“A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction, which paves the way for the Norwegian Cruise Lines to require documentation confirming a guest’s vaccination status prior to boarding. This order will now allow the company to operate with 100% vaccination of all guests and crew when sailing from Florida ports. Norwegian’s first sailing from Florida is scheduled on August 15, 2021 on Norwegian Gem departing from Miami. ‘The health and safety of our guests, crew and the communities we visit is our number one priority, today, tomorrow and forever,’ Frank Del Rio, president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said in a statement.”

“‘We want nothing more than to sail from Miami, the cruise capital of the world, and from the other fabulous Florida ports and we welcome today’s ruling that allows us to sail with 100% fully vaccinated guests and crew which we believe is the safest and most prudent way to resume cruise operations amid this global pandemic’. Norwegian Cruise Line asked Kathleen Williams, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida on Friday to block a Florida law prohibiting cruise companies from demanding that passengers show written proof of coronavirus vaccination before they board a ship. Norwegian contends the ‘vaccine passport’ ban, signed into law in May by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, jeopardizes the health and safety of passengers and crew and is an infringement on the First Amendment’s free speech guarantee, among other things.” – NBC Miami.