During the Super Bowl, Carnival Corp debuted their newest commercial. It premiered between the first and second quarters of sundays game. There was quite the leadup to it: Carnival Corporation’s 1st-ever TV commercial in game will air in 1st half. Are…
This event has ended Carnival is currently holding a meeting for press and travel agents in both the UK and in New York. Here’s the highlights from the current announcements. Carnival Vista will sail in Europe in 2016. Homeported out…
These look legitimate. There’s a bunch of interior shots as well, however I found these to be quite a bit more interesting. The addition of the aft pool area explains the reasoning in lengthening the LOA of the ship. This…
from Carnival: Kathie Lee Gifford, former spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line, returned to “The World’s Most Popular Cruise Line®” Sunday to introduce her GIFFT Collection of wines at a tasting event for cruise guests on Carnival Breeze at PortMiami. The…
Carnival has just announced the Carnival Miracle Fun Ship 2.0 drydock enhancements. When completed she’ll sail yearound from Long Beach, CA. via Carnival: The new features – part of the line’s ongoing Fun Ship 2.0 product enhancement initiative – will…
Carnival announced just now that they have come to an agreement with longtime partner Fincantieri for the construction of one vessel for Carnival and one for Holland America. Carnival’s ship will be 3,954 pax and set for delivery in March 2018.…
Carnival has announced that the CEO of CLIA, the special interests and lobby group of cruise lines, has been named the President of Carnival Cruise Lines. She’ll be replacing the departing Gerry Cahill, who is retiring. Official Statement added below.…
Carnival announced a new port of call, Amber Cove, Dominican Republic. I wonder what this does for their Haiti plans. from Carnival: Amber Cove, an exciting new destination located in the heart of the Dominican Republic’s breathtaking North Coast,…
via Carnival: Carnival Cruise Lines will offer a series of 10- to 14-night voyages on six different ships between October 2015 and February 2016 that feature extended calls at magnificent destinations throughout the Caribbean, Bermuda, Mexican Riviera and The Bahamas.…
Whoever thought this up is a genius. Royal Caribbean is currently in the middle of a PR frenzy with the debut of the the Quantum. While not as big as the Oasis and the Allure, one can argue that Quantum…
Via Carnival: Gerry Cahill, president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, announced today that he is retiring, effective November 30, after 20 years of service. Cahill, 63, has been CEO of Carnival Corporation’s largest cruise brand since 2007, growing the…
Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship, the 3,954-passenger Carnival Vista, recently celebrated another construction milestone. Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy laid the fist block of the 133,500-ton vessel. She is still on track to debut in spring 2016. The 25th vessel…
Carnival Corp. signed an MOU with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). The purpose of the understanding is to explore the possibility of a joint venture between the two firms and to explore the possibility of accelerating the development and growth of…
from Carnival: Beginning in March 2015, the Carnival Liberty and Carnival Valor will swap homeports with the Carnival Liberty shifting to San Juan to operate year-round seven-day Caribbean cruises, a program currently operated by Carnival Valor. At the same time,…
Carnival Corp. announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Haitian government to exclusively develop a cruise port on Ile de la Tortue on the north coast of Haiti. The deal is said to be just north…
UBS Investment Research is claiming that Carnival Corp. intends to place an order for 2 ships this summer. That would place them on track for delivery in 2017. It is not expected that this will be delivered to Carnival Cruise…
The Carnival Dream and Carnival Sunshine (ex-Destiny) recently swapped homeports. The Dream jsut started her yearound cruises out of New Orleans, and now it’s the Sunshine’s chance to start with weekly cruises out of Port Canaveral. Here’s photos of the…
from Carnival: New Orleans’ largest year-round cruise ship, the 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream, will depart on its inaugural six-day cruise from New Orleans this afternoon, further solidifying Carnival’s distinction of the port’s largest cruise operator with two ships carrying more than…
From Carnival: For the very first time, Carnival Cruise Lines is offering 10- and 11-day cruises between Galveston and San Juan featuring visits to six different Caribbean destinations on one itinerary. Two 11-day cruises sail from Galveston to San Juan…
From Carnival: Carnival Freedom will undergo an extensive multi-million-dollar makeover this spring that will add the first-ever Bookville family reading venue – part of the recently launched Seuss at Sea program in partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises – along with…
Back in January, a Carnival spokesman said that they will return to Norfolk sometime in 2015. Today, Carnival has announced the details. This follows in the wake of Carnival’s decision to resume east coast routes. via Carnival: Carnival Splendor will…
New features on Carnival Legend include: WaterWorks, an aqua park highlighted by Green Thunder – the only attraction of its kind in North America that features an 187-foot-long slide with a pulse-pounding 34-foot-long drop where riders obtain speeds of up…
Berthing 6 ships today. Means they have to double up on the outermost berth. Carnival Fantasy and Celebrity Constellation sharing a berth.
Taking place in Italy today, the first steel was cut for Carnival’s newest flagship. Not much is known about their newbuild at this point. It will be 135,000gt; putting her slightly larger than the 128,ooogt Carnival Dream-class. She is being constructed…
Carnival just announced that they will be returning to the Port of Baltimore. Back in June, the Miami based line announced that they would reposition the Carnival Pride and sail her out of Tampa year round effective last November. It…