White sand along Condado Beach, pastel balconies above narrow streets in Old San Juan, the low hum of traffic circling the centuries-old city walls — Puerto Rico has long been one of the most direct Caribbean trips from the mainland United States. Now more cities are getting a nonstop path to the island. JetBlue is […]
Carnival Cruise Line has now topped two million cruise passengers since restarting operations in July of last year. The company reached the milestone this week with a sailing on Carnival Freedom out of Port Canaveral, Fla. Carnival says its guests have taken more than 1.3 million shore excursions in the company’s destination ports, many of […]
A significant new cruise port project has broken ground on the island of Grand Bahama. Carnival Cruise Line’s new port will include a pier able to accommodate up to two of Carnivals’ Excel-class ships simultaneously. The cruise port itself will include an area designated as a nature reserve and an interior pool feature, along with […]
Carnival Cruise Line has restarted another new ship in 2022, Caribbean Journal has learned. The brand has relaunched Carnival Paradise, the 22nd Carnival ship to return since the restart of the cruise industry last year. Carnival Paradise is now operating year-round cruises out of Tampa Bay, Fla. That includes a mix of four, five and […]
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