Cruise News Briefing - April 23, 2021. Bad news, good news day for the cruise industry, as the CRUISE Act gets shot down in DC, but the Key West cruise ship ban was overturned. Carnival Cruise Line released a new video and photos of their upcoming ship Mardi Gras for Earth Day, detailing how environmentally friendly the vessel will be when it debuts. On May 1, The Bahamas will be dropping their mandatory PCR test if you have been inoculated with the vaccine over two weeks. Cruise stocks were down for CCL, NCLH, and RCL.