But the fund's home runs, if the embargo falls, could be Carnival (CCL) and Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), both of which already ply the Caribbean. Not only will they get a tremendous lift from passengers wanting to travel to Cuba, but their entire Caribbean business also should benefit when they add Havana, long shut down, as a port of call.

There's also Wall*E, nominated for several awards in addition to Best Animated Feature, including both sound editing and sound mixing. In this film, Earth is evacuated due to toxic conditions, and its inhabitants are sent on a cruise in space. That option might not be available to us yet, but we can still hop on a boat for a more traditional cruise, courtesy of Carnival (CCL), up a penny at $19.40.

PE of 10, a PEG of 0.88, and it pays a yield of 5.8%.

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Commodity costs, specifically their decline, also helps the companies that were forced to raise prices when those costs were higher. Because the companies won’t reduce prices in tandem with that decline. That means more profits and better-than-expected earnings. Watch for reports from Heinz (HNZ), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), UPS (UPS), FedEx (FDX) and Carnival Cruise (CCL).

8/20/2008

From a recent Mad Money show:

"I think Carnival Cruise is going to take share. I like Carnival. People are still going on vacations; they're still taking cruises."

ex-div date: 5/21/2008

The stock could rebound 50%, based on the outlook for bookings and profitability. And Carnival would get a big boost from any drop in fuel costs.

Cruise lines... 75 million baby boomers retiring... BOOMER-yah!

overpriced

thought boomers would cruise

if i want enteric virus ill eat my wifes cookin ive become a landlubber -
P.S. where are all the passengers disappearing too?

New cruise terminals under development will increase passenger revenue.