A cruise line that has put a toe in the water comes ashore.
The first cruise ship to resume crossings from a U.S. port. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, it returns to the port after a passenger undergoes disease screening, just 3 days after a week-long itinerary.
Yesterday, UnCruise Adventures announced at a company that its 60-passenger Wilderness Adventurer will return to Juneau, Alaska, before reaching the middle of its journey.
The cruise stopped after a passenger won a phone call from the state of Alaska with notification of a positive COVID-19 test.
“The corporation understands that this unprecedented virus demands unprecedented criteria and plans for large-scale operations for months to re-navigate,” he continued. Upon disembarking today in Juneau, passengers will be taken to a local hotel to begin a state-demanded quarantine.
Like all UnCruise passengers, the inflamed user had selected a five-day verification option before leaving space and had gained a negative result. A time check conducted upon arrival in Alaska at Juneau Airport, which yielded a positive result.
“The host has no symptoms and no other visitor or team member has external symptoms of any kind,” UnCruise said. Since the cruise line learned of the inflamed passenger lifestyle, all passengers have been asked to stay in the cabins where food dishes have been served.
“All our efforts are focused on caring about guests, the team and the local community,” said Dan Blanchard, CEO of UnCruise Adventures. “This is very discouraging news and it’s not what we expected, but we’ll treat it professionally.”
UnCruise Adventures was the first U.S. cruise operator. In checking the waters of the PANVID-19 pandemic and resume operations since cruise lines around the world stopped sailing in March. The company is exempt from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) “no navigating” because its fleet is made up of small yachts with capacity for 86 passengers.
The CDC Directive covers only ships with 250 or more passengers and crew. In addition, “the recent voluntary suspension of the International Cruise Line Association (CLIA) includes CLIA member cruise passengers and not adventures on small boats like ours,” the company’s alert page says.
The company has canceled all remaining scheduled departures.
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