The Florida-based cruise line’s first ship, the Scarlet Lady, won’t set sail Might 9, 2021, more than one year because it was slated to hit the excessive seas, the road introduced Wednesday. The fleet has been within the works for greater than seven years. Â
“Whereas we acknowledge that the world isn’t out of the woods yet, we’re optimistic heading into 2021, and sit up for setting sail very quickly,” Tom McAplin, president, and CEO of Virgin Voyages said in a press release Wednesday. “Within the meantime, we are going to proceed to innovate our expertise providing and work carefully with our friends and well-being officers to maintain cruising a secure and wholesome strategy to journey.”
Virgin Voyages mentioned in a press launch Wednesday the choice to reschedule the upcoming sail dates was to prioritize the “health and well-being of its sailors and crew.”
It’s been something however easy cruising for the cruise line business through the coronavirus pandemic. Virgin Voyages was slated to launch the Scarlet Lady in April of this yr, out of Miami, although a lot of the nation was in lockdown as COVID instances grew to become extra widespread. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a “no-sail” order on March 14. Consequently, a variety of cruise strains have postponed or canceled journeys nicely into 2021 because the U.S. awaits a vaccine. Â
Virgin additionally delayed the launch of its second ship, the Valiant Woman, from Might 2021 to Nov. 14, 2021. The voyage was slated to sail within the Mediterranean, although the itinerary has since been modified to the Caribbean.
