I was pricing out cruises last night for next January (not DCL). It was mostly academic, but it makes me feel happy.
It is possible I will never cruise again, I suppose; but those marketing photos are dreamy. 
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It could be. But if all Americans who want to be vaccinated have been vaccinated by the summer, as has been promised, I donāt think an āoutbreakā has the same dire consequences that it would have even now. Either people will be vaccinated or they will have accepted the risk of getting sick willingly (and hopefully arenāt at high risk). So you wouldnāt have an uncontrolled spread. It would be no different than if the flu were spreading pre-COVID.
That said, maybe itās not September (due to vaccination taking longer than expected), but cruising will return eventually and the problem of one or two people getting sick will always be there, so that alone is not enough reason forever stall the return of cruising.
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this worries me only b/c of what we are learning about ālong haulersā and permanent side effects after contracting C-19.
But if the risk of getting or spreading COVID is low enough, I think it will be a risk people will accept. Many people would go on a cruise today if it were allowed. I donāt think itās right to prohibit activities indefinitely, even if the risk is low. The only reason restrictions are acceptable now is because the risk to society is high, even if the risk to any particular individual is low.
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All sailings cancelled through May 2021
and Disney Magic through 8/10/2021
My wonderful TA strongly discouraged me booking any cruise for all of 2021. 
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Yeah, she is sad. 
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Makes me glad I made the call when I did to postpone to 2022. I really hope itās ānormal enoughā by then to make it worthwhile.
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Here we go.
Royal is first mainstream line to announce this, I believe.
https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruise-ships/itinerary-updates
Other will likely followā¦
Sorry I havenāt been following RC. What is new here? That they are delaying the resumption of cruises? Or that they are restarting in June?
Restarting date in June 
and requiring vaccinations.
As of Sunday it was only minor market lines who had made vaccination a requirement. Itās been long expected, but this is news.
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RC is also booking cruises out of Barbados (in December?) are we confident it will not be required on those sailings?
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Iām hoping to dig into these cruises this weekend.
The cruise critic message forum has a lot of ongoing conversations.
It looks like the CDC wonāt let any ships out of the US, so cruise lines are going out of their āhomeā ports. And the laws are being levied by the other countries.
Iāll let you know what I find!
I canāt afford to fly to other ports and we arenāt vaccinatedā¦ but I still love cruise news. 
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Do we think that 2021 cruises that are currently for sale are for sale at full capacity? Like is there a possibility they would need to ābumpā people off already-sold cruises if they are allowed to start up at X% capacity?
I have nothing factual for you. Possibly. But I bet a ton of people have bailedā¦ If you were really curious, maybe call DCL and ask how they are handling it?
My educated guess is that they are selling the minimum capacity that they could profitably operate at, but no more. (My guess is 25%.) Until they are approved to run at at least that capacity, they wonāt run. And they will only add more capacity when confirmed that it will be allowed. They donāt want to have to bump anyone.
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All my mock bookings have been for Carnival out of Charleston, SC, bc we are working to move to SC. Most cruises for 2021 have very little availability, but I donāt really know if that is because it has been capped low or because people keep moving out bookings from cancelled ones.
Ah! Now that makes sense.
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Thanks! Iām not booked yet and a Disney Cruise in October would be a backup to a backup vacation. Iām just kind of curious because if I do book Iām not sure I could handle my 15th vacation being cancelled for a technicality. Iām not set on a specific date and Iāve been looking at verandah rooms, but there seem to be lots of open rooms.
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Far from the test cruises theyāve been lobbying for, at least four vessels will have some degree of use immediately as some ships will be used to assist evacuees.
Volcano eruption in Caribbean prompts mass evacuation during popular vacation week | Fox News
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