Carnival Splendor docked at Miami as planned on Sunday morning, disembarking those passengers who sailed on last week's less-port-intensive cruise.

The archipelago reported a total of 699,105 cruise passenger arrivals last year, a 35.4 percent increase over 2015.

New and updated resources, seminars and master-classes remain at the forefront of Cruise Lines International Association’s plans for 2017.

A new survey by Travel Leaders Group, for instance, found that nearly 22% of its leisure travel-focused travel agents have already booked clients for Cuba travel this year and 59% indicated clients have expressed an interest in traveling to Cuba in 2017.

In a safety-enhancing move, Royal Caribbean International is adding certified lifeguards at all pools across its fleet.

Carnival Cruise Line has announced 13 new itineraries in its Carnival Journeys enrichment cruise series, departing from homeports along the East and West Coasts and the Gulf of Mexico in 2018 and 2019.