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Old 04-30-2021, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Tmarkwald View Post
For liability reasons, mandatory is the only smart way to do it. The vaccination age is expected to drop to 12 shortly as well.

As far as younger kids, the CEO of Royal stated a couple days ago "obviously we carry a lot of kids 11 and under, but relatively speaking, as a percentage of our total guest counts, it's quite a small number. So we're not overly concerned with that."

Royal Caribbean talks about CDC letter and what it means for kids | Royal Caribbean Blog

That means it is less likely to get in an elevator and finding all the buttons pushed....
I think that they might be underestimating how unpopular a vaccination mandate for cruises combined with the inability of families to bring their children along is going to wind up being.

I suppose they are free to adopt any rules that they want to. We'll see how long those rules last.