Carnival Cruise Line's largest ship, the 133,500-ton, 4,000-passenger Carnival Vista, will operate out of PortMiami in winter 2016.
Carnival had not revealed where the ship would operate in late 2016, but word leaked out in a Miami Herald report, which the cruise line confirmed as accurate.
The ship will depart on its inaugural voyage May 1, 2016, from Trieste, Italy - which will be Carnival's first European voyage in three years. It will operate 19 voyages in the Mediterranean before departing Oct. 21, 2016, on a 13-day trans-Atlantic cruise from Barcelona to New York, arriving in the Big Apple on Nov. 3, 2016, for a few cruises.
Where the ship was headed after that was kept under wraps until the newspaper reported about a lease extension approved by the Miami-Dade commission that oversees PortMiami.
Parent company Carnival Corp.'s current lease expires in 2018, but the new pact extends through 2028, with options through 2035, the Miami Herald reported. The deal requires the Carnival Vista to homeport at Miami for at least 24 months in its first three years.
Carnival plans to reveal itineraries from Miami on Feb. 12.
The Carnival Vista will feature an array of eye-popping features, including the first IMAX theater at sea, a pedal-powered ride 150 feet above the sea, a seafood shack with lobster rolls, a craft brewery, and staterooms with private lanais and room for a family of five.
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