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December 12: Carnival Cruise Lines took delivery of its 16th Carnival ship CARNIVAL PRIDE at a maritime hand-over ceremony at Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki. After the ceremony, CARNIVAL PRIDE's sister ship, the 88,500-ton CARNIVAL LEGEND, was floated out of her building dock. The 2,124-passenger Carnival Pride will sail from Helsinki, December 13, on a 13-day transatlantic crossing, arriving in Miami December 26. CARNIVAL PRIDE will sail on an inaugural cruise on December 30, after which she will then serve as the venue for an overnight fundraising gala benefiting the United Way of Miami-Dade. CARNIVAL PRIDE's homeport will be Port Canaveral, Fla.
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Norwegian Cruise Line is shaking up its service in Hawaii. The line last week announced the withdrawal of its ship Pride of Aloha from the market effective May 11. According to a news release, the vessel will be transferred to Star Cruises and deployed in Asia, with a new name, this summer.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultra-luxury cruise specialist Crystal Cruises is spending $23 million to enhance the award-winning Crystal Symphony in what will be the cruise line's largest-ever dry dock. In just two weeks, from October 31 through November 12, 2006, nearly 1,300 people will work around the clock on more than 150 separate projects to create what will essentially be a new ship, especially to those familiar with it.
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The Cruise lines, Salamis and Louis all offer unforgettable trips on luxury cruise ships, with the best in live entertainment on board. Salamis Glory, The Princessa Marissa, MS Serenade and more await you. The ferry from Athens or Rhodes to Limassol will be running again.
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Cruise ships and former liners often find employment in applications other than those for which they were built. A shortage of hotel accommodation for the 2004 Summer Olympics led to a plan to moor a number of cruise ships in Athens to provide tourist accommodation. On September 1, 2005, FEMA contracted three Carnival Cruise Lines vessels to house Hurricane Katrina evacuees.[2]
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Princess Cruises' Sapphire Princess and Star Princess will operate Mexican Riviera cruises departing from Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively, for the 2008-2009 season, the cruise line announced Monday. Sapphire Princess will operate seven-day voyages from the Port of Los Angeles calling on Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas between September 27 and May 2, while Star Princess will sail a more in-depth 10-day itinerary featuring calls in Acapulco.
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