A number of ceremonial events occurred today in anticipation of the ship actually being towed out of the dry dock on December 21.
The complete story appeared in the December 6 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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| Anne Marie Bartels, one of the line's most traveled passengers, was chosen as the madrina. |
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| The madrina christened the ship before flooding the dry dock. |
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| Water rushing into the dry dock and touching the ship's hull for the first time.
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