Carnival Cruise Line brought more than 250,000 passengers to Norfolk in 2023, but the ships will pause next year as construction makes way for a year-round cruise season in 2025.
Thirty preteen Taylor Swifts fidgeted by the stage in glittering dresses, forming a sequined mob. The tribute show was about to start and the fans — Swifties — were ready. Across the room, Black, white and Asian-American Taylor Swifts, kindergartner to middle-aged, bobbed and whispered with anticipation for the Taylor Swift cover band, Midnight Rain, to hit the stage. Two middle schoolers in .