<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Cruises: What to expect when heading to the sea for vacation"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><em>Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated with an image of Celebrity Edge, the Celebrity Cruises ship set to be the first to sail from an American port. </em></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">On Saturday, Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Edge is set to be the first cruise ship to set sail from an American port <a target="_blank" href="/story/travel/cruises/2021/05/26/us-cruising-can-restart-june-celebrity-cruises-gets-cdc-approval/7457331002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">with paying passengers</a> in more than 15 months. Celebrity is a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">While not every passenger on board has had their COVID vaccines – two adults and 24 kids, about 1% of the total passenger count, are unvaccinated – Royal Caribbean Cruises Chairman and CEO Richard Fain said Friday that he’s confident that the cruise line is ready to get back to business. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“Fortunately, when you get to a very high level of vaccination, that really covers you,” Fain said during an interview with CNBC. “We do know that there will be cases on board cruise ships. I think the important thing is we make sure they’re isolated cases, and that they don't become an outbreak. … If somebody gets sick, we know how to isolate them.”</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The ship’s departure is set to come shortly after four passengers on two ships in Royal Caribbean Cruises' lines – the <a target="_blank" href="/story/travel/cruises/2021/06/10/passengers-positive-covid-after-sailing-100-vaccinated-cruise/7645511002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Celebrity Millennium</a> and more recently, the Adventure of the Seas – tested positive for COVID-19. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">► Celebrity Cruises:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/travel/cruises/2021/05/26/us-cruising-can-restart-june-celebrity-cruises-gets-cdc-approval/7457331002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">First cruise line to receive CDC approval to sail with paying passengers in June</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">► Easing restrictions:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/travel/cruises/2021/06/23/celebrity-cruises-2021-no-proof-covid-vaccine-needed-florida/5318195001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Celebrity Cruises drops requirement for passengers to show proof of COVID vaccine for Florida...</a></p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2021/06/25/royal-caribbean-celebrity-edge-ready-sail-florida-paying-passengers/5346505001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
