After 15 months of COVID shutdown, 1st U.S.-based cruise with paying passengers about to sail from Florida After 15 months of COVID shutdown, 1st U.S.-based cruise with paying passengers about to sail from Florida June 25, 2021 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment A $53 billion industry is about to set sail again in the U.S. as the first cruise ship with paying passengers looks to raise anchor from a U.S. port for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut the industry down in March 2020.