Missed Ports, Parking Garages, and Chocolate

Today on Cruise News: Princess Cruises' Crown Princess and Oceania Cruises' Oceania Vista both skipped St. John's, Newfoundland on July 14 over a forecast of rain and winds around 20 mph, affecting roughly 4,300 lower-berth passengers even though Canadian authorities identified no severe weather. Port Canaveral is advancing $175 million in cruise infrastructure, including a $78 million renovation that nearly doubles Cruise Terminal 5 to 170,000 square feet and a $93 million, 13-story Cruise Terminal 6 East garage adding about 3,700 parking spaces, as the port works to speed guests from vehicle to vessel after a record 8,602,047 passenger movements in fiscal 2025. And MSC Cruises will debut a 300-square-meter Venchi chocolate boutique, cafe, and gelateria aboard the new LNG-powered MSC World Asia, the Turin chocolatier's first shop on an MSC World Class ship, when the vessel enters Mediterranean service on December 4, 2026.