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Carnival Announces New Onboard Concert Series

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From Carnival PR Carnival Cruise Lines unveiled a new entertainment offering to bring the best in live music to the seas. A first-of-its-kind experience in the cruise industry, the Carnival LIVE Concert Series offers Carnival guests the opportunity to enjoy…

Carnival Announces They Will be Back In Norfolk

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Vance Gulliksen Carnival Spokesperson: I can confirm that Carnival Cruise Lines is returning to Norfolk in 2015 to operate a series of cruises in the spring and fall. Specific ship, date and itinerary information is still being finalized.

Carnival Will No Longer Sail Year Round from New York

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Carnival has announced that the Carnival Splendor will reposition to Miami in November 2014 for the winter 2014-2015 season. This removes their only ship from yearound service out of New York City. She’ll be back in the summer 2015 for…

Carnival Partners with Dr. Seuss

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NCL has Nickelodeon. Royal Caribbean has Dreamworks. Disney has…well…Disney. And now Carnival has Dr. Seuss. At a press event yesterday onboard the Carnival Splendor in New York, the Line announced that they have partnered with Dr. Seuss Enterprises. They will be bringing…

Carnival’s New Dining Initaitive

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Carnival has announced they they will be revamping their entire main dining room experience. American TABLE and American FEAST are Carnival take on upscale contemporary land based restaurants at sea. While the decor in the restaurants wont be changed yet,…

Brilliance of the Seas in Tampa

Royal Caribbean released the above photo of the Brilliance of the Seas departing her new homeport on Saturday. Check out the ship in the background. That’s the rival Carnival Paradise. Surprised they didn’t Photoshop her out.

Busy Day in Miami with 9 Ships

  This morning 9 cruise ships sailed into and berthed at the Port of Miami. This will be the busiest day of the 2013-2014 season and one of the busiest days in a long time. Below is a collection of…

Carnival Sunshine Appearance

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Just found this Carnival Sunshine promotional picture. What do you think of her exterior appearance? For what its worth, I hear her interiors are fantastic.

Carnival Ship in Rough Seas [Video]

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UPDATE: Cruise Critic has an article from pax onboard that very cruise. They also have a pretty dramatic photo as well. BTW its the Carnival Pride in a winter storm in the Atlantic. I’ve always been fascinated by these types of…

Cruise Line Quarterly Crime Stats Released

As they promised to do in the recent congressional hearing. Here are  the voluntarily released crime statistics form the big three. Carnival Corp Norwegian Cruise Line Royal Caribbean

Carnival Sunshine in Hot Water in Venice

Locals in Venice are claiming that the Carnival Sunshine sailed too close to the shore when sailing by Riva Sette Martiri, to give guests a view of the famous Piazza San Marco. The above photo via the DailyMail shows how…

Some Thoughts from Today’s Cruise Ship Safety Hearing

Sen. Rockerfeller will introduce legislation to “close the tax loophole.” This isn’t a good sign. If passed, then this means prices will go up. Carnival, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean will voluntarily post crime statistics of their ships on their websites. Sen. Rockefeller…

Introducing Carnival Vista

Carnival Vista is the name selected by Carnival Cruise Lines for its new 135,000-ton ship scheduled to enter service in 2016. The announcement was made today by Carnival President and CEO Gerry Cahill during a media briefing aboard Carnival Sunshine…

Carnival Responds to the USCG Report on the Carnival Splendor

Here are Carnival’s official responses to the five recommendations that the U.S. Coast Guard included in their report on the Carnival Splendor fire. Coast Guard Recommendations from the Report Carnival Cruise Lines Response 1. Carnival should remove 40-second delay in…

Port of New Orleans Closes; Carnival Conquest Diverted

The 48ft tugboat C-Pec capsized and sank yesterday on the Mississippi, forcing the Coast Guard to close the river at mile marker 8. The Carnival Conquest was due in this morning for her weekly turnaround, but has been diverted since…

Carnival Swapping Sunshine for Dream in New Orleans

via Carnival: Carnival Cruise Lines today announced new ship deployments taking effect in 2014 in several key markets resulting in exciting new product offerings from Port Canaveral, Fla., and New Orleans. Carnival will now feature the widest selection of seagoing…

More Bad Luck For Carnival Sunshine

click for larger After suffering what is being described as a “minor technical glitch,” the Carnival Sunshine was delayed on her arrival to Messina, Italy. Fortunately no further impact is expected. Any small event on the Sunshine will be exacerbated…

Carnival Brings in Former President as Consultant

Some people are blowing this out of proportion, but this is just a smart strategic move. Seatrade is reporting that Carnival Corp. will be bringing back their former President and CEO of subsidiary Carnival Cruise Line, Bob Dickinson. He was…

Carnival Triumph Leaves Freeport

After months of repair after the famed fire, the Carnival Triumph is making her way back to Galveston. As of writing, she’s just passing the breakwarter and heading to sea. Shes schedules to arrive in Galveston Jun 11, 2013 @…

Carnival Sunshine Still Not Done With Her Drydock…..

Some bad news here for Carnival. CruiseCritic is reporting that due to ongoing construction onboard the vessel, the line is rolling some bookings. Contractors are needed onbaord the vessel to work full time in complete the work. The only space…