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After a four-year buffeting in the legal system, the Pearl Mist has finally found haven in
Maryland. The owner of the 335-foot cruise ship and the Canadian shipyard that built it have parted ways in a nasty divorce that involved two federal courts and an arbitration panel that itself was reduced to
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The 11-night 'Cuba
Cultural Voyage' is one of the few itineraries to circumnavigate the island. The 210-passenger Pearl Mist sails round-trip from Port Everglades. Destinations include Havana (two days), Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Casilda, El Cobre and Santiago de
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The 11-night 'Cuba
Cultural Voyage' is one of the few itineraries to circumnavigate the island. The 210-passenger Pearl Mist sails round-trip from Port Everglades. Destinations include Havana (two days), Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Casilda, El Cobre and Santiago de
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sails the Great Lakes each summer season, as well as the
Canadian and New England coastlines, including the St. Lawrence Seaway, in spring and fall. The ship is the only fully stabilized 100% private balcony cruise ship sailing the Great Lakes.
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was fully renovated in 2023 with a brand new interior design throughout the small ship. The ship's small size is described as a virtue, allowing the vessel to visit small ports that have to be skipped by larger vessels. The
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There's a new luxury cruise ship plying the cool waters of the Great Lakes and
Georgian Bay this summer. Cruises on the Pearl Mist set sail from Toronto and Chicago and go where the bigger cruise ships can't
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on 23 July 2007 and that Pearl Seas and Irving began their dispute in 2007, just five months after construction of the vessel began. The vessel was
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on 14 March 2008. The ship was completed in June 2010. However, due to the dispute, Pearl Seas
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made a ruling in 2013 and a settlement was reached.
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