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When the Mardi Gras debuts in 2020, she’ll be the first Excellence-class vessel for Carnival Cruise Lines. As she is a clean sheet design for them, they’re really able to enhance the dining experience onboard. CLICK TO VIEW MARDI GRAS…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced financial results for the second quarter ended May 31, 2019 and provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2019. Key Highlights U.S. GAAP net income of $451 million, or $0.65 diluted EPS, for the second quarter of…
UPDATE 6/4: Carnival Corp. will pay a fine of $20 million. (Basically a slap on the wrist.) In the courtroom today, CEO Arnold Donald stated that they will fix the problems and initiate a plan in order to do so.…
The new Carnival Sunrise (ex-Carnival Triumph) has just set sail on a series of inagural voyages from the East coast. VIEW CARNIVAL SUNRISE DECK PLANS Background As part of a fleetwide enhancement, Carnival Cruise Lines have turned the Carnival Triumph…
Carnival Corp. has been in the news quite a bit the last two weeks. The main story floating around concerns comments made by a US District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. That hearing was taking place to report…
Costa Cruises just started sailing their first purpose built ship for China. Before we begin looking at her public areas, first some background. Carnival Corp designs ships for multi-brand deployment. The Venezia is part of the Vista-class of ships. She…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $336 million, or $0.48 diluted EPS, for the first quarter of 2019. First quarter 2019 adjusted net income of $338 million, or $0.49 adjusted EPS, compared to adjusted net income…
Over a year ago, Jul 23, 2018 to be exact, Princess signed a memorandum of understanding with builder Fincantieri. Last year we knew that an agreement was reached for two ships but not much more. With this contract signing we…
I recently had the pleasure of touring Carnival’s brand new Carnival Horizon. I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for a comprehensive tour. This review will cover the public areas and staterooms. The ship is the second in the…
UPDATE [Feb 6, 2019]:The ship will be renamed Piano Land. She will be sailing for a new cruise line called Well Star Travel Cruise. As stated below it’s a joint venture between China Travel Services (providing sales) and COSCO (providing…
Easily the most anticipated ship to be launched this year is the AIDAnova. She being touted as the first cruise ship to be able to operate with LNG as bunkers while underway. She’s part of the brand new Excellence-class of…
Editors note: Keep an eye on the 2019 outlook. They’re forecasting net income to be a bit flat this year due to rising bunker costs and unfavorable conversion rates. As of Friday morning their stock dropped $9 from two days ago.…
Slowly but surely we’re getting more and more details of Carnival’s newest flagship, the Mardi Gras. Today, they announced that it will feature the first ever roller coaster at sea called the BOLT. The track will be built by Munich-based…
Holland America has just taken ownership of their newest ship the Nieuw Statendam. She’s the second in the Pinnacle-class joining her sister the Koningsdam. Both ships are 99,500gt and can carry 2,650pax double occupancy. The ship will start with a…
Carnival Cruise Lines announced that their first Excellence-class ship will be named Mardi Gras. That was the name of Carnival’s very first ship when she set sail in 1972. That Mardi Gras (ex-Empress of Canada) sailed until 1993 and was…
I recently had the chance to board the Carnival Magic in Miami. While I was touring the vessel, I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for a comprehensive tour. This review will cover the public areas and staterooms. All…
Carnival Cruise Lines celebrated the steel cutting for their first LNG ship of the XL-class, which is heavily rumored to be named Carnival Reflection. They also released an updated render that shows them painting the ships hull partially blue. They’re…
Carnival Cruise Line just announced the inaugural schedule for Carnival Radiance. After her drydock in Cadiz, she’ll do an inaugural voyage on April 29, 2020 which will be a 10-night Mediterranean sailing RT from Barcelona, then a 9 and 12-night night voyage. Then…
And so it begins….. Carnival Corp. has just announced that their newly set up partner line, CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping, will be receiving the 85,619gt Costa Atlantica and her sister Costa Mediterranea. The ships, built in 2000 and 2003 respectively, will…
Carnival Corp. and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have formally signed a joint venture agreement that will set up a separate company called CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited. The new company, located in China, will build, own and operate its own fleet…
UPDATE: The Pacific Eden (ex-Statendam) will leave the fleet and head to Cruise & Maritime Voyages. She’ll be deployed to their German sub-brand, TransOcean Kreuzfahrten. The transfer will occur April 2019. Below originally published on: Oct 11, 2018 @ 17:45 Carnival Corp.…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $1.7 billion, or $2.41 diluted EPS, for the third quarter of 2018, higher than U.S. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2017 of $1.3 billion, or $1.83 diluted EPS.…
The most hotly anticipated ship this year has just been christened in Germany. Taking place at the Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, 25,000 guests crowded the dock to witness the formal naming of the AIDAnova. This is the first ship…
UPDATE: Carnival has announced that the ship will now be called Mardi Gras. The Terminal also just received approval today. Here’s what it will look like. Originally Published on: Aug 21, 2018 @ 11:02 UPDATE: Carnival Cruise Lines and Port Canaveral have also…
Once Carnival Panorama launches in 2019, all eyes will be on Carnival’s LNG powered newbuild set to take the water in 2020. The first in Carnival’s XL-class she will be based on Carnival Corp.’s Excellence-class (hence where CCL’s name ‘XL’ comes…