Cruise port sets record; Carnival Cruise Line says sad goodbye

Nassau has change into idea to be one of doubtlessly the most traditional cruise ports, though many passengers opt no longer to receive off the ship when visiting.

Many frequent cruisers were to the port more than one instances, and whereas they'll receive off to examine out the newly renovated port space, they don't stay off the ship lengthy.

That is as a minimum partly because of the vendors in Nassau receive change into more aggressive, and walking by the city potential averting of us searching to promote you things, braid your hair, and offer illicit objects.

Nassau, on the opposite hand, can accommodate seven astronomical cruise ships, and it does offer glorious beaches, a huge selection of eating areas, and lodges that offer day passes, along with Margaritaville, which is steps from the port, and Atlantis, which is a 20-minute cab hotfoot.

Royal Caribbean is furthermore building its first Beach Club, an added-price seashore/pool day experience on Paradise Island, which should make Nassau a more standard port for its passengers.

Despite its drawbacks, on the opposite hand, Nassau continues to website visitor records.

Doug Parker has that memoir plus records of Carnival leaving a favored port within the Jan. 6 version of Cruise Info On the novel time.

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Nassau sees gigantic magnify, Carnival ship leaves

Transcript:

This is Cruise Info On the novel time with Doug Parker.

Good morning. Right here is your cruise records for Monday, January 6.

The Nassau cruise port within the Bahamas has shattered its annual portray for the 2d twelve months in a row.

Now, in 2024, 5.6 million guests passed by the port, surpassing the 4.4 million recorded the earlier twelve months in 2023.

Port CEO Mike Amara Jr. credits the milestone to sturdy partnerships with the Bahamian govt, cruise traces, and the native community. March of final twelve months saw one more portray with seven cruise ships docked in Nassau in a single day.

The port's boost generated $2.6 billion in tourism dollars final twelve months by myself.

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Carnival leaves a favored port, new ships being built

And Carnival Cruise Line has formally ended its 14-twelve months bustle in Charleston, South Carolina. This past Saturday, the ship dropped off passengers on the Union Cruise Terminal earlier than shifting over to a cargo pier to load up affords and contractors, as considered from the video here.

That evening, Sunshine website wing for Marseille, France for routine dry dock maintenance.

Small print of the work haven't been announced on the time of broadcast, however the ship is scheduled to blueprint to the East Ride, crusing from Norfolk, Virginia in mid-February.

And an up to this point portray by CruiseIndustryNews.com reveals that 67 new ship orders and more than 170,000 berths are website to commence by 2036.

That is a $57 billion funding, with honest 35 of those orders placed final twelve months by myself. Shipbuilders Fincantieri, Meijerwerf, and Chantiers d'Atlantique are main the price with new vessels from Disney, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean, plus Crystal's latest characterize for 2032.

This twelve months, 15 new cruise ships are website to debut, and subsequent twelve months, one more 16 will put together.

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I'm Doug Parker with Cruise Info On the novel time.

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