Cruise-obsessed vacationers are desperate to set sail, even after high-profile coronavirus outbreaks on ships. We spoke with 18 cruisers about why they can’t wait to cast off.

Disney Dream cruise ship Christian Charisius / Reuters

The coronavirus pandemic has shown devastating for the cruise business.
The industry has been forced to suspend operations after a number of highly publicized COVID-19 outbreaks onboard ships like the Diamond Princess.
However a passionate community of frequent cruisers has stayed excited to go back to the ships restrictions lift.
Business Insider spoke with 18 of the cruisers about they expect to return on deck shortly.
Cruisers spoke of the love and expressed confidence in the cruise lines keeping strict sanitary conditions.
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The cancellations rolled in like waves, hitting one . Lois Turpin and her boyfriend had booked lots of Carnival cruises in 2020, as usual. One disembarked in March, right around his birthday. The following was set to depart in May, her birth month. But as the coronavirus pandemic continued to roil the cruise business, both voyages were also scrapped.

For Turpin, the news was crushing. She said cruising is with her boyfriend. She functions and he works nights, but they still take every opportunity to disembark out of Cape Canaveral or even Fort Lauderdale, lured by Carnival’s affordable options and the cruise prices for Florida residents. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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