At a traditional maritime handover ceremony held earlier today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, Carnival Cruise Line took delivery of its newest, largest and most innovative ship, the 133,500-ton Carnival Vista.
The 3,954-passenger ship will reposition to Trieste, Italy, where it will depart on its maiden voyage May 1, kicking off a summer schedule in Europe that runs through October 2016.  Following a 13-day trans-Atlantic crossing, Carnival Vista will operate a pair of 11-day cruises from New York in November 2016 then launch year-round Caribbean service from Miami later that …

Captain Kid Rock takes to the high seas on cruise
For the next five days, we’ll be taking you across the Gulf of Mexico, to the Caribbean Sea, and deep into the party on Kid Rock’s second-annual Chillin’ the Most Cruise. Photographer Romain Blanquart and I are onboard with the Detroit star and about 2,700 of his most fervent fans as the cruise heads south from New Orleans.
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