Nili Steiner saved up for almost a year to celebrate her 50th birthday on Atlantis, a cruise line popular with LGBTQ passengers. Steiner and her girlfriend were set to depart from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 21, where they would sail to the Caribbean islands of St. Martin, Bonaire and Curacao before heading back to Puerto Rico a week later. It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, and Steiner worked double overtime to put away every penny she could, with the tickets totaling $2,400.
Virgin Voyages' new cruise ship 'Scarlet Lady' on Feb. 25, 2020 in Liverpool, England. The "Scarlet Lady" will be chartered for an Atlantis cruise that starts in May.But Steiner and dozens of other customers may have to eat those costs after Atlantis declined to offer refunds to the vast majority of its passengers who no longer want to board the ship amid fears of an outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Masters, who was planning to go on the cruise with his husband, said Atlantis has advised passengers that they will not be refunding tickets “because the date for any type of cancellations has passed already.” The company, which charters its ships through Miami-based Celebrity Cruises, states on its website that passengers are. The Puerto Rico cruise leaves in just over a week.
NBCOUT “It’s business as usual for gay cruise” is one of the most irresponsible, misleading, homophobic headlines I have seen in a long time. One has to read the article to realize it is about Atlantis refusing to refund tickets, not gays disregarding covid-19.
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NBCOUT Omg
NBCOUT Ridiculous!!!! I will never look at going on a cruise in the same excited way again! :'(
NBCOUT Capitalism. Doesn't. Work. People will loose their jobs, go broke, or die bc of capitalism during a pandemic.
NBCOUT Princess, Viking, Disney ALL have Cancelled Cruises.
NBCOUT Well, the gay community dealt with AIDS in the '80s when Reagan let people die wantonly, and this outbreak looks like small potatoes to them.
NBCOUT We can't get a refund on a rental for Spring break too 😟
NBCOUT Omg
NBCOUT That's pretty gay.
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