Despite Trump's Restrictions!
Despite the monumental United States governmental transition from Cuba-friendly President Obama to Cuba-enemy President Trump, the short Florida Straits waterway between Florida and Cuba is constantly caressed by U.S.-to-Cuba cruise ships. On this first weekend of July-2017 a major article in USA Today heralded that neighborly commerce with this headline: "Carnival Cruise Line Kicks Off Cuba Voyages." The splendid Carnival Paradise vessel shown above on June 29-2017 joined five other cruise lines making regular vorages to Cuba. The Paradise, which departed from Tampa, carried 2,052 passengers with fares to Cuba starting at $439 per person. USA Today this weekend said: "Carnival joins half-a-dozen other cruise lines that have begun sailings 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 voyages 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."
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This photo is courtesy of cruisecritic and it shows a huge cruise ship docked in Havana as passengers get quick sights of the island's classic 1950s-era convertible cars. This week -- on June 27-2017 -- the cruisecritic website updated Cuba's new status as a ubiquitous target for U.S.-based commercial cruise ships although everyday Americans remain the only people in the world without the freedom to visit Cuba. The website pointed out: "All nationalities can visit Cuba as tourists except Americans. Americans still need to travel under one of 12 approved reasons..." Those decades-old restrictions were greatly eased by the brave President Obama but on June 16 in Miami's Little Havana bastion the less-brave President Trump tightened the restrictions again to appease a few Cuban hardliners although most Cuban-Americans in Miami support Obama's decent Cuban policies, not Trump's cruel ones. The cruisecritic website provides updates for those interested in cruises to Cuba.
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