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The week-long trip was a good deal financially, but the ship didn't have enough upscale amenities to convince us to return for another vacation.

"The survivor had about 30 seconds to a minute left before we would have lost him," a Coast Guard officer said.

WDIV takes viewers live, right in the middle of all the excitement at the annual “Hob Nobble Gobble presented by Ford” at Ford Field on Friday, November 18. It’s the first big party of the holiday season celebrating “America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White.”

Over the past two years, Insider reporters have faced a few reality checks while sailing Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Disney, and Cunard cruise lines.

New rules follow "increase in more agitated behavior by a small number of guests," Miami-based cruise operator says.

Norwegian Cruise Line announced Monday that it will suspend all Covid-19 testing, masking and vaccination requirements effective this week.

He also previewed next week's slate of earnings.

The festival includes an expansive midway with entertainment for all ages.

It’s a long weekend of sunshine and celebration with the 4th of July just around the corner.

It’s a long weekend of sunshine and celebration with the 4th of July just around the corner.

More start of summer festivals plus throwback concerts that will take you back in time!

It’s summer festival season with many local communities hosting big celebrations.

The Festival of Flags is back in Davison and kicked off Wednesday, June 8, with its annual parade where hundreds of families lined Main Street to check out 75 different organizations, individuals and businesses on full display. We’ve always had a great festival with great entertainment. RELATED: Davison seniors parade through street, school in send-off celebrationOrganized by the Davison Area Chamber of Commerce, events began Wednesday and will run through Sunday, June 12. Carnival rides, food and drinks will be available each day, along with live performances from more than 10 local bands and artists. Wristbands for carnival rides can be purchased for $25.

DAVISON, MI – The Festival of Flags is back next week in Davison with live music, carnival rides, a parade and cold beer. The annual event will take place at the Lake Callis Recreation Complex, located at 1152 N. Gale Road in Davison Township. Organized by the Davison Area Chamber of Commerce, events will take place from Wednesday, June 8 through Sunday, June 12. Carnival rides, food and drinks will be available each day, along with live performances from more than 10 local bands and artists. Wristbands for carnival rides can be purchased for $25.

Social media posts show​ flames spewing from the funnel of the ship and black smoke billowing in the air.

Carnival is in preliminary discussions to sell its Seabourn luxury cruise brand to the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, sources say.

Some of the passengers on a Carnival cruise from Miami to Seattle are in quarantine after a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the ship.

Brazil's famous Carnival returned this year for the first time since the Covid pandemic.

Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools have begun putting on this year’s delayed Carnival parades, the first after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic

Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools have begun putting on this year's delayed Carnival parades, the first after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic.

Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival parade have returned after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic

It's not yet clear why the man, identified by the Coast Guard as Tang Tran, went overboard.

It's not yet clear why the man, identified by the Coast Guard as Tang Tran, went overboard.

Prosecutors, who are in the early stages of the investigation, said there were no elements to suspect terrorism was behind the incident. Ten other people suffered life-threatening injuries.

Members of the groups say they “bring the spirit of the strong woman” to Carnival.

Party-minded people dressed in traditional purple, green and gold filled New Orleans' streets for the city's first full-dress Mardi Gras since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The pandemic has disrupted Carnival in Rio de Janeiro for a second straight year

The pandemic has disrupted Carnival in Rio de Janeiro for a second straight year.

This recipe for a sweet Carnival tradition is courtesy of the New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute.

Artists, florists, actors, technicians and drivers are putting the final touches on their costumes, lavish flower arrangements and giant floats for the Carnival in the French Riviera city of Nice

Artists, florists, actors, technicians and drivers are putting the final touches on their costumes, lavish flower arrangements and giant floats for the Carnival in the French Riviera city of Nice.

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced weeks ago that the raucous street parties, which draw hundreds of thousands of revelers, wouldn't proceed in the manner they did before the pandemic.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell helped usher in the city's Carnival season by sampling a city delicacy — king cake — at a morning event.

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Royal Caribbean International has stopped bookings temporarily for cruises through mid-January.

Carnival Freedom cruise was denied entry to Bonaire and Aruba after an undisclosed number of passengers and crew tested positive.

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Mayors across Brazil are divided on whether to maintain end-of-year festivities and February’s legendary Carnival in spite of the ongoing pandemic.

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Frozen Elephant offers unique elephant ear toppings the whole family will enjoy.

Infected include 26 crew members and one passenger, all vaccinated, on a cruise that set sail from Galveston, Texas.

Q: Last year, I paid a $750 deposit for three tickets on a Carnival cruise from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. After the COVID-19 outbreak, Carnival canceled its cruises. Carnival refunded one of the deposits. It sent me a letter stating we had until May 2021 to decide whether to accept a full refund or reschedule a cruise and get $500 additional cruise credit.

What to know as markets dropped, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 700 points to its worst fall since October.

Stocks are falling sharply Monday as worries sweep from Wall Street to Sydney that a worsening pandemic in hotspots in Southeast Asia and elsewhere will disrupt what's been a strong economic recovery.

The S&P 500 was 1.9% lower in morning trading, after setting a record high just a week earlier.

The S&P 500 was 1.9% lower in morning trading, after setting a record high just a week earlier.

Unvaccinated guests looking to cruise aboard Royal Caribbean and Carnival's Florida cruises will face on-board restrictions and higher costs.

After decades of economic hardships in Peru's Andean highlands, voters demand a voice and hope they are heard by leftist presidential candidate, Pedro Castillo.

Both Carnival and Royal Caribbean require unvaccinated passengers to get travel insurance before boarding a cruise.

A thrill ride has been dismantled and an investigation started after the machine appeared to tip and pitch with riders aboard at a popular festival in northern Michigan.

Three giants of the cruise industry will return to the seas within weeks, with Norwegian Cruise Lines on Monday becoming the latest to announce its US ships will set sail starting in early August.

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Carnival Cruise Line said Wednesday that it has seen a record level of bookings during the first quarter, up about 90% from fourth-quarter levels.

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The S&P 500 may be coming off a losing week, but travel and leisure stocks have run hot. Bets on the reopening trade as the U.S. passed 70 million vaccine doses have ignited a fire under these stocks. "Lido Advisors has taken a position in their Lido recovery portfolio in Las Vegas Sands," Sanchez told CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Friday. Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Sandler, says one stock could be a way to get exposure across the entire travel industry. He now sees the stock heading back to its former highs set in 2018 — a target that implies 35% upside.

Kia Motors is replacing its Sedona minivan with a new SUV-inspired model called the Carnival beginning in the second quarter of this year. The 2022 Carnival "multi-purpose vehicle," also known as a minivan, features a boxy exterior, large front grille and an overall design that looks more bold and rugged than the outgoing model. It features new front and rear signature lighting as well as Kia's new logo, which was announced earlier this year. The vehicle, which was unveiled Tuesday, features a host of new safety features as well as new sliding configurations for the second-row seating and an available "VIP Lounge Seating" with power controls and leg extensions much like a traditional reclining chair. "The Kia Carnival is here to disrupt a staid segment and proves once again what is possible when conventions are shattered," Kia Motors North America CEO Sean Yoon said in a release.

A reveller stands in front of a political carnival float depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin fighting with opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the streets of Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Because of the coronavirus pandemic the traditional 'Rosenmontag' carnival parade are canceled but eight floats are pulled through the empty streets in Duesseldorf, where normally hundreds of thousands of people would celebrate the street carnival. But organizers in Duesseldorf, one of the German Rhineland's main Carnival strongholds, didn't want to let Rose Monday in 2021 go completely without the traditional caricatures of current events. “It's a small signal that we're alive,” float builder Jacques Tilly told the German news agency dpa. Another depicted the brain flying out of the head of an activist against coronavirus restrictions.

A woman dressed as a superhero and wearing a mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus performs in the "Desliga da Justica" street band in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Their performance was broadcast live on social media for those who were unable to participate in the carnival due to COVID restrictions after the city's government officially suspended Carnival and banned street parades or clandestine parties. “When everyone is immunized, we are going to have the biggest Carnival that Brazil has ever seen. One of the biggest street party associations, Blocos da Sebastiana, this year organized workshops on Carnival makeup and instruments and offered playlists of their music. “We would like to be partying on the street but we can’t.” said Rita Fernandes, president of Blocos da Sebastian.

“It’s magic,” said Das Chagas, who has participated in the Carnival parade for the past 44 years. Eduardo Cerqueira das Chagas speaks with a customer in a store recently opened by the Uniao da Ilha samba school in Rio de Janeiro’s Ilha do Governador. “Do you have masks?” Das Chagas nods, pulling out a few different models. Samba schools — mostly rooted in working-class and favela communities — rely on an army of seamstresses, carpenters and artisans to realize their visions. Because, even without Carnival, Carnival is within us, it’s in our blood.”AdvertisementIonova is a special correspondent.

A carnival reveler is watched by public order guards at the "Alter Markt" where normally tens of thousands of revelers dressed in carnival costumes would celebrate the start of the street carnival in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. This year all carnival celebrations are banned due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)BERLIN – Germany’s renowned Carnival celebrations got underway Thursday but without any of their usual raucous revelry. One of Germany’s first superspreader events stemmed from a Carnival celebration in a town west of Cologne last February where many people came in contact with an infected man. Cologne festival committee President Christoph Kuckelkorn told Germany’s dpa news agency that Carnival could emerge from this year purified, returning closer to its roots from the increasingly commercial, excessive celebration it had become.

In a normal year, Rios Sambadrome would be preparing for its great moment of the year: the worlds most famous Carnival parade. But a week before what should be the start of Carnival, the pandemic has replaced pageantry. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)RIO DE JANEIRO – In a normal year, Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome would be preparing for its great moment of the year: the world’s most famous Carnival parade. Rio’s hotel occupancy rate normally reaches about 80% in the hot summer months and 100% during Carnival. It's now at roughly 50-60%, according to Alfredo Lopes, the president of Rio’s Hospitality Workers Union.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, Mondo Kayo parades down Chartres Street during Mardi Gras, in New Orleans. The Mardi Gras season always starts on Jan. 6 and ends on Fat Tuesday, which this year falls on Feb. 16. The Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc is a club that annually pays homage to the fallen French hero with a parade through the French Quarter on the official start of the Carnival season. In Mobile, Alabama, dozens of parades, balls and other events also have been canceled. The city on the Gulf of Mexico calls itself the birthplace of Mardi Gras since celebrations began there a few years earlier than in New Orleans.

The benchmark S&P 500 index finished with a gain of 16.3% for the year, or a total return of about 18.4%, including dividends. And the S&P 500 rose or fell by at least 1% on twice as many days in 2020 than it did, on average, since 1950. The electric car maker jumped 743.4% in 2020 for the biggest gain in the S&P 500. All told, the S&P 500 set 33 record highs in 2020. The S&P 500 rose 24.03 points, or 0.6%, to 3,756.07, an all-time high.

Pfizer — Shares of Pfizer rose 2% after the drugmaker said it would supply the U.S. with 100 million additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine by July. The U.S. government will pay $1.95 billion for the incremental doses, bringing the total paid to Pfizer to nearly $4 billion. Nikola — Shares of Nikola Corp. dropped nearly 10% after the company announced that it has ended its partnership with Republic Services to jointly develop electric garbage trucks. FuboTV — Shares of FuboTV lost more than 8% after a major run-up in shares recently. Chevron, Exxon, Diamondback Energy — Energy stocks rose as investors bet on cyclical sectors and oil futures rose.

Tesla – Shares of the electric vehicle company jumped more than 4% to hit a record high as investors continue to favor the stock. The company reported better-than-expected earnings amid strong online sales in the third quarter. Dollar Tree reported third-quarter earnings of $1.39 per share on revenue of $6.18 billion. The medical technology company reported earnings of $1.02 per share, topping estimates of 80 cents per share, according to Refinitiv. The apparel retailer reported quarterly earnings of 78 cents per share, beating the 45 cent consensus estimate, according to Refinitiv.

Today's Pfizer news is a welcomed step in the right direction," Steve Kaufer, CEO of TripAdvisor, told CNBC over email. "This is a very positive development for the world, and, of course, our company and our brands, as well as the cruise industry. In the meantime, the cruise operators are working around the clock, setting up testing facilities for all crew and conducting simulated voyages with their new COVID protocols. Analysts also are wondering whether a new administration under the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden will result in different protocols for the cruise industry. Prior the Pfizer vaccine news, Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson on the company's earnings call last Friday said, "We'll start to see meaningfully more bookings when those vaccines start to take effect."

A "quadra" or court, which this time of year is usually filled with Carnival performers practicing their dance moves, sits empty in the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, Sept. 24, said it has delayed its annual Carnival parade, saying the global spectacle cannot go ahead in February because of Brazils continued vulnerability to the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

The samba schools are community institutions, and the parades are just one detail of all that,” Luiz Antonio Simas, a historian who specializes in Rio’s Carnival, said in an interview. As the number of infections grew, the samba schools that participate in the glitzy annual parade halted preparations for the 2021 event. Nearly all of Rio’s samba schools are closely linked to working class communities. “Carnival is our life.”The last year Rio’s Carnival was suspended was 1912, following the death of the foreign relations minister. A statement from the agency Thursday provided no further clarity on the fate of the Carnival street parties.

Norwegian Cruise Line hopes to resume sea trips this year, despite a global coronavirus pandemic that has rocked the industry. CEO Frank Del Rio on Thursday told CNBC's Jim Cramer that his cruise company is consulting with government officials and public health experts to ensure its fleet is safe for crew and passengers to board. "We expect to sail sometime in 2020," he said in a "Mad Money" interview. Norwegian could resume cruise operations as soon as July 1, according to information a spokeswoman shared with The New York Times earlier this week. The liquidity gave Norwegian the "encouragement and confidence to go forward," Del Rio said.

Almost 100 cruise ships wait off the Gulf, Atlantic and Pacific coasts, with about 80,000 crew members on board, according to the CDCs latest no-sail order. The Coast Guard reported it oversaw 250,000 passengers removed from cruise ships during that time. CDC notes increased risk of infection of COVID-19 in a cruise ship environment, the warning said. But by early March, it was clear the industry had another crisis on its hands on another Princess cruise: the Grand Princess. "The failure to act on the cruise industry is just another example of it.

Cramer pointed out a big contrast in the underlying causes of the current economic downturn, which he called a "coronavirus recession," and the last recession. The economic downturn of the late 2000s, the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s, was triggered by a financial breakdown. The Saudi sovereign wealth fund revealed that it bought 43.5 million shares of the American cruise company. Carnival also said it sold nearly $2 billion worth of senior notes with a 5.75% coupon and expects to close on another $4 billion in senior notes with a 11.5% coupon, both due in 2023. In the case a company goes into bankruptcy, the senior notes, or bonds, are prioritized for payback.

Want to experience a Caribbean Carnival right here in Michigan? Jason Carr and Kim Degiulio chatted with Sophia Chu, festival manager, and Ralph Taylor, costume designer with Mardi Gras Productions, about the first Caribbean Fest in Lathrup Village. On Friday, September 13th, the festival will hold a VIP reception from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Lathrup Village Community Center. For $10, you can experience Caribbean food, drinks and get up close and personal with the performers and costume designers. Filled with live music, food vendors, and performances, Carnival Fest has something for everyone to enjoy.