Carnival Newsroom

August 20, 2007

Carnival Cruise Lines to Offer New ‘Fun Ship’ Cruise Vacation Options from Miami

Carnival Imagination to Operate Three and Four-Day Cruises; Carnival Destiny Offers Four- and Five-Day Cruises Beginning in Sept. 2008 Carnival Cruise Lines will expand its short cruise offerings from Miami with the 2,052-passenger Carnival Imagination and 2,642-passenger Carnival Destiny operating new itineraries beginning next fall. The 70,000-ton Carnival Imagination – which will become the first…

August 14, 2007

Carnival, Jaxport Announce Significant Expansion of Cruise Operations From Jacksonville

Carnival Fascination to Replace Celebration on Year-Round Four- and Five-Day Cruises Beginning in September 2008; Represents 38 Percent Capacity Increase Carnival Cruise Lines and the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) today announced a significant increase in capacity for Jacksonville’s cruise operations when the 2,052-passenger Carnival Fascination replaces the 1,486-passenger Celebration on four- and five-day cruises year-round…

August 9, 2007

Carnival Freedom Senior Cruise Director’s Blog Hits New Milestone with Half a Million Visitors

John Heald Continues to Entertain and Inform Readers With Humorous and Insightful Look at Shipboard Life The on-line “blog” written by Carnival Freedom Senior Cruise Director John Heald, which offers lighthearted stories and amusing anecdotes of shipboard life, has reached a new milestone with more than half a million visitors since its debut in March.…

August 7, 2007

Carnival Unveils Design Details for Resort-Style Pool Areas and ‘Carnival Waterworks’ on Fantasy-Class Ships

Part of the Line’s $250 Million ‘Evolutions of Fun’ Initiative Carnival Cruise Lines is unveiling specific design details for its stunning new resort-style pool areas and spectacular “Carnival WaterWorks” aqua parks on its eight Fantasy-class ships, part of the line’s $250 million “Evolutions of Fun” enhancement program. “A quintessential part of the Carnival cruise experience…

Carnival Splendor Float Out

Carnival Splendor, which is under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Sestri, Italy, was ‘floated out’ from its drydock facility and towed to a new location at the yard over the weekend. Construction on the 113,300-ton ship, the largest in the Carnival fleet, will continue through next June with the vessel scheduled to enter service…