In late winter 2020, Royal Caribbean moved the inauguration of the Odyssey of the Seas out of Florida to a series of sailings from Haifa on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The ship was already in Haifa, preparing to sail for vaccinated Israelis beginning on 02JUN. Now, as a result of the political violence between Israelis and Palestinians, the Odyssey of the Seas will instead head back to Florida, where the vessel was supposed to debut to begin with. However, large cruise ships have not yet been officially cleared to begin sailing again from the U.S. Royal Caribbean originally announced that this summer's Odyssey of the Seas sailings would only be for vaccinated passengers, but Florida’s upcoming state law forbids businesses from requiring customers to be vaccinated. That makes it illegal for cruise lines to ask passengers if they have been vaccinated, so Royal Caribbean is stuck without federal permission to sail and no legal way to adhere to the CDC’s vaccination guidelines for cruising.
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