The Port of New Orleans is experiencing its busiest month for cruise ship calls in its history, the port said, two months after its first home-ported cruise ship since Hurricane Katrina, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sun, began service again on October 15.

Unique Ocean voyages to Antarctica, the Falklands, Easter Island, the Galapagos, Southern Caribbean Isles and the Amazon Stately King penguins, towering icebergs and pink dolphins are among some of the exciting sights awaiting guests aboard Discovery liners next winter.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises will embark on the longest and most extensive voyage in its history with the 115-night 2008 World Cruise the line’s eighth such cruise.

Following strong initial consumer response to Carnival Freedom’s inaugural Mediterranean/Greek Isles cruise program set to begin this spring, Carnival Cruise Lines’ 110,000-ton Super Liner will return to Europe for another season of 12-day voyages in 2008.

With cruise ships making 242 stops on Dominica this cruise season there are plenty of reason for Dominica’s tourism authorities to be very happy.

The official 2006-2007 cruise season began last week in Uruguay with the arrival in Montevideo of the MS Amsterdam carrying 1.300 tourists and 600 crew members. The 61.000 tons displacement MS Amsterdam belonging to the Holland America Cruise Line arrived from Rio de Janeiro and is scheduled to continue for Buenos Aires.