Celeb Cruises has formally kicked off the initial cruise sort the United States in 15 months.
The Celebrity Edge ship started a sailing from Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, the to start with cruise ship to sail from a U.S. port in a lot more than a 12 months.
The ship is sailing a seven-night cruise to the Caribbean, with stops in Mexico and The Bahamas.
“This is a momentous sailing and 1 that we have been planning for a very long time. It’s not only a enormous honor to be the first ship again in the h2o, foremost the sector in the prolonged-awaited return to U.S.-dependent cruising, it is also an outstanding achievement and testomony to the tireless endeavours of our shoreside crew and onboard crew”, said Richard Fain, Chairman of the Royal Caribbean Group, the father or mother organization of Celebrity Cruises. “Travel is a powerful catalyst for favourable improve in our world. There’s almost nothing much more enriching in everyday living than exposing on your own to new cultures, sights, and experiences… and nothing extra luxurious than accomplishing it on board a Celebrity cruise ship,” he added. “All that is still left to say is welcome aboard.”
Eight of Celebrity’s 14 ships now have options to return to sailing in 2021.
That consists of Movie star Millennium, which launched cruises out of a new homeport in St Maarten earlier this thirty day period.
“The importance of this second is not misplaced on any individual on our crew or the field. We have longed for this working day, not only since it signifies a return to services and accomplishing what we like to do most, but mainly because we know that for numerous the return of cruising is a symbol of the world’s return to normalcy,” claimed Brian Abel, Senior Vice President of Resort Operations for Superstar Cruises. “For as well prolonged, we’ve had to persuade 1 an additional with desires of ‘someday’ returning to being collectively, all over again. Now, as the entire world opens up, and we can assemble and enjoy our family members and pals on an wonderful cruise family vacation, ‘someday’ is right here.”
— CJ