TravelTalkOnline Forums Travel and Vacation Forums Afloat Carnival & Brands to put many ships in ‘Cold Layup” Preservation Status

https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-lines-could-store-ships-months-coronavirus/

Many of the ships will be taken from “warm layup” where they are manned by full crew complement to “cold layup” where much of the crew is off loaded and ship systems are put into preservation status. Cost savings of millions per month per ship but will take time to reactivate ships.