Cruise News Today — August 22, 2022. The Caribbean island of Grand Cayman announced over the weekend that they are dropping all mandates for visitors, meaning unvaccinated or not, cruisers can get off the ship at the island. Carnival Cruise Line's third LNG ship Carnival Jubilee, which is currently under construction in Finland, just got the navigational block of the ship put in place. The ship will debut from Galveston, Texas in October 2023. How about living on a cruise ship? One company is launching a $1.5 billion dollar ship in 2025 that you can live full time on, and prices start at $647,000 for a 24-year lease. Cruise line stocks were down on Friday for CCL, RCL, and NCLH.