Some Distinct Changes Emerge
Whilst the greater majority of Caronia's cruises were aimed at the American market and of course started from New York, this doesn't mean that all of her passengers were from America, even on the 1960 Great World Cruise. Every passenger list produced for her voyages showed the name and basic location of each passenger.
Perusal of this list shows that there were at least 10 people from Canada and 10 from the UK, 5 each from Germany and South Africa, 2 each from Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.
I'd imagine that the emergence of the jet airliner in 1959 may have helped in setting a pattern of bringing some of these people to New York to join the Caronia, but elsewhere it was having a devastating impact, especially on the North Atlantic ships. However, it would be several years yet before fly/cruise holidays would be seized upon as a method of marketing accommodation at sea.
The days of New York being the starting point for many cruises, especially to the Caribbean, were also numbered. Developing the local airports eventually helped the emerging seaports of Fort Lauderdale and Miami in Florida.
Departure from these ports would cut out two days at sea in both directions, and more importantly, provide warm sunshine for passengers from the outset, all year round. No more weathering the ice and winter storms of the North Atlantic.
Although this didn't effect the Caronia's regular schedule of departures from New York, by 1967 a call would additionally be made at Fort Lauderdale, where passengers were allowed to embark. Until then, all fares were priced from New York with embarkation from other ports not widely marketed.
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