Carnival Cruise Lines’ 2,642-passenger Carnival Destiny will operate a new five-port, seven-day itinerary from San Juan featuring a rare overnight call in La Romana/Casa de Campo, along with day-long visits to St. Kitts, Dominica, Barbados and St. Thomas/St. John. The new itinerary begins January 8, 2008.

Germany’s most important cruise port, Hamburg will become the hub for two major international cruise lines, will launch a new ship, host four December cruise ships with holiday shoppers, and welcome seven ships on maiden visits to the city.

2008 will mark an exciting year on the Cunard calendar. For the first time in history, three Cunard Queens will be in service simultaneously and the newest, Queen Victoria, will embark on 21 voyages that will include maiden calls around the world.

Princess Cruises will continue its third year of Caribbean cruises from New York in 2008, the company said on Friday, only with a new ship. Out goes the Crown Princess, replaced with the Caribbean Princess.

Carnival Corporation & plc has signed an agreement to build and operate a cruise terminal on the island of Roatan, Honduras. Development of the facility -to be called Mahogany Bay Roatan- is expected to start in fall 2007 and be completed by summer 2009 at a cost of $50 million.

Disney Dreams, Disney Cruise Line’s long-running show of classic Disney vignettes melded into a story about a young girl and the power of dreams, is getting its own new sprinkling of pixie dust.