Posted on: May 17th, 2013 - News Blog
Carnival Sunshine – which recently underwent a groundbreaking $155 million renovation that added a host of new features and facilities – arrived today in Barcelona, Spain, following its inaugural 12-day cruise from Venice, Italy. The unprecedented transformation added all of the line’s Fun Ship 2.0 dining, bar and entertainment features, along with a host of [...]
Posted on: May 17th, 2013 - News Blog
Carnival Cruise Lines has added two distinctly different five-day itineraries to Carnival Freedom’s year-round schedule from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., beginning in 2014. The new five-day itineraries include a western Caribbean route featuring Ocho Rios and Grand Cayman, and an eastern Caribbean/Bahamas option featuring Grand Turk, Nassau and the private Bahamian island of Half Moon Cay. [...]
Posted on: May 15th, 2013 - News Blog
The final installment in the Carnival Sunshine video series is now live and available for viewing. The video takes viewers through several of the ship’s exciting features including Havana Bar, Liquid Lounge, and Ji Ji Asian Kitchen. These are but a few of the many innovations incorporated during a massive $155 million dry dock. The [...]
Posted on: May 15th, 2013 - News Blog
Annette D’Mello, a 13-year veteran of Carnival Cruise Lines’ human resources and payroll department, has been named the company’s Volunteer of the Year, an annual award that recognizes outstanding dedication and commitment to community service. D’Mello was honored for her role in Carnival’s employee volunteer service group, the “Friends Uniting Neighbors (F.U.N.) Team,” donating her [...]
Posted on: May 14th, 2013 - News Blog
Beginning in 2014, Carnival Cruise Lines has significantly diversified Carnival Splendor’s year-round offerings from New York, adding new four- and five- day Canada cruises, seven-day Canada/New England departures, and the only program of eight-day eastern Caribbean voyages operating one-way between New York and San Juan. These new voyages complement the ship’s popular year-round eight-day departures [...]
Posted on: May 8th, 2013 - News Blog
Carnival Triumph is scheduled to depart Mobile, Ala., this afternoon under its own power bound for Freeport, Bahamas, to enter a dry dock facility where final repairs and shipboard operating enhancements will be completed, along with implementation of a variety of new Fun Ship 2.0 features. The ship is expected to arrive at Grand Bahama [...]
Posted on: May 7th, 2013 - News Blog
Carnival Miracle kicks off its 2013 Alaska season from Seattle this afternoon with a seven-day voyage visiting Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan, as well as Victoria and all-day cruising of Tracy Arm Fjord. Today’s voyage marks Carnival Miracle’s first-ever departure from Seattle and is the first of 20 week-long departures this summer to the Last Frontier [...]
Posted on: May 3rd, 2013 - News Blog
Carnival Corporation & plc today officially opened its regional office in Singapore. The Singapore office houses the new Carnival Asia unit which was created to oversee the company’s expansion in Asia. To commemorate the occasion, Carnival Asia Chairman and CEO Pier Luigi Foschi led a ribbon-cutting ceremony which also featured a traditional “lion dance” performance, [...]
Posted on: May 1st, 2013 - News Blog
In honor of Memorial Day, Carnival Cruise Lines is offering a promotion that provides active and former military personnel with discounts of up to $600 per stateroom and shipboard credits of up to $100 per stateroom on a wide range of three- to 12-day “Fun Ship” departures. Military personnel can also book up to five [...]
Posted on: April 30th, 2013 - News Blog
Carnival Freedom scored 100 during its most recent United States Public Health (U.S.P.H.) inspection in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., marking the fourth time in the past five inspections that the ship has earned a perfect score. Carnival Freedom received perfect scores on all 42 items that comprise the U.S.P.H.’s comprehensive Vessel Sanitation Program checklist. The unannounced [...]