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…
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: 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…
Carnival just announced that the Triumph will enter a 60-day drydock and will emerge as the Carnival Sunrise. The $200 million drydock will take place in Cadiz, Spain next March. Structurally they will redo the forward-top superstructure adding more balconies.…
The Carnival Sensation was scrapped in 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I was able to be onboard the Sensation shortly before that to get one last look at her. Below is the original tour in it’s entirety.…
Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Horizon, has now officially been named and christened. At a ceremony last night in New York, godmother Queen Latifah poured the bottle of champagne over the ships bell. Following the ceremony, Queen Latifah battled Philadelphia…
Carnival’s newest flagship has just set sail on her inaugural voyage from Barcelona. The 133,596gt ship is the second in the Vista-class family of vessels. These are an enlargement of the Dream-class of vessels. While most of the Horizon will…
Fincantieri has officially delivered Carnival Cruise Lines newest flagship the Carnival Horizon. The 133,500gt ship is their 26th in the fleet. The vessel is currently enroute to Barcelona, Spain where she will depart on her inaugural voyage on April 2. It will be a…
When Carnival Panorama, the third Vista-class ship, debuts in 2019, she will be homeported on the west coast. The 3,960pax Carnival Panorama will be deployed on 7-night Mexican Riviera cruises from the California port. This announcement took place at the newly renovated Long…
We’re back with our videos and right in time for the holidays. This weeks video is of the Carnival Vista from Smithsonian Channels series Mighty Cruise Ships. Note that since this video is definitely copyrighted (to which I do not…
Carnival has announced that they have time chartered the Carnival Fascination to the US Government’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. The charter party is set to last for 4 months. As a result, all cruises on the Fascination are canceled…
I recently had the chance to board the Carnival Victory 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…
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to board the Carnival Conquest in Port Everglades (Ft Lauderdale). While I was touring the vessel I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for CruiseInd. This review will cover the public areas.…
Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to board the Carnival Splendor in Port Everglades (Ft Lauderdale). While I was touring the vessel I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for CruiseInd. This review will cover the public areas…
The below originally posted in 2017. You can follow along with the 2019 restrictions here. UPDATE 6/16/2017 PM:The new policy for US-Cuban relations going forward is out. As predicted, it won’t interfere with cruise operations too much. The relations will…
I had the opportunity last month to board the Carnival Glory in Miami. This was it’s first cruise out of a drydock. No joke, she had that new ship smell and the carpets were extra spongy to walk on. Very…
I had the opportunity last month to board the Carnival Vista while it was being turned around in Miami. I used this to document the ship for CruiseInd. This review will encompass the public areas and a selection of cabins.…
Carnival Cruise Lines has just been granted permission to sail to Cuba. Carnival will be sending the Carnival Paradise out of Tampa. She will be the highest capacity ship to sail to the island nation. 4 & 5-night cruises are…
Carnival announced today that the 2018-newbuild, Carnival Horizon, will be homeported in Miami. She’ll take up the Vista’s place once the Vista shifts over to Galveston. Prior to sailing to the states, the ship, currently under construction in Italy, will…
Carnival Cruise Line will reposition three of its newest and largest ships to new homeports. Starting in September 2018, Carnival Vista will move to Galveston, Carnival Breeze will reposition to Port Canaveral, and Carnival Magic will shift to Miami. Carnival…
Carnival Corp. just announced a change to Carnival Cruise Lines and P&O Australia’s newbuild plans. Almost exactly a year ago, Carnival Corp announced that P&O Australia would be receiving their very first newbuild, a 135,500 gt, 4,200pax ship. At the…
There is ongoing drama surrounding the Carnival Liberty. She’s finally sailing again after being stuck in Galveston with a bad alternator. The ship is due for a drydock in December so officials were hoping they could provide a temporary fix…