Monday, November 18, 2013

Cruise News Daily Headlines for November 18, 2013

* Full Circle
Carnival Sunshine was christened yesterday in New Orleans and left this afternoon on its first cruise from its new home port.

Of course it was a media event, so there is lots of coverage, both printed and video. It’s virtually all about the “new” ship, but there was a more interesting story in New Orleans. More

* They Aren’t Getting It
Last month, voters in Key West defeated a measure on the ballot that decided whether or not to move forward studying a project that would widen and deepen the channel into the port. Without the enlargement, cruise ships of today’s average size cannot get into port.

The measure was defeated, but new comments from those opposed seem to show some flaws in their logic.

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