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You'll find at least one of its ships sailing out of pretty much every major port city around the country. The arrival of Mardi Gras and Carnival Celebration over the past two years has marked a major turning point for the line. At around 180,000 tons, they rank at No. 15 and No. 13, respectively, among the world's largest cruise ships — the only Carnival ships to crack the Top 20. One more ship in the series — Carnival Jubilee — will arrive in December 2023. The 128-ft (39-m) long Carnival AirShip is a painted like cruise ship dirigible.
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By gross tonnage/volume, VISTA-class ships are currently the largest in Carnival's fleet. The XL-Class design features a new (red-white-navy blue) hull and was created by the NYC-based naval architecture firm "Bluarch Architecture". The new liners have length 1130 ft (344 m) and passenger capacity 5200 (lower berths). The aft-located (Deck 19) BOLT was designed and built by Maurer Rides (Munich Germany-based company) specializing in roller coaster manufacturing. The race track has length 244 m (800 ft), with twists, turns, drops and speeds up to 64 kph/40 mph. Carnival's roller coaster is all-electric and allows 2 riders to race along in motorbike-like vehicles at height 57 m (187 ft) above the sea.
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The blimp floated around Galveston and Houston (September 7-8-9, 2018) as part of a 30-day air voyage across the Southern USA. In 2023 starts the "COSTA by CARNIVAL" cruise program (CCL and Costa Cruises) that targets CCL's North American customers. The program is based on two newbuild Costa ships - Venezia (starting in June 2023 with homeporting in NYC New York USA) followed by Firenze (starting in May 2024 with homeporting in Long Beach/Los Angeles California USA).
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(Alaska 2025) 7-day Alaska sailings departing every Thursday from May 1st, 2025, to September 11th, 2025, with stops in Alaska and Victoria, British Columbia. Transpacific relocation crossings between Australia and Alaska (summer deployment) are offered seasonally - in spring and fall. The liner operates short breaks/3-4-day getaways to Bahamas visiting Nassau and Nassau+Princess Cays/Eleuthera. From Port Canaveral are operated 4-day roundtrips to The Bahamas (Nassau, Princess Cays/Eleuthera) and 5-day roundtrips to Eastern Caribbean (Dominicana, Grand Turk, Nassau, Princess Cays). From Texas are offered 4-5-day short breaks to Mexico - Cozumel and Cozumel + Progreso/Costa Maya.
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Between May 2019 and Oct 2022, Ecstasy was homeported in JAXPORT (Jacksonville Florida) to operate year-round on 4-5-day short breaks to The Bahamas. The program started with a 15-day Transatlantic crossing (RepositionCruises.com) from Barcelona to NYC (May 29-June 13, 2023). From Port NOLA are offered 4-5-day Western Caribbean getaways to Mexico. The 4-day weekend itinerary (to Cozumel) departs on Thursdays, while 5-day itineraries depart Mondays and Saturdays and visit Cozumel with Progreso or Costa Maya. (2025) Two transatlantic cruises from Barcelona to Miami and Miami to Seattle, along with a 10-day Carnival Journeys Alaska cruise and a 15-day Hawaii roundtrip cruise. (Alaska 2025) 21 week-long sailings departing Seattle from April 14th, 2025, to September 9th, 2025, with various Alaskan ports and Victoria.
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Carnival's Wi-Fi plans can be purchased (at discounted rates) for either the entire voyage or for a day (24-hour period). For drinks purchases, an automatic 18% gratuity is added to the bill. An automatic 15% gratuity is added to "Chef's Table" (dining package) cover charge and applied directly to the onboard account. Next link is to CruiseMapper's Carnival cruise secrets, tips, and tricks. At the following link, you can compare Carnival's major rival - Royal Caribbean (fleet and review of RCI's cruising experience). CCL is best-known for implementing top-notch marine technologies, innovative vessel construction methods and ship designs.
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The restaurant is open for lunch (sea days only) and for dinner (every night). Just hearing the word “Caribbean” evokes the sights and sounds of the islands – white sandy beaches, blue waters, cheerful music, and glasses clinking. But, with more than 700 islands, inlets and cays, the Caribbean offers far more than just beautiful beaches. Our Caribbean cruise destinations are filled with excursions, adventures, and cultural experiences that celebrate this sunny part of the world. Most vessels have standard North American-style, 110-volt outlets in rooms, as well as European-style, 220-volt outlets. Most Carnival ships have self-serve launderettes on cabin decks with washing machines, dryers, irons and ironing boards.
For dinner in the main dining room, you must sign up for either Your Time dining (you go whenever you want) or Traditional Dining (you have a fixed table and time for dinner). Like other big-ship operators, Carnival packs a lot of dining options onto its vessels — some included in the price, some at an extra charge. Note that the Carnival fleet is scheduled to grow over the next year with two more new vessels. As noted above, the line has ordered another sister vessel to Mardi Gras and Carnival Celebration that will be ready to sail in late 2023.
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The new activity was added following successful test trials (on Carnival Glory and Carnival Pride) run by American Bocce Company (USA). The first vessel (Carnival Mardi Gras) is scheduled for delivery in 2021 and homeported in Port Canaveral Florida. The second liner/sistership Carnival Celebration is homeported in Miami starting in November 2022 (the year when CCL celebrated its 50th Anniversary/on March 11th). Since January 2020, via partnership with PepsiCo Carnival's North American fleet serves various Pepsi-branded beverages, including sparkling water, energy drinks, iced teas, sodas, juices (also no-sugar and low-calorie variations), Starbucks coffee.
The suggested attire for women on such nights is cocktail dresses, pantsuits, elegant skirts and blouses. During the day, there is no specific dress code, and people dress casually. If it's a sea day in a warm-weather destination, and you're bound for the top deck, that means looking like you're going to the beach — T-shirts, shorts and bathing suits (with a cover-up to go inside) are just fine. All vessels operate on a "cashless system," with any onboard purchases you make posting automatically to your onboard account. You'll receive a Sail & Sign card that you can use to make charges.
(October 2023-April 2024) 6- and 8-day Eastern and Western Caribbean roundtrips from Mobile AL visit Half Moon Cay (Bahamas Carnival private island), Mahogany Bay (Roatan Island, Honduras), Bimini, Mexico, Jamaica. The Caribbean deployment is seasonal, alternating with Alaska (during summer). From Miami are offered 6-8-day Eastern Caribbean, 6-day Western Caribbean and 8-day Southern Caribbean voyages. From Port Canaveral are offered longer (6-8-day) voyages to Western Caribbean (Mexico's Cozumel and Costa Maya, Belize City), Eastern Caribbean (St Maarten, St Kitts, Puerto Rico, Grand Turk) and Southern Caribbean Aruba, Curacao, Grand Turk). From Port NOLA are operated 6-7-day Western Caribbean itineraries (Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Mexico, Belize City, Roatan Honduras) and 7-8-day Eastern Caribbean (Key West Florida and Bahamas - Freeport, Half Moon Cay, Nassau).
Carnival cruise ports of call include Grand Cayman, Mahogany Bay, Nassau, Costa Maya, Belize, Key West, Yucatán (Progreso), Cozumel, Montego Bay, Falmouth, Limón, and Colón (Panama Canal). This little slice of heaven is ready to thrill you with water sports, hiking, and underwater adventures. Don’t worry, there’s always a place to enjoy that relaxing cocktail with a view, too.
Selecting a specific Carnival Cruise Lines ship below will allow you to track it and view additional details like the ship's current location, recent track, speed, course, next port destination, estimated time of arrival (ETA) and more. You can also track the position of Carnival Cruise Lines' entire fleet on a single map by selecting the Carnival Fleet Tracker button below. From Long Beach, the ship operates on 7-day Mexican Riviera cruises (Saturday departures) to call ports Cabo San Lucas (Baja California), Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta. IMAX Theater was introduced on Carnival Vista as the first ever IMAX at sea. It features 3-deck high screen for first-run movies, shown at the same time as mainstream releases.
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