The entire cruise industry has problems with what may happen in all of Mexico's cruise ship ports. A cruise ship works like a hotel where every guest checks out on the same day at the same time. That never happens on land.

After fourteen years, Carnival Cruise Line will no longer sail out of Charleston, South Carolina. Other cruise lines will still utilize the

Celebrity, Princess making local debuts soon, joining longtime Port Canaveral cruise lines Carnival, Disney, MSC, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean

Cruise ship industry players are up in arms after the lower house of Mexico's Congress voted this week to charge a $42 immigration levy for every passenger on cruise ships that dock in Mexico.

Royal Caribbean, Carnival, MSC, and Norwegian are all fighting the new tax which would make Mexican ports very expensive to visit.