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In Pictures: First US cruise ship to Cuba in 50 years
The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century, the Adonia – a vessel from the Carnival cruise’s Fathom line – set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana.
The first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades glides into the port of Havana, on May 2, 2016. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century, the Adonia — a vessel from the Carnival cruise’s Fathom line — set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana. The ship — with 700 passengers aboard — departed from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States. (ANA RODRIGUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Cubans watch as the first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades glides into the port of Havana, on May 2, 2016. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century, the Adonia — a vessel from the Carnival cruise’s Fathom line — set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana. The ship — with 700 passengers aboard — departed from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
A man waves a Cuban flag at the Malecon waterfront as the first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades glides into the port of Havana, on May 2, 2016. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century, the Adonia — a vessel from the Carnival cruise’s Fathom line — set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana. The ship — with 700 passengers aboard — departed from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
Passengers Robert and Marcheta Mines from Alameda, California fill out paperwork shortly before baorsding the Fathom cruise ship Adonia as she departs Miami Beach, Florida May 1, 2016 on her inaugural seven-day voyage to Cuba. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century set sail from Florida on Sunday, May 1st, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havan. (GASTON DE CARDENAS/AFP/Getty Images)
Passengers prepare to board the Fathom cruise ship Adonia as she departs Miami Beach, Florida on her inaugural seven-day voyage to Cuba on May 1, 2016. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century set sail from Florida on Sunday, May 1st, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havan. (GASTON DE CARDENAS/AFP/Getty Images)
The Fathom cruise ship Adonia departs Miami Beach, Florida with fanfare and water cannons on her inaugural seven-day voyage to Cuba on May 1, 2016. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century set sail from Florida on Sunday, May 1st, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havan. (GASTON DE CARDENAS/AFP/Getty Images)
Passengers prepare to board the Fathom cruise ship Adonia as she leaves on her inaugural seven-day voyage to Cuba in Miami Beach on May 1, 2016. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century set sail from Florida on Sunday, May 1st, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havan. (GASTON DE CARDENAS/AFP/Getty Images)
Cubans wave a US and a Cuban flag at the Malecon waterfront as the first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades glides into the port of Havana, on May 2, 2016. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century, the Adonia — a vessel from the Carnival cruise’s Fathom line — set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana. The ship — with 700 passengers aboard — departed from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
Cubans take pictures as the first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades glides into the port of Havana, on May 2, 2016. The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century, the Adonia — a vessel from the Carnival cruise’s Fathom line — set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana. The ship — with 700 passengers aboard — departed from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
