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25 City Hotels Where You Can Experience the Caribbean Beyond the Beach

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You sense it the second you step off the waterfront and into the pulse of the street, when the Caribbean shifts from its familiar coastline to a routine built on markets, galleries, rum shops, town squares and cultural crossroads. The region’s cities hold an entirely different kind of escape, one shaped by history and architecture, […]

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Carnival Ups Its Shopping Game

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival is making a push to expand its shopping experience, with a host of new retail outlets across its cruise ship fleet. The push is the result of “months of intensive research and data gathering” to match the preferences of Carnival guests, according to William Butler, Carnival’s vice president of […]

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Carnival Adding Short Cruises From New Orleans

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line is planning an expansion of cruise offerings from New Orleans, with a focus on shorter getaways. Beginning in 2019, Carnival will be shifting its Carnival Valor shift to New Orleans to begin year-round four- and five-day cruises from the Big Easy. The itineraries will begin May 2019, […]

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Carnival Expanding Cruise Options from Galveston

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line is looking to expand its cruise offerings from its Gulf Coast cruising hub in Galveston, Texas, according to the company. Carnival will be launching new four and five-day cruises to Mexico year-round from Galveston beginning in May 2019. Carnival Dream will become the newest and largest Carnival […]


Carnival Adding Short Cruises From New Orleans

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Corporation has completed a large-scale, multimillion-dollar redesign and upgrade of Cruise Terminal 2 at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. The terminal, which is used by Carnival’s Princess Cruises brand, features a “more streamlined departure design” along with a new giant LED screen, a movie theater and “more comfortable” boarding […]

Guy Fieri’s New Carnival Barbecue Joint

By the Caribbean Journal staff Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is adding another culinary concept to Carnival cruise ships. It’s called Guy’s Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que Smokehouse-Brewhouse, with a focus on smoked-on-board barbecue and craft beers brewed right on the ship. Fieri’s name is also on 19 Carnival ships through the Guy’s Burger Joint eatery. The […]

Carnival Returning to Grand Turk, St Thomas, San Juan

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Corporation is returning to some of the cruise ports hit hard by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the company announced this week. Several of Carnival’s brands are returning to Grand Turk, St Thomas and San Juan this month. Carnival already returned to Grand Turk on Nov. 1, and will return […]

Grenada Poised for Big Cruise Ship Increase

By Alexander Britell ST GEORGE’S – The Eastern Caribbean island of Grenada is poised to see a big jump in cruise ship calls this coming season. Grenada is expecting to see an additional 28 cruise ship calls in the 2017-2018 cruise season, according to Patricia Maher, CEO of the Grenada Tourism Authority. Maher, who was […]

Carnival Elation Returns to Jacksonville Following Makeover

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Carnival Elation has completed a multimillion-dollar makeover that includes the addition of a new WaterWorks park, 38 new cabins, 98 stateroom balconies and a variety of food and beverage concepts. Following the renovation, Carnival Elation will resume its year-round schedule of four- to eight-day cruises from Jacksonville, FL. Carnival Elation […]

Santo Domingo Showing Cruise Growth

The Dominican Republic’s capital is showing strong growth as a cruise destination, according to the latest numbers from the country’s Ministry of Tourism. Santo Domingo has reported a total of 97,087 passengers arriving to its ports of Don Diego and San Souci in the first half of 2017. Indeed, that represents a 102.16 percent increase […]

Carnival to Debut New Teppanyaki Restaurant

A new kind of restaurant is coming to Carnival Cruise Line: a Teppanyaki eatery. Teppanyaki is a traditional method of Japanese cooking whose name is derived from the combination of the words “teppan” or iron plate with “yaki” meaning grilled or pan-fried. The new 133,500-ton Carnival Horizon, which is making its debut in the spring […]

Chris Tucker Is Coming to Carnival Cruise Line

Comedian Chris Tucker has signed on for two shows aboard Carnival Breeze and Carnival Liberty this fall as part of the Carnival LIVE Concert Series. Carnival LIVE brings live music and comedy to the seas and provides guests to enjoy performances in the ships’ main theaters, which range in capacity from 900 to 1,300. Famous […]