Carnival Cruise Line kicks off Cuba voyages

Posted!

A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.

• 1 of 107
• 2 of 107
• 3 of 107
• 4 of 107
• 5 of 107
• 6 of 107
• 7 of 107
• 8 of 107
• 9 of 107
• 10 of 107
• 11 of 107
• 12 of 107
• 13 of 107
• 14 of 107
• 15 of 107
• 16 of 107
• 17 of 107
• 18 of 107
• 19 of 107
• 20 of 107
• 21 of 107
• 22 of 107
• 23 of 107
• 24 of 107
• 25 of 107
• 26 of 107
• 27 of 107
• 28 of 107
• 29 of 107
• 30 of 107
• 31 of 107
• 32 of 107
• 33 of 107
• 34 of 107
• 35 of 107
• 36 of 107
• 37 of 107
• 38 of 107
• 39 of 107
• 40 of 107
• 41 of 107
• 42 of 107
• 43 of 107
• 44 of 107
• 45 of 107
• 46 of 107
• 47 of 107
• 48 of 107
• 49 of 107
• 50 of 107
• 51 of 107
• 52 of 107
• 53 of 107
• 54 of 107
• 55 of 107
• 56 of 107
• 57 of 107
• 58 of 107
• 59 of 107
• 60 of 107
• 61 of 107
• 62 of 107
• 63 of 107
• 64 of 107
• 65 of 107
• 66 of 107
• 67 of 107
• 68 of 107
• 69 of 107
• 70 of 107
• 71 of 107
• 72 of 107
• 73 of 107
• 74 of 107
• 75 of 107
• 76 of 107
• 77 of 107
• 78 of 107
• 79 of 107
• 80 of 107
• 81 of 107
• 82 of 107
• 83 of 107
• 84 of 107
• 85 of 107
• 86 of 107
• 87 of 107
• 88 of 107
• 89 of 107
• 90 of 107
• 91 of 107
• 92 of 107
• 93 of 107
• 94 of 107
• 95 of 107
• 96 of 107
• 97 of 107
• 98 of 107
• 99 of 107
• 100 of 107
• 101 of 107
• 102 of 107
• 103 of 107
• 104 of 107
• 105 of 107
• 106 of 107
• 107 of 107

Last SlideNext Slide

The growth of cruising to Cuba hit another milestone on Thursday as Carnival Cruise Line kicked off its first voyage to the destination. 

The Miami-based line’s 2,052-passenger Carnival Paradise departed Tampa on the first of a dozen short voyages that feature an overnight stay in the Cuban capital of Havana.

Scheduled to take place between now and May 2018, the sailings are four to five nights in length. In addition to Havana, the five-night trips also have a stop in either Cozumel, Mexico or Key West, Fla.

Carnival joins nearly half a dozen other cruise lines that have begun sailing from the USA to Cuba in recent months.

Two of Carnival’s top rivals in the cruise industry, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line, began Cuba voyage in April and May, respectively. April also saw the first visit to Cuba by a Regent Seven Seas Cruises vessel. Oceania Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises ships arrived for the first time in March.

Cruise lines began planning the voyages more than a year ago after the Obama administration loosened rules on travel to Cuba. President Trump tweaked the rules earlier this month but not in a way that is expected to have a significant impact on cruises to the country.  

The Cuba calls planned by Carnival and the other lines are designed to provide an opportunity for “people-to-people” exchanges between Americans and Cubans as allowed by U.S. rules governing visits to Cuba, the companies have said. U.S. visitors are limited in the activities they are allowed to do in Cuba by the terms of the USA’s five-decade-old embargo.  

Fares for the Carnival sailings to Cuba start at $439 per person, based on double occupancy.