What the Carnival Sunshine will look like
Here is an exclusive render of what I think she will look like. This is purely based on the currently available deck plans.What do you think? click for larger
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Carnival Announces a Redesign and Renamming
Carnival surprised us all when they announced that they will refurb, enhance, and alter the design of the Carnival Destiny. Oh and they are renaming her to the Carnival Sunshine. The $155 million ‘procedure’ (I think that word fits quite nicely) will…
Carnival Returns to Europe in a unorthodox way
Carnival Cruise Lines announced that the Carnival Legend will sail 17 European cruises between April 22 and Oct. 31. Departure ports include Dover (London), Venice, and Barcelona. She will spend the summer sailing Mediterranean, Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, and British Isles.…
[UPDATED] Carnival Adds South America while Royal Caribbean Drops it
Carnival Cruise Lines announced that march 2013, they will reposition the Carnival Miracle to the West Coast while the Carnival Splendor goes the other way to New York. Now the Miracle is a panamax ship but the Splendor is a…
Carnival Launched 5D Theater
5D…skipped right over 4D. Set to debut on the Carnival Breeze in June 2012, the new Carnival theater introduces passengers into total entertainment experience. Tanking its cue from the theaters in Orlando, the “multi-dimensional” experience combines a 3D projection system,…
Carnival Billboard in New York.
Now this is cool (click for larger): If you want to check it our for yourself the location is Broadway and 49th. The purpose of the billboard is to promote and get the word out about the Miracle’s year-round trips…
Christmas on a Cruise Ship
Here are a collection of cruise ship decorations. I was able to find some great quality Cunard and Carnival ones. I think the Cunard ones are the best. as always click for larger …
Carnival Spirit set to launch tallest/steepest water slide at sea
click for larger Seriously, this looks scary. Fun for some, but scary for me. Imagine being up there while the ship is in 10ft swells!
Carnival Captain Wants Jamaica to Change Port
Believe it or not, Carnival Captain Giovanni Cutugno of the Carnival Magic, wants Jamaica to change their port for his ship. "It would be very nice to have something done to make the port [Montego Bay] a little cleaner in…
First Unveiling of Carnival Liberty with FunShip 2.0
The Carnival Liberty recently emerged from her Freeport drydock with all the FunShip 2.0 upgrades that were touted in the NYC announcement. Over the weekend, Carnival opened her up to journalists, press, and travel agents. Those lucky people were the…
More Images of Fun Ship 2.0 on the Carnival Liberty
Wanna See what the new Fun Ship 2.0 Venues Look Like?? #funship2dot0
Click for larger Blue Iguana (Mexican) Guys Burger Shack EA Sports Bar Red Frog Rum Bar Alchemy Bar
Carnival’s Announcement-Quasi Live Blog
According to Carnival’s PR Puppet in an offensive video just posted on youtube, the event will be later today at an NYC club. Given Carnival’s past history of letdowns, I don’t believe anything big will happen, But if they want…
Carnival Magic in the Panama Canal???
What the heck is going on here! Click here source (MarineTraffic)
Carnival Miracle 9/11 Tribute in NYC
Hate to think this was just a PR ploy but pretty spectacular shots of Miracle leaving NYC September 11, 2011. Carnival-News.com
Carnival Breeze on Facebook + New Photos
Props to Carnival for hitting up Facebook BIG TIME! Social media has always seems to be overlooked in terms of a marketing strategy so its nice to see them utilizing all the tools Facebook offers. Visit www.facebook.com/carnival to view their…
Sweet! Micky Arison is on twitter @MickyArison
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Carnival To Create New Dominican Port [w/Pics]
Dominican Republic Tourism has announced the construction of a new $65 million cruise terminal in Maimon. Carnival Corporation will be an investor, according to media reports. Plans call for the terminal to berth two vessels and accommodate around 4,000 passengers…
Carnival Breeze Construction Photos
The Worlds Largest Cruise Line posted photos of their newest newbuild.
Carnival Corp. Places 3 Ship Orders
Carnival Corp. announced 2 newbuild agreements they entered into. The first deal inked with Carnival Favorite Fincanteri, calls for one ship for Italian/European brand Costa Crociere. The unnamed vessel will come in at 132,500grt. making her the largest for Costa…
Carnival Dream Goes to the Movies
Here is a story our of left field. It turns out that the third installment of the heavily scoffed at Alvin and the Chipmunks series will be taking place on the Carnival Dream. The series stars Arrested Development’s Tobias Fünke…
BREAKING: Imagination and Fantasy Allide in Key West
On Tuesday, as the Carnival Imagination was all tied up alongside Key West, she was bumped by the maneuvering Carnival Fantasy. No passengers were injured and the ships sailed safely from the ports. The ships only suffered a minor cosmetic…
BREAKING: Carnival Miracle to Sail Year-round Caribbean out of NYC
Yesterday I teased about Carnival making a big announcement today and here it is! I’ll update this post once I get details. But its looking like it’ll be 8-nighters. (Photo Credit: Flickr user Jersey JJ via Creative Commons license) UPDATE:…
BREAKING: Carnival New York Deployment
Carnival will be making an announcement tomorrow morning about their future deployment out of New York. Stay tuned. If anything leaks beforehand, I’ll update the post.
Well Its Official, South Carolina Sues Carnival
In what would seem to be an inevitable action, the People of South Carolina have filed a lawsuit against Panama-based Carnival Cruise Lines. They claim that cruise ships hurt the environment [which no one is doubting], and that cruise lines…