You may still be planning this year's vacation or even next year's. But the cruise lines are now dealing with the final details of 2012's programs and are just about ready to open them for sale. And they are already deep into the planning for 2013, 2014 and even beyond.
That's why Carnival Cruise Lines need an answer from the Port of Jacksonville: Will you be in the cruise business or not? And Jacksonville doesn't really have an answer.
In this CND article we take a look at the time crunch facing the Florida port.
The complete article appeared in the July 9, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.