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About UnCruise Adventures UnCruise Adventures is a responsible travel and adventure leader in the small boat industry. They operate boutique yachts and small boats carrying 22-86 guests on voyages in Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, Mexico’s Sea of Cortes, Columbia and Snake rivers, coastal Washington, Galapagos, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize and Colombia. Your Health & Wellbeing To ensure the health and safety of guests and crew, UnCruise Adventures has implemented a requirement for fully vaccinated cruises and additional safety …

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Courtesy Travel Weekly: By Johanna Jainchill |May 14, 2021| The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation that temporarily relieves cruise ships sailing in Alaska of the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA) restrictions for as long as Canada’s cruise ban is in place. The Alaska Tourism Restoration Act , sponsored by Alaska’s Republican senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, only applies to large cruise ships taking passengers between the states of Washington and Alaska. The PVSA, enacted in 1886, …

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Courtesy Travel Weekly, By Johanna Jainchill, May 12, 2021 The CDC today relaxed restrictions on mask-wearing outdoors and shore excursions, but otherwise did not make any major changes to rules on cruise ships with 100% of passengers and crew vaccinated. The CDC’s cruise restart Operations Manual now says that vaccinated passengers are not required to wear masks outside, except in crowded spaces, while unvaccinated passengers still must, including while sunbathing on lounge chairs spaced six feet apart …

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Courtesy Travel Weekly: The CDC is committing to a mid-July restart for cruise ships from U.S. ports. By Johanna Jainchill |Apr 29, 2021| Cruise lines can skip test sailings if they attest that 98% of crew and 95% of passengers will be fully vaccinated, the CDC told cruise lines in a letter Wednesday night in which it committed to a mid-July restart from the U.S. The CDC said the change was the result of twice-weekly meetings with cruise …

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Courtesy Travel Weekly By Johanna Jainchill Apr 29, 2021: Royal Caribbean Group CEO Richard Fain said today that the CDC’s latest guidance makes the prospect of an Alaska season more likely and that although the Alaska situation is “complex,” he thinks a solution is possible. The CDC last night committed to a mid-July restart from the U.S., relaxing testing guidelines, speeding up the approval-to-sail process and saying that cruise lines can skip test sailings if 98% of …

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