Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest and largest ship, the 130,000-ton Carnival Dream, made its first-ever call at the new Mahogany Bay Cruise Center in Roatan yesterday as part of its inaugural seven-day Caribbean cruise from Port Canaveral, Fla., which departed on Saturday.      Read the full story

Nearly 300 fans of John Heald’s blog were aboard the new Carnival Dream last week for the third annual Bloggers Cruise which featured a number of exclusive events and activities hosted by the popular senior cruise director.  Read the full story

Carnival Cruise Lines’ fleetwide Spa Carnival facilities have been named ‘Best Cruise Ship Spas’ in American Spa Magazine’s annual Professional’s Choice Awards. Read the full story

To commemorate the Carnival Fantasy’s new four-, five- and seven-day cruise program from Mobile, Carnival Cruise Lines hosted a shipboard luncheon for nearly 100 local travel agents who also had an opportunity to tour the 2,056-passenger vessel and attend a presentation that provided an overview on recent happenings within the company. Read the full story

Carnival Cruise Lines and the Port of Mobile held a reception aboard the 70,000-ton Carnival Fantasy this weekend to commemorate the ship’s new four-, five- and seven-day cruise schedule from Mobile. 

The 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy represents a capacity increase of 42 percent over the Holiday which inaugurated service from Mobile in 2004.  

The shipboard festivities included a traditional maritime plaque exchange between Carnival and city and port officials. 

In the photo at left, Carnival Fantasy Captain Roberto Costi (left) accepts a plaque from Mobile City Commissioner Fred Richardson (center) and Al Stokes, chief of staff of Mobile Mayor Sam Jones.  

In the photo at right, Costi (left) is presented with an etched, illuminated plaque of the Carnival Fantasy from the Port of Mobile’s Operations Manager Sheila Gurganus.

Later this afternoon, Carnival Cruise Lines’ 130,000-ton Carnival Dream, the line’s newest and largest “Fun Ship,” will depart on its inaugural cruise from Port Canaveral, Fla., kicking off its year-round Caribbean cruise schedule from that port. Read the full story