Not everyone is rushing to China. Last fall we told Carnival Cruise Line said they would send one ship to China in the spring of 2017 and a second one in the spring of 2018. Carnival has rethought their schedule and decided to delay everything by a year, with the first ship, Carnival Miracle, now going in the spring of 2018 and Carnival Splendor going a year later.
Details appeared in the February 25 edition of Cruise News Daily.