The Adonia, the moderately-sized cruise ship that currently makes up the whole of Carnival’s new Fathom cruise line, arrived in Cuba Monday, May 2nd.
It’s been a long time – almost 40 years, since U.S. ships have traveled to Cuba. The Cuban government’s decision to drop a restriction which prohibited Cuban-born people from traveling to Cuba by boat made the event even more special for Cuban-born Americans who were able to make the trip. There had been some controversy around the limitation on travel by Cuban-born citizens, but the issue was resolved with the lifting of the restriction. Continue reading