New Cruise Ships Slated for Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

Carnival Corporation said Tuesday that it is building a $65 million cruise ship center in the Dominican Republic to draw ships to the Puerto Plata region for the first time in nearly 30 years.

The Amber Cove Cruise Center at Bay of Maimon is scheduled to open in 2014 and is expected to accommodate as many as 8,000 cruise ship passengers daily.

Also on Tuesday, officials in Puerto Rico announced that the U.S. Caribbean territory would be the home port for a Royal Caribbean cruise ship next year. The Jewel of the Seas is slated to make 25 departures out of San Juan starting in May 2013.

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New cruise ships slated for Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico - The Washington Post