And we have a minibar. And good entertainment on TV. A crew member with one major cruise brand said that usually, crew cabins get virtually zero improvements. The crew member who worked for multiple cruise lines said that, despite numerous drydocks and wet docks, crew cabins rarely undergo major changes.
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Cabin Types A crew member who worked for all the major cruise lines — Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International — said that the higher the position of the crew member, the higher will their deck usually be. The crew member with Silversea said that crew cabins had gotten better over time.
The Coast Guard says that number includes an estimated Americans who are spread out among 37 of the ships. But despite the discrepancy in numbers, it's unclear how many of those crew members are actually stuck vs. Cruise ships always require at least "minimum manning" for upkeep and to maintain basic onboard operations, though the number needed to keep things running varies by ship and is determined by the ship's flag country, McDonald said.
As far as disembarking U. Cruise industry trade group Cruise Lines International Association CLIA tracks crew members differently than the Coast Guard, estimating how many around the world are actually trying to get home. But, unlike the Coast Guard, CLIA is estimating specifically the number of people who need to be repatriated to home countries. Since the cruise industry came to a screeching halt on March 14, with CLIA's voluntary sailing suspension and the CDC's "no-sail" order , both of which have been extended multiple times , cruise lines have struggled to send home crew members stuck on their ships.
CLIA's member lines have had "extreme" difficulties getting crew members home, according to Goldstein. The reason it's been so difficult? Government-imposed travel restrictions, according to the International Maritime Organization. Even when cruise lines brought crew members directly to their countries via ship, there were issues. The industry had faced challenges early on trying to repatriate crew members in the U.
Particularly due to the CDC's stiff requirements for crew's use of commercial air travel. He blames his home country of Mauritius. He said that the Mauritian government refused any repatriation from cruise ships at the beginning of the shutdown.
The regulations have evolved but remain difficult. The latest estimates available from the Mauritius government indicated there were about 2, Mauritian crew members stranded aboard cruise ships as of June 10, and they would be allowed to return home on charter flights of passengers per trip, with just a few flights per month.
At the rate things are going, Dookhun estimates it will take until November to complete repatriation efforts. All repatriation flights to Mauritius, he added, are out of Europe. Seven Seas Explorer. Celebrity Xpedition. Seven Seas Voyager. Seven Seas Navigator. Celebrity Xploration. Seven Seas Mariner.
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