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# First US cruise ship docks in Havana
- URL: https://hospitality.pro/first-us-cruise-ship-docks-in-havana/
- Published: 2016-05-03T02:04:10.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-03T02:04:10.000Z
- Author: Holedo
- Tags: Hospitality Industry News, News, Related Industry News, #wordpress, #Import 2026-04-16 12:15

The first US cruise ship to travel to Cuba in half a century docked in Havana on Monday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between the old Cold War foes.  
A crowd of onlookers waved Cuban and American flags and filmed with their cell phones as the *Adonia*, a Carnival cruise liner, sailed into port in Havana after setting off on Sunday from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States, Agence France-Presse reported.  
The ship had 700 passengers on board, some of them Cuban-Americans returning to the communist island for the first time in decades.  
The voyage is the first of what Carnival says will become week-long cruises to Cuba twice a month, with the goal of promoting cultural exchange between the two countries following a warming of ties that began in December 2014 and led to the restoration of full diplomatic relations last year.