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Originally Posted by blueash
US Based cruise line, Windstar cruises, has announced that it will require all passengers to prove completed vaccination status plus two weeks prior to boarding. Additionally they will at the embarkation port do a Covid antigen test which must be negative to be allowed to board. The announcement does not say what format the vaccination proof must be. But here is a perfect example of a business demanding the information that would appear in a Vaccination Passport. There also is nothing on the website as to what refund if any you would receive if you arrive fully vaccinated but have a positive or equivocal antigen test.
As Windstar does sail from Miami, I don't know what DeSantis's executive order demands. Is he going to tell Windstar it cannot dock in Florida unless it changes its policy? Or is he going to let the public decide what cruise company to use and the business decide what risk of Covid on board it wants to accept? |
I surely hope DeSantis has no say whatsoever about how the cruise lines conduct their businesses out of ports in Florida. Most people who verbalized they want to cruise have said they WANT to be on board with all vaccinated crew and passengers. I read this over and over on the cruise forums. Very few are willing to board a cruise ship with any un-vaccinated passengers or crew, myself and hubby included.
Bottom line....it is the anti-vaxxers that are fighting the idea of a vaccine passport tooth and nail. They are the ones who are willing to cruise with un-vaccinated people on board.