People will flock back to cruises - and I doubt very much prices will fall.
People will flock back to cruises - and I doubt very much prices will fall.
I've never fancied going on a cruise anyway. I don't think the infection thing would put me off if it were cheap enough and to see something I've never seen, like the Northern Lights; but the prices would have to fall a fair bit to make up for the money and time I'd have to spend to get to the start point.
We've had five enormous cruise liners in Tor Bay, South Devon, for several weeks now. It seems they don't want to get to their home ports because of the fuel involved and other costs. Some of us are concerned that they might have a polluting effect on our waters, though we're not certain. They have skeleton crews aboard that turn on some lights at dusk. One wonders what's going to happen.
Back in November, Fred Olsen cruises (which are based here in Suffolk) were reporting that their bookings for both 2021 and 2022 were 'very strong':
https:/ /www.ea dt.co.u k/news/ busines s/cruis e-line- boss-op timisti c-despi te-coro navirus -pandem ic-6525 048
I can't find the link now but, within the past week or so, I've seen a report stating that cruise bookings are up by 250% compared with their normal levels. So I don't think that the cruise industry is quite dead yet!
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I can't find the link now but, within the past week or so, I've seen a report stating that cruise bookings are up by 250% compared with their normal levels. So I don't think that the cruise industry is quite dead yet!
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