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Disney Cruise Line to resume sailing from U.S. ports next month

July 23 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's cruise division said on Friday it would start operations from U.S. ports again next month, following a months-long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Disney Dream will depart from Port Canaveral, Florida on Aug. 9 to the Bahamas, with passengers over 12 years of age requiring a valid travel insurance policy that has a certain minimum coverage and no COVID-19 exclusions, the unit said.

The cruise operator said in a blog that it had enhanced its health and safety measures, nearly a month after it postponed its first test cruise on inconsistent COVID-19 test results from a few crew members.

Disney Cruise Line also said https://bit.ly/3iDY1jo it does not require vaccinations for guests on sailings departing from Florida, but added that it strongly encouraged all eligible guests to get inoculated.

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Florida state law expressly prohibits cruise lines from requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccines.

Cruise operators Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corp have already started sailing from U.S. ports. (Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)