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These Cruise Lines Now Include Covid-19 Terms in Their Passenger Contracts

If you're itching to sail as soon as the cruise industry restarts, you could have even more information to absorb when you read your cruise contract, depending on the cruise line you choose.

All lines have contracts of carriage, to which every passenger is required to agree before sailing. However, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Disney Cruise Line and Costa Cruises have added contract wording specifically addressing covid-19.

Disney Cruise Line announces new 'Star Wars' cruises for 2022

Cruise or do not, there is no try because Star Wars is coming back to the high seas.

Disney Cruise Line announced it will offer more of its cruises themed to Star Wars with the popular Star Wars Day at Sea sailings in 2022.

The new sailings will take place on 7-night Caribbean cruises on the Disney Fantasy from Port Canaveral, Florida.

Disney Cruise Line plans more Marvel-themed sailings in 2022

Marvel fans assemble....on a Disney Cruise Line ship!

Disney Cruise Line announced the new dates for Marvel Day at Sea sailings for 2022.

The popular limited-sailing event occurs on select Disney Magic cruises departing from Miami.

Marvel Day at Sea is available on select 5-night cruises between January and March 2022.

Costa Cruises will restart cruises in Italy in March

Another cruise line is going to be able to restart cruises in Europe soon.

Costa Cruises announced it will begin sailing again in Italy beginning in March.

Costa Cruises is owned by Carnival Corporation, and will restart operations on the Costa Smeralda, scheduled for March 27 to ports around Italy on 3- and 4-day mini-cruises or alternatively a 7-day cruise, calling at Savona, La Spezia, Civitavecchia, Naples, Messina and Cagliari.

Norwegian cancels all May 2021 sailings

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has cancelled all of its May 2021 cruises.

The cruise line announced it needs more time and will extend the global suspension of sailings through May 31, 2021 for the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands.

NCLH is the first cruise line between Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Line to cancel May cruises so far.

MSC Cruises introduces the first humanoid robot bartender on its cruise ship

Robot tech on a cruise ship is about to evolve.

MSC Cruises announced it will offer the world's first humanoid robotic bartender on a cruise ship.

Set in the futuristic MSC Starship Club on MSC Virtuosa, "Rob" will be the first-ever humanoid, robotic bartender at sea when the ship launches in April 2021.

MSC designed the club to be a vision of the future, with guests enjoying a space meant to resemble a spaceship.

Royal Caribbean will keep Quantum of the Seas in Singapore 3 more months

The only Royal Caribbean cruise ship able to sail right now is going to extend her stay in Singapore by three months.

 Royal Caribbean International announced the extension of the Singapore season for Quantum of the Seas, which launched in December 2020. With this extension, Royal Caribbean will deploy Quantum for an additional three months in Singapore between 22 March 2021 and 21 June 2021.

The cruises are still only able to booked by residents of Singapore and include no port stops during any of the additional voyages.

8 Tips for Getting Married on a Cruise Ship

Can you get married on a cruise? The answer is a resounding "Yes!" Cruise lines make it easy by offering a number of packages at varying price points, but there are still some things you should know.

Check out our tips for how to plan a wedding on a cruise.

Royal Caribbean weddings

10 Ways to Make Your Cruise More Romantic

Although some brands are known specifically for romantic cruises for couples, there are plenty of romantic things to do on a cruise with any line.

Here, we'll help you craft the perfect "I've got butterflies" voyage for you and your partner.

1. Splurge on a suite.

Penthouse suite on Celebrity

Norwegian extends ability to cancel cruises with no penalty

Norwegian Cruise Line will give its guests more time to change its mind about cancelling a cruise.

NCL said it has extended its Peace of Mind policy that allows guests to cancel their cruise without a penalty.

For new and existing bookings made by March 31, 2021, for any voyage with an embarkation date through and including October 31, 2021, guests are free to cancel anytime up to 15 days in advance of embarkation. This policy applies to individual and group bookings.

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