UPDATE: Carnival have announced they cancelled all Triumph sailings through April 13th. Nothing really new to report today. She is currently under tow to Alabama. I’ll update this post, if anything should develop. Here’s Carnival’s Presser from Miami yesterday evening:…
Carnival Triumph will be towed to Mobile, Alabama. Stating strong currents that have been pushing the ship 90 miles north, as well as the easier debarkation point for pax, Carnival decided to alter their original plan. So far only one…
After the PR nightmare Carnival plc CEO Micky Arison received after the Concordia disaster, he’s at it again. While grieving relatives and shocked passengers were stuck on Giglio trying to sort things out, Micky Arison was photographed enjoying a Miami…
The Carnival Triumph suffered an engine room fire this morning while on transit from Mexico back to her homeport of Galveston, Texas. The ship is currently operating on minimal power in the Gulf of Mexico with 3,143 guests and 1,086…
Carnival Corp has announced that they will replace Belize calls on nine sailings on the Carnival Glory and the Carnival Legend. The reason given was due to tender congestion. Its about a 45 minute ride from the ship to the…
photo via flickr from a prior drydock When sailing on her New Years cruise, she seems to have run over some drifting fishing nets. They got wrapped around the prop and damaged some of the seals. The damage is not…
Beginning January 2014 Carnival Cruise Lines will expand capacity on the West Coast with the introduction of year-round three and four-day cruises on the 2,052-passenger Carnival Imagination from Long Beach, CA. The 1995 built Carnival Imagination will offer three-day cruises to Ensenada,…
Carnival Cruise Lines, to me, is not know for a diversity of itineraries. Don’t get me wrong, they have 24 vessels operating from more ports in the US than any other line. However, most of those ships sail the same…
The Carnival Glory just returned form a recent drydock as part of the fleetwide $500 million Funship 2.0 Upgrade. via Carnival PR
via Carnival PR
Kari Reinikainen over at Cruise Business has in interesting rumor: Carnival Corp & plc, the world’s largest cruise shipping group, may sell some of the older vessels in its fleet as newbuildings enter service, Chairman and CEO Micky Arison said.…
Hot on the heels of NCL’s shocking newbuild order, industry giant Carnival has placed an order for a 135,000grt vessel for Carnival Cruise Lines. Scheduled to launch in 2016, she will represent a new class of vessel for the line.…
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Now that the Carnival Dream left yesterday on her first post-drydock cruise, here are some pics of the new additions.
In what is becoming a popular trend, and one I do enjoy, cruise lines have flocked to social media streams with updates from their ships drydockings. Here is an update from the Carnival Dream’s drydocking in Freeport, Bahamas. …
Travel Agent Central initially reported that it was a fire that caused smoke to be seen inside Carnival newest ship cruising the Med. However Carnival’s PR dept. issued the following statement: A fan belt inside an AC unit in a…
Italy’s Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard has just delivered the Carnival Breeze to Carnival Cruise Lines. The 130,000grt ship will be one of the first Carnival Corp.’s ships post Joe Farcus and Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) first. The interiors were designed by…
The 130,000-ton Carnival Breeze, conducts sea trials in the Adriatic Sea in preparation for its inaugural June 3 voyage from Venice, Italy. More photos below:
Here’s the latest on Carnival Breeze’s new Dining options: Bonsai Sushi – Carnival’s first full-service sushi restaurant, Bonsai Sushi offers a wide variety of Asian-inspired delicacies with a contemporary decor featuring artwork by world-renowned graffiti artist Erni Vales, colorful koi…
With Carnival’s first extended cruise program from Boston starting up in just six weeks, the line and Crusieport Boston announced that the Carnival Glory will return to the refurbished Black Falcon Cruise Terminal in 2013 to operate a series of…
Carnival held their annual shareholders meeting in Miami last week and well, it will be one that Carnival plc. CEO Micky Arison will not forget anytime soon. A Miami version of Occupy Wall Street calling themselves 1Miami, came to protest…
This is a developing story and will be updated… Carnival Triumph currently docked in Galveston Blame this on the Concordia. Literally. Due to a $10 million lawsuit filed in federal court in Galveston by relatives of a German tourist who…
An odd choice, but exciting nonetheless. Carnival announced yesterday that the Carnival Conquest will reposition over to Miami in November 2013 to make room for the Carnival Sunshine (ex-Carnival Destiny) in NOLA. New Orleans originally lost the Conquest to Galveston…
Costa Crociere S.p.A. along with the Civil Protection Agency announced that they received a total of 6 possible plans from 10 of the largest salvage companies. No details were given but it is known that all plans give a 10-12…
It only took until the second paragraph of Carnival’s latest SEC filing for the word Concordia to be brought up. For the first Quarter Carnival is reporting an expense of $29 million including a $10 million insurance deductible. They also…