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Rising oil prices increase fuel-cost pressure on cruise operators

Carnival may face greater earnings exposure than Royal Caribbean and Viking because of differences in fuel purchasing, hedging and fleet size.

New plans include Malaysia port visits, Disney Wish sailings from New York and San Juan, and Panama Canal repositioning cruises.

Arquitectonica’s 492,000-square-foot facility is designed to process as many as 36,000 passengers per day.

More than 30 wish children and their families attended the organizations' first gathering of its kind during the ship's visit.