Even though the Carnival Vista had been sailing the summer in Europe, Carnival waited until she made her US arrival in order to name and christen her. At an overnight event held in New York, Miss USA, Deshauna Barber, christened the…
Carnival Corp. surprised the industry last year when they not only ordered 9 ships, but ordered most of them with LNG fueled power plants. LNG is still new to the maritime industry with only a handful of commercial vessels using…
UPDATE:Carnival Corp has since announced that the deal is actually 3 ships total. Two for Carnival Cruise Lines and one for Britain’s P&O Cruises. The P&O ship will also be delivered in 2020 but will be built at Meyer’s Papenburg…
Carnival has just announced the name of its newest ship will be Carnival Horizon. With her sistership being the Vista, the name fits. The ship, currently under construction at Fincantieri in Italy, will make her debut in March 2018. Interestingly…
A local Boston news station previews the Carnival Destiny. Aired in 2000 on WCVB Channel 5 Boston. Yes this program is very dated, but it’s always interesting looking back to the origins of the megaship. Remember, the Destiny was the…
While maneuvering into its berth in Baltimore this morning, the Carnival Pride struck and collapsed the passenger boarding bridge. The photos make the incident look more dramatic than it really is. There were no injuries and damage to the ship…
Carnival’s newest, and largest ship ever, Carnival Vista has recently been handed over from Italy’s Fincantieri. In our series of First Looks, which now replace the Inaugural liveblogs, lets take a look at Carnival’s newest flagship while she is on…
Carnival Vista just returned from a successful sea trials in the Adraitic Sea. We’re now able to get a good glimpse of what Carnival’s next generation of ships will look like. I would really like to know the reason behind the…
More details are emerging about Carnival Cruise Lines deployment to China. I got the Spirit class ship right but whiffed on the Fantasy class one. We’ll find a home for those girls one of these days. From Carnival: Carnival Cruise…
Carnival subsidiary Princess recently announced that the Majestic Princess will be based full time in China and be specially tailored for that market. In addition, Carnival Corp. has doubled down on that market and will launch two more ambitious strategies…
Two bits of news on some recent port developments on behalf of Carnival Corp. The Carnival Victory became the first ship to call at Amber Cove, Dominican Republic. The port is a regular fixture on sister brand Fathom’s itineraries with…
From Carnival: Carnival Cruise Line and the City of Mobile announced today that the Carnival Fantasy will operate a year-long schedule of four- and five-day cruises to Mexico from the Mobile Cruise Terminal beginning in fall 2016. Prior to its…
Friday: 10:17 am:The Carnival Liberty is safely berthed in her homeport of San Juan. She will be there until her scheduled departure Sunday afternoon. That should just about do it from this quasi-Liveblog. Thank’s for following. Thursday: 6:55 pm: The…
Big news from Carnival today: Carnival Corporation & plc , the world’s largest travel and leisure company, today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Commerce granted approval for the company to begin travel to…
Carnival Vista has just been floated out in Monfalcone, Italy. She will shift over to the outfitting dock to finish her interiors. Her delivery is still planned for Spring 2016. The godmothers of the event were Heidi and Kye Heald.…
Hello all and welcome to the live blog of Carnival Corp’s big announcement in New York City. 1:10pm: My Wild Guess: I’m hoping for details on the big 9 ship order placed earlier in the year but it might be…
photos via CarnivalCrociereItalia She could be floated out as early as sometime next month. from Carnival: Embodying Carnival Cruise Line’s motto of Fun For All, All For Fun, the new Carnival Vista will offer family members of all ages the…
…courtesy of Carnival Vista. CCL just released this video of the ship giving a tour of herself. That’s a first. Carnival is really doing a superb job of giving this ship a personality. If you follow her on snapchat you’ll…
It looks like the rumored deal is finally official. Carnival Corp has signed two separate deals that will add 9 ships total to their various brands. Fincantieri S.p.A and Meyer Werft will each build new ships based on new designs. They…
UPDATE THURSDAY: I found the original source of the rumor. According to them, the deal is done. If so stay tuned to CruiseInd as we will be following this extremely closely. This is the biggest news story so far for…
Here is the site plan for Carnival Corp.’s new Dominican Republic port.
As we broke the news ten days ago, Carnival has made it official; Miami will be the yearound homeport for their newest vessel, Carnival Vista. She’ll basically replace the Carnival Breeze who will reposition to Galveston to replace the Magic. Also…
As someone who grew up watching Great Hotels and Passport to Europe, this comes as great news. from Carnival: Popular travel expert Samantha Brown is the star of an engaging new video series on Carnival’s YouTube channel designed to provide “cruise…
The Miami Herald broke the news that the Vista will be homeported in Miami, FL. That is of course after her inaugural season in Europe, then her christening in New York. The deal that Carnival and the Port of Miami…