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Carnival Sends Miracle And Splendor to Asia

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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 Corp’s China Strategy

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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…

Carnival Port Development News

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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…

Carnival Corp Reports Q3 2015 Earnings

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Carnival Corp. announced non-GAAP net income of $1.4 billion, or $1.75 diluted EPS for the third quarter of 2015 compared to non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2014 of $1.2 billion, or $1.58 diluted EPS. For the third quarter…

Carnival Fantasy To Sail Yearound From Mobile

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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 Update] Carnival Liberty Evacuated in St. Thomas

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…

Costa Cruises Announces Newbuild

UPDATE:Here’s official photos from Costa. These blurry photos my be the first glimpse we have of 4 of the 9 ships that Carnival Corp placed in their massive 9 ship order back in March. It was announced that of the nine, four…

Carnival Corp. Granted Governmnet Approval for Cruises to Cuba

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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 Launched

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.…

Carnival Corp Reports Q2 2015 Earnings

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Carnival Corp. announced non-GAAP net income of $193 million, or $0.25 diluted EPS for the second quarter of 2015 compared to non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2014 of $73 million, or $0.09 diluted EPS. For the second…

[Analysis] Carnival Creates fathom.

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Background Last week, Carnival Corporation & plc launched their 10th brand, fathom (the ‘f’ is lowercase). They will transfer the 2001-built, 30,277gt Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess) from P&O Cruises to this new brand. The concept behind fathom…

AIDAsol Connects to LNG Barge in Hamburg

This is a neat concept until fully LNG powered ships are launched. When launched, fleetmate AIDAprima will be able to operate off of LNG while in port. Under this concept being tested in Hamburg, all electricity needed onboard will be generated…

Carnival Vista Update

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…

Carnival Reports Q1 2015 Earnings

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Carnival Corporation & plc  announced non-GAAP net income of $159 million, or $0.20 diluted EPS, for the first quarter of 2015 compared to non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2014 of $3 million, or $0.00 per share. For…

[ARCHIVED] Britannia Inaugural Live Blog

This is an archived post that originally appeared on CruiseInd on Feb 22, 2015 @ 09:21 Britannia has officially sailed from her homeport in Southampton. Thank you for following. I updated the side bar with her webcam which appears to…

Carnival Officially Announces Miami as Home Port for Vista

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…

Carnival Partners with Samantha Brown for New Web Series

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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…

Carnival to Homeport Vista in Miami

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…

Carnival’s Super Bowl Ad

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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…