Nearly 2,800 fans of the New Kids on the Block are currently on board the Carnival Victory for four days of music and fun.  The chart-topping superstars – “NKOTB” to those in the know – are keeping audiences entertained with show-stopping musical performances while signing countless autographs and posing for dozens of photos. During the [...]

By: Sarah Phillips Starting in 2104, Carnival Splendor will offer new itinerary options for the New York based ship, adding 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. Carnival Splendor is already offering eight-day departures to [...]

Carnival Cruise Lines will deploy a second ship in Australia to operate a seasonal program beginning September 24, 2014.  Carnival Legend will be based in Sydney and will operate eight to 12 days cruises visiting Pacific destinations including New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. Carnival Legend will join sister ship Carnival Spirit, which is based in Australia [...]

By: Sarah Phillips Carnival Triumph is back at sea under her own power, but isn’t quite ready to take on passengers just yet. The liner left Mobile, Alabama today for a dry dock facility in Freeport, Bahamas and is scheduled to arrive on Saturday, May 11 for final repairs, shipboard operating enhancements and the addition [...]

Carnival Freedom recently scored a 100-percent on its recent United States Public Health (U.S.P.H.) inspection in her homeport of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The unannounced inspections, which are conducted twice each year and required for any cruise ship with an international itinerary calling on a U.S. or Canadian port, encompass a broad range of shipboard sanitation [...]

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 “Fun Ship” [...]

By: Sarah Phillips Carnival Cruise Lines and its newest ship, the Carnival Breeze, will be featured in an upcoming episode of Trip Flip. A popular Travel Channel series Trip Flip does a “switcheroo” on travelers who may already be on vacation, as well as people still in their hometown, by tossing out the guidebook and [...]

Dear Carnival Past Guest, Our goal is to drive continual improvement across all aspects of our customer experience. To that end, we launched an operational review this February to learn all that we could from recent incidents and find new solutions. Today, we are announcing a fleetwide enhancement program and will be investing more than [...]

In the wake of Carnival Triumph the past February, Carnival Cruise Lines announced today that they’ll spend $300-million to enhance guest comfort and operating reliability should a Triumph-like situation repeat itself.  Carnival’s CEO first outlined this plan last month at the annual State of the Industry speech in Miami, Florida. Both Carnival Sunshine and Carnival [...]

Earlier today, at approximately 4 p.m., while the cruise ship Carnival Conquest was approximately 40 miles off the coast of Key West, Fla., the ship spotted a raft with 13 individuals on board. In coordination with the United States Coast Guard, the 13 Cuban nationals were taken on board the Carnival Conquest and provided food, [...]

Carnival Legend left Tampa, Florida for the last time this season for a 15-day transatlantic cruise. This cruise will eventually position the ship in Northern Europe for its first-ever Norwegian fjords itinerary. The ship will sail 12-day voyages to Norway/Western Europe, the British Isles and the Baltic, departing from Dover (London’s port). Carnival Legend will [...]