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<\/a>The latest example is Carnival<\/a>, Port Canaveral and the Ecstasy. <\/a><\/p>\nWhen the world’s largest cruise line \u2014 now 23 ships strong \u2014 sent the Ecstasy to Florida, it gave Carnival three ships operating out of Port Canaveral.<\/a> In joining the Dream<\/a> and the Sensation<\/a>, the Ecstasy adds an annual economic impact of $50 million to the area.<\/p>\n You could say this is a case of “when one door closes, another one opens.” Earlier this year, the end of the space shuttle program destroyed a chunk of the tourist industry on what they call the “Space Coast.” It’s probably a stretch to say the Ecstasy will replenish that, but it might.<\/p>\n After all, while there are no shuttle launches to watch, the Kennedy Space Center \u2014 a tourist attraction on its own \u2014 is there all the time. And now, for most of every year, so is the Carnival Ecstasy.<\/p>\n DAILY DEAL:<\/strong><\/span> Every once in a while, it’s worth re-visiting what it means to a port when a cruise line decides to use it as a home port. The latest example is Carnival, Port Canaveral and the Ecstasy. When the world’s largest cruise line \u2014 now 23 ships strong \u2014 sent the Ecstasy to Florida, it gave… Continue reading Florida Space Coast 'Ecsta…tic'<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,31,19,15],"tags":[154,50,390,798,72,51,372,312,126,680,253],"class_list":["post-10608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ports","category-ships","category-stories","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-dream","tag-carnival-ecstasy","tag-carnival-sensation","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ports","tag-economic-impact","tag-finding-bargains","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-jade","tag-port-canaveral","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNorwegian Jade<\/a>
\n9 nights
\nJanuary 20, 2012
\nMalaga<\/a> (return): Barcelona<\/a>, Funchai (Portugal), Tenerife<\/a> (Canary Islands), Arrecife (Canary Islands)
\nOceanview $599
\nwww.ncl.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"