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May 20, 2013

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Carnival Renews New Orleans for Three Years

photo: PortNO

The Port of New Orleans recently announced that Carnival Cruise Lines renewed a three-year berthing agreement with the port. The renewal will keep the line in the port through 2016, and also includes the option of two one-year extensions. “Carnival Cruise Lines currently carries 340,000 passengers annually from the Port of New Orleans, which consistently [...]

Carnival Announces Cruise Check-In Service at Miami Airport

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Great news for Carnival Cruise Line passengers flying into MIA and cruising out of Miami or Port Everglades. Passengers who are flying into MIA can now check-in for their cruise at Concourses “D” or “H” on the day of their sailing, this first reported by Travel Pulse. The airport check-in counters are open from 8am [...]

Carnival Takes Over New Orleans’ Audubon Zoo

Audubon Zoo

For four nights in October, Carnival Cruise Lines will partner with Children’s Hospital to take part in an annual Halloween event for the kids held at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. The event, Boo at the Zoo, will have trick or treat houses, a haunted maze, ghost train rides, wildlife displays and entertainment by [...]

Carnival Scores Big Three at Cruise International Awards

Cruise International Awards

Congratulations to Carnival Cruise Lines for taking home three Cruise International Awards this year at an annual award ceremony put on by Cruise International Magazine in the UK. Carnival brought home: Best Cruise Line, they recently hyped up their European sailings for 2013 Best Innovation for Thrill Theater, a multidimensional theater launched on Carnival Breeze [...]

Video: Carnival’s ‘My Awesome Bar Program’

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Carnival’s “My Awesome Bar Program” Script INTRO How many drinks did you have last time you cruised? Or better yet – how high was your bill? If all goes well, Carnival Cruise Lines could be joining the ranks of other cruise lines like Celebrity Cruises and MSC Cruises,  that offer all-you-can-drink alcohol packages, eliminating those [...]

Carnival Elation Passengers Urged to Monitor Web Site

Hurricane Isaac

UPDATE 6PM: Carnival Elation will stay at sea on Thursday (8/30) and return to Mobile, Alabama on Friday (8/31). Please see the revised statement here. The Port of New Orleans shut down on Monday afternoon because of Hurricane Isaac, since then Carnival has issued a statement on their web site for passengers on the 8/30 [...]

Video: Faster to the Fun, Carnival’s priority boarding program

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Video Script. Faster to the Fun – that’s what Carnival Cruise Lines is calling their new embarkation program being piloted on two Fun Ships this month. Designed to streamline the embarkation process: Faster to the Fun is designed to allow passengers to start their vacation a couple hours earlier. For $49.95 per stateroom guests can [...]

Carnival Showcases Fun Ship 2.0 Offerings in Big Easy

Fun Ship 2.0

Over the weekend journalists joined Carnival Cruise Lines as they showcased new concoctions and tasty treats offered on Fun Ship 2.0. Held aboard Carnival Elation at the Julia Street Cruise Terminal in New Orleans, popular Fun Ship 2.0 venues — The Alchemy Bar, RedFrog Pub, BlueIguana Tequila Bar and RedFrog Rum Bar – were created [...]

Video: Stamping Out Deck Chair Hogs on Cruise Ships

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Video Script — Chair Hogs Stand up They come in all shapes, ages, and sizes – Most people can’t stand them, those dreaded deck chair hogs. On July 30 Carnival Cruise Lines implemented a system on the Carnival Breeze with an attempt to stamp them out. Under the new policy guests are allowed forty minutes [...]

New Cruise Terminal Set to Service First Ship August 13

New Terminal 6 at Port Canaveral.

A year ago ground was broken on Port Canaveral’s $65 million then-upcoming cruise terminal, fast forward to current and that new terminal will soon be servicing her first cruise ship. The 2,056-guest Carnival Ecstasy is slated to use the brand new Terminal 6 on August 13, according to Seatrade Insider. The new cruise terminal will be [...]

Two More Florida-based Carnival Ships Earn Perfect Health Scores

Carnival Freedom. photo: CCL

Two more Carnival Cruise Lines ships – Carnival Freedom and Carnival Imagination – both earned 100 percent scores on their recent United States Public Health (USPH) inspections. According to the company, “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 [...]

Carnival Glory’s Emerald Room Steakhouse Wins Honor

photo: CCL

The Emerald Room Steakhouse on Carnival Glory recently took home an award from the American Culinary Federation (ACF), the largest organization of professional chefs in North America. The 108-seat steakhouse has been in operation since the 110,000-ton Carnival Glory went into service in 2003. The Achievement in Excellence Award recognizes the outstanding cuisine and quality [...]

Carnival Miracle Hosts Students in Grand Turk

photo: Carnival Cruise Lines

The 2,124-guest Carnival Miracle recently hosted a group of students from the Junior Park Warden program (photo right) during a stop in Grand Turk, promoting Carnival’s commitment to environmental awareness. Over a dozen students were given a behind-the-scenes glance at the ships environmental and technical spaces — complete with a visit to the engine room, [...]

Carnival says NO to chair hogs

photo: John Heald Facebook

Carnival Cruise Lines is now implementing a new system aboard Carnival Breeze that will eliminate chair hogs –hopefully for good! According to Senior Cruise Director John Heald, a sticker will now be placed on the chairs showing the time folks get up to leave their chair (see photo). Guests are allowed forty-minutes to return, if [...]

Miami Heat dignitaries visit Carnival Breeze

photo: Carnival

The 3,690-passenger Carnival Breeze welcomed special guests in the Mediterranean recently as Miami Heat President Pat Riley was aboard along with Carnival Corp. CEO and Miami Heat Managing Partner Micky Arison. Both guests and their wives enjoyed time aboard Carnival Breeze after Miami Heat’s 2012 NBA Championship run. Carnival Breeze will spend the summer sailing [...]

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