(Press Release) ​MIAMI (Dec. 8, 2025) – Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company, together with ITM Group and Hutchison Ports ECV, unveiled plans for Ensenada Bay Village, a new shoreside destination inspired by the culture and natural beauty of Baja California, Mexico. The unveiling took place during a formal project presentation held on Friday, December 5, at the Ensenada Cruise Terminal.

(Press Release) MIAMI, Dec. 4, 2025 – Celebration Key, Carnival Cruise Line’s new exclusive destination that opened earlier this year in Grand Bahama, is bringing holiday cheer with a dazzling display of festive décor for the very first time.

By GEORGINA CRUZ
Special to North Palm Beach Life
Photos Contributed by Georgina Cruz

            If we were to ask the 34.6 million people who according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) sailed in 2024, what were their favorite days of the cruise, most would probably say the times in port. While I love exploring ashore –I mean, snorkeling among rainbows of fish in the Great Barrier Reef, riding a camel at the Pyramids in Egypt and admiring Michelangelo’s works in the Vatican are some of the big reasons why we cruise—I also really, really enjoy sea days.

            On sea days it is as if we are able to return to our infancy for a precious time again: we are cared for, fed well, pampered, entertained. “The most sophisticated people I know –inside, they are all children,” Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, once observed. On a cruise’s sea days, everyone –us included—can let our inner child come out and play.

Suddenly, we have no pressing schedules and no obligations. Life is slower: we can wake up whenever we want to, we can order room service whenever we desire, we can opt for a spa treatment, soak in a hydrotherapy pool, play deck games, listen to music, take in a show and turn in whenever we wish, among other things. What a life!