Author: Dave Berman, Florida Today

The couple was stranded near Castle Island, Bahamas, and Mardi Gras was nearby when the ship’s officers received a call from Coast Guard to assist.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and lawmakers are pushing to revoke Disney’s special self-governing status. How will the entertainment giant respond?

Mardi Gras which is Carnival Cruise Line’s largest to date and the first of three “XL Class” ships scheduled for delivery in the next few years.

Spectators lined the shores at Port Canaveral early Friday morning as Carnival’s newest ship, Mardi Gras, made its debut a year later than planned.

Port Canaveral on Friday became the first U.S. port to coordinate COVID-19 vaccine distribution to cruise ship crew members.

As cruise lines consider basing their ships in more cooperative countries, Florida’s legislators want the CDC to let the industry restarted there.

“It’s been too long,” says Longshoreman Bobby Deriso. “We’re ready to go back to work. We need to put food back on the table.”

The Carnival Elation spilled “gray water” from its plumbing and shower systems while docked at Port Canaveral in Florida on Thursday.

Royal Caribbean and Disney Cruise Line are switching cruise ships from eastern Caribbean to western Caribbean routes to avoid Tropical Storm Dorian.