Kailua Bay welcomes first cruise ship since March 2020: Carnival Miracle scheduled to make call in Hilo today

The Carnival Miracle cruise ship sits in Kailua Bay - one of the cruise’s four stops in the Hawaiian islands - on Sunday, Jan. 16. (Tom Linder/West Hawaii Today)

The Carnival Miracle cruise ship sits in Kailua Bay - one of the cruise’s four stops in the Hawaiian islands - on Sunday, Jan. 16. (Tom Linder/West Hawaii Today)

The Carnival Miracle cruise ship sits in Kailua Bay - one of the cruise’s four stops in the Hawaiian islands - on Sunday, Jan. 16. (Tom Linder/West Hawaii Today)

The first cruise ship to make call since March 12, 2020, in Kailua-Kona arrived in Kailua Bay Sunday morning.