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How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Found Inspiration on a Tiny Caribbean Island 

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“He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land.” It’s one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s most iconic speeches: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” his address to striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn. on April 3, 1968.  And it was born on the tiny island […]

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Carnival Launches Construction on Newest Cruise Ship

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line has cut the first steel on its newest, largest cruise ship. The as-yet-unnamed ship, which will be the first-ever operating ship in North America to run on liquefied natural gas, is being built at Meyer Turku in Finland. The ship is slated for delivery in 2020. “This […]

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Carnival Launches Construction on First-Ever LNG Cruise Ship

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line has officially cut the first steel on its newest ship, set to be the first-ever ship in North America operating on liquefied natural gas. The ship, which will be the largest ship the company has ever built, is set for delivery in 2020. A second LNG ship […]

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Carnival Is Planning Its First-Ever New York-Cuba Cruises

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line is planning to launch its first-ever cruises from New York to Cuba in 2020. The Carnival Radiance cruise ship will undertake the first voyages from New York as part of a wider berth that includes four-to-nine daily sailings to the Caribbean and a winter season out of […]


Carnival Launches Construction on First-Ever LNG Cruise Ship

By the Caribbean Journal staff Hall of Fame basketball player Shaquille O’Neal is expanding his “Big Chicken” restaurant to Carnival cruise ships. O’Neal, who serves as Carnival’s “Chief Fun Officer,” is launching the first seagoing version of his :as Vegas-based “Big Chicken” eatery to the Carnival Radiance ship in 2020. That will come after a […]

Grenada Begins Cruise Season With Strong Momentum

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Grenada officially opened its 2018-2019 cruise season with an inaugural visit from Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Breeze cruise ship. The ship, which has a capacity of 4,428 passengers, was welcomed with a steel pan salute. Grenada is kicking off the winter season with strong momentum, with the cruise industry seeing […]

Carnival Set to Complete $2 Billion Fleet Enhancement Program

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line is set to complete the final phase of its $2 billion fleet enhancement program. The project will conclude with a dry dock of the Carnival Victory ship, which Carnival will be transforming into the new Carnival Radiance. Carnival Victory will undergo a 38-day dry dock in Spain […]

Martinique Continues Cruise Growth

By the Caribbean Journal staff It was a banner year for Martinique’s cruise sector last year, according to local tourism officials. The destination and its signature port in the capital of Fort-de-France welcomed more than 620,000 cruise passengers last year. That came across a total of 278 port calls, according to a statement. And now […]

Carnival Vista Arrives in Galveston

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Vista ship has made its debut in Galveston. The ship immediately becomes the largest ever ship to homeport in the Texas port. Carnival Vista, part of the company’s newest and largest class of ships, left on its first voyage from Galveston on Sunday. The ship is […]

A Country Music Cruise in the Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff Love country music? Love the Caribbean? This is for you. Carolina Country Music Fest is launching a new country music cruise next year, a five-night cruise that will sail out of Charleston, South Carolina and feature some of the industry’s biggest stars. The Carolina Country Music Cruise will sail to […]

Carnival Unveils First-Ever LNG-Powered Cruise Ship

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Carnival Corporation’s AIDA brand has debuted one of the most anticipated new ships in some time. It’s the new AIDAnova, and it’s the world’s first cruise ship to be powered both at sea and port by liquefied natural gas. Carnival Corporation and its AIDA Cruises brand welcomed AIDAnova to their […]

Carnival Plans New Cruise Terminal at Port Canaveral

By the Caribbean Journal staff Florida is getting another state-of-the-art cruise terminal, this time on the Space Coast. Following high-profile projects by major cruise lines to build new cruise terminals at PortMiami, another Florida port, Port Canaveral, has announced an agreement in principle with Carnival Cruise Line on a major new terminal. Once approved, the […]