Carnival Cruise Line announced it was shifting two COVID-19 policies this month, one that will require more mask wearing and another that will ask all passengers for a negative antigen test before boarding.
The mask policy, which goes into effect on Aug. 7, calls for all passengers, whether vaccinated or not, to wear a mask while on board in interior spaces aboard its ships.
“In line with other major corporations such as Disney, McDonald’s and Las Vegas and all the other places, we have to be careful, and we have to get this right, and we will continue to make whatever changes we need to in order for the fun to continue,” said Carnival brand ambassador John Heald, who is on the line’s new ship Mardi Gras that left Port Canaveral on Saturday for its debut voyage.
