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Carnival is one of, if not the, the leaders in the cruise industry in utilizing social media. In keeping up with that trend, they recently announced their partnership with devoper Razorfish to launch the above facebook app. For those not…
Originally scheduled for January, the Carnival Pride will instead sail into a drydock in November. Every 2-3 years ships will routinely head to a drydock for 2 weeks. Workers will replace carpets, update cabins, thoroughly clean all areas of the…
I should have noticed something was up today when I checked the Galveston cam and saw that the Ecstasy was in Galveston on a Friday. Being able to see the Ecstasy walking to class and around campus at my alma…
Carnival Fascination lost power on Wednesday as it was cruising back to Jacksonville, FL. The ship was adrift in the Atlantic after what is being referred to the cruise line as a “technical malfunction.” But, power was restored after several…
Carnival just announced that the Carnival Magic (sister to the Carnival Dream) will home port in my former hometown of Galveston in November 2011. She will be joined by the slightly smaller Carnival Triumph. The Magic will operate the 7-night…
This Just In… Carnival Breeze has been selected as the name for the line’s new 130,000-ton cruise ship scheduled to enter service in spring 2012. To be constructed by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, the 3,690-passenger Carnival Breeze will be the third…
Carnival released these high-res images of the Carnival Dream today. Some of them are typical, corny flickr photos but they are high-res. As you can tell, I have an addiction to high-res photos. Click the photo below and enjoy. …
Oasis of the Seas appears today on Costa Atlantica’s aft webcam.
This morning the Carnival Dream arrived state side by sailing past the Statue of Liberty, up the Hudson River and right into the NYC Passenger Ship Terminals. The christening will take place today at 4:00pm EST. Click here to watch…
…is Marcia Gay Harden. The ceremony will take place tomorrow after Carnival’s flagship arrives in the U.S. for the first time. In an attempt to upstage Royal Caribbean and their Oasis of the Seas’, you’d think think that they would…
Carnival announced that the Carnival Triumph and the Carnival Fantasy would delay their inaugural cruises out of new homeports. The Carnival Triumph was set to call on New Orleans for the first time yesterday until mother nature had its way.…
Finally some news not about Oasis or RCI! This one is about their competitors, Carnival Corp’s line Costa Cruises. The went public with two new vessel names. The 114,000 grt ships will be named: the Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa.…
…for the Princess brand. Maritime Industry insider, Lloyd’s List, is quotes as saying Carnival is in advanced talks with German Meyer Werft for an order of two new cruiseships for its Princess brand, Italian and German shipping sources have said.…
So it is kind of a slow time in the industry. The Dream is delivered and I am still looking for a good walk through of it. The Oasis is back and settled in from the Sea trials. In fact…
…Well only of the water park. The winner of the Carnival Book of Dreams contest, 8-year old Hailee Steberger of Egg Harbor, N.J., will have the honors of being the Carnival Dream’s water park Godchild. The Carnival Dream will be…
UPDATE: Ok listening to the first video with audio, the people are pretty funny! What do you think? Remember last week when the Legend hit the Enchantment in Cozumel? Well I found another video of it. This one also from…
These photos come from carnival, showcasing their Laser show. Nightly shows around the main pool area show off laser and smoke shows. SO may better things that could be done there. I hope these don’t last too long and it…
Today, Carnival Corp’s President and C.E.O. Micky Arison stated that “Queen Mary 2 is probably the biggest ship we will ever build. Carnival Dream…is probably as large as we will build for Carnival.” Mr. Arison continued on to state that…
From the collision last week, here is the damage do the Enchantment. Notice the red paint! These images come from InletCam. Very good site by the way. Good webcam too! Enlargement of the damage:
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Update Thursday 8:12 pm: At the end of John Healds blog are thease pics taken by the Carnival’s port agent. Update Thursday 6:11pm: This courtesy of the John Heald Blog. John Helad is Carnival’s senior cruise director and has a…
I update some of CruiseInd’s ship pages: The Carnival Dream page now has photos of her pulling into Venice while still on her maiden voyage. The Oasis of the Seas page now has some external shots of her departing Turku…
This is an archived post that appeared on CruiseInd on Sep 24, 2009 @ 20:14 To view the old Carnival Dream page: click here – Carnival Dream Sailing into Venice this past weekend. ___________________________________________________________________
Pretty slow recently. I’m eagerly awaiting photos from the Carnival Dream which has set sail on her maiden voyage. Carnival reported that it earned 1 Billion (not million) this summer. This is good news as Micky Arison stated that guests…
These from John Heald’s Blog: Gerry Cahill accepting the Carnival Dream Micky Arison (worth $5.8 Billion for those wondering) C.E.O. of Carnival Corp. is on the left with his back to the camera: Carnival Dream heading out: