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		<title>City, Carnival reach agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 18:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The city and Carnival have reached a five-year Preferential Access Agreement for cruise ship visits. The council on Dec. 16 voted unanimously to authorize the city manager to execute an agreement with CCL Cruise Line, also known as Carnival. The vote was 4-0. Councilmember Yesenia De La Rosa was absent. “As council recalls, for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cruise ships generated more than $1.6 mil in wharfage in 2024-25</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon was visited by 101 cruise ships in 2024-25, according to the Cruise Ship Annual report for that year. According to the Finance Department director, that’s the lowest number of cruise ships in the last decade/ (That’s not including the Covid shutdowns when there were no cruise ships). The ships carried a total of 355,457 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cruise ship fees to rise to $7.50 a passenger</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week the Avalon City Council unanimously adopted new wharfage fees for cruise ships that visit Catalina Island. The new rate of $7.50 per passenger aboard each cruise ship will go into effect Jan. 1, 2026. The council also ended the marketing incentive in the Municipal Code that returned 50% of wharfage fees collected for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City Council receives annual cruise ship report</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council this week voted 3-1 to receive and file the annual cruise ship report. Councilmember Mary Schickling cast the dissenting vote. Councilmember Lisa Lavelle recused herself from the meeting. The discussion of the quality of life versus revenue issue took up the bulk of the nearly five-hour council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 3. There [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City council increases cruise ship wharfage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Sept. 3, to increase cruise ship wharfage fees by $2.50 per passenger. That will bring the rate up to $7.50 per passenger. The previous rate was $5. “City Staff proposes implementing the wharfage increase effective January 1, 2026 to provide operators with adequate notice in consideration for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon looks at cruise ship fee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council discussed cruise ship wharfage at this week’s meeting. The council directed staff to come back with a cruise ship wharfage fee increase. The matter will come back to a future council agenda. Avalon staff recommends increasing the city’s cruise ship wharfage rate to $7 per passenger. According to City Manager David Maistros, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2024 A big year for first time cruise ship visits</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 23:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2024 series of cruise ship visits, will look different than any year prior, due to big changes in various cruise line itineraries and ships porting on the west coast. In 2024, Avalon will welcome an unprecedented five inaugural visits, one of which, The Seaborn Sojourn, has already taken place. In addition, Celebrity Cruises, Carnival [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Disney Cruise Line returns to Catalina</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Love Catalina Island]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Love Catalina Tourism Authority, announced this week that Disney Cruise Line is returning to Catalina Island, a premiere destination. The Port of Avalon welcomes Disney fans to the idyllic Catalina Island to experience the destination’s dining, adventures, traditions and more. The Disney Wonder was the first Disney Cruise Line ship to sail to Catalina Island [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>October visitor counts are out</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Overall October 2023 visitor counts increased by almost 11.9% more than October 2022, according to statistics recently released by Love Catalina Tourism Authority. Cruise ship visits were up by nearly half (see below for details), according to the business group. In related news, the Disney Wonder will return to Catalina. Some categories of visitor counts—cross [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Disney Cruise Line set to visit nine times this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Love Catalina Island Following Disney Cruise Line’s inaugural visit to the port of Avalon on Catalina Island in March 2022, Love Catalina, the official Catalina Island Tourism Authority, this week announced that Disney Cruise Line plans to call on the port nine times throughout 2023. Guests aboard the Disney Wonder and Disney Magic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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