https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/06/26/1st-post-pandemic-cruise-ship-from-us-sails-away/ > By Adrian Gomez  Licon and Marta Lavandier | Associated Press > FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The first cruise ship to leave a U.S. port since the coronavirus pandemic brought the industry to a 15-month standstill sailed away on Saturday with nearly all vaccinated passengers on board.