The official naming ceremony of Carnival Cruise Lines’ new cruise ship Carnival Dream featuring Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden in the role of ship’s godmother will be broadcast live on the company’s web site, www.carnival.com/dream, beginning at 4 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 12.  Read the full story

During Carnival’s “Big Book of Dream’s Event” in New York’s Rockefeller Center, Academy Award winning actress Marcia Gay Harden read from “The Dream Plucker of Perrysport,” which is claimed to be the world’s largest children’s book, to students from Brooklyn’s PS23. Read the full story

In celebration of the launch of its newest, largest and most family-friendly “Fun Ship” ever, Carnival Cruise Lines announces that Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden will serve as godmother of the new Carnival Dream and will unveil the world’s largest children’s book in New York City today, along with a major, multi-year partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Read the full story

William Filomena, a longtime fan of the “Fun Ships,” is currently sailing on the trans-Atlantic crossing of the new 130,000-ton Carnival Dream, putting him that much closer to his goal of sailing on all 23 Carnival Cruise Lines’ ships in a single year. Read the full story

Later today, the 1,452-passenger Holiday will sail on its final voyage for Carnival Cruise Lines when it departs on a five-day western Caribbean cruise from Mobile, Ala. Read the full story

A new elevated chair lift – which will offer an exhilarating round-trip transfer between the new Mahogany Bay Cruise Center in Roatan and beautiful Mahogany Beach – will debut in conjunction with the cruise facility’s grand opening next month. 

Unique to the Caribbean, the “Magical Flying Beach Chair” will be the first chair lift that transports riders from a cruise ship terminal directly to the beach. Read the full story