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Carnival Cruise Lines said Tuesday that it accepted more reservations last week than in any week nearly four years.

Carnival Cruise Line's biggest spenders depart from the Port of Baltimore, the state's top ports official is saying.

Rogue waves, mechanical problems, bad weather. Not every cruise is perfect. And when things go wrong, passengers are sometimes surprised that they are no more likely to get a refund than if they went to the beach for a week and it rained every day.

Carnival Cruise Lines is pulling the last of its ships out of San Diego, and other operators are departing Southern California because of economic woes and Mexico travel fears.