MIAMI (June 27, 2013) – Carnival Cruise Lines today announced new ship
deployments taking effect in 2014 in several key markets resulting in
exciting new product
offerings from Port Canaveral, Fla., and New Orleans.
Carnival will
now feature the widest selection of seagoing vacation choices in these
markets aboard some of the most innovative ships in cruising.
Carnival Sunshine, which recently completed a massive $155 million
transformation, will be repositioned from New Orleans to Port Canaveral
beginning in April 2014.
This move will allow Carnival to continue to offer attractive new
options from Port Canaveral and marks the first time the line will have a
ship in Central Florida featuring all of the fantastic Fun Ship 2.0
bar, dining and entertainment innovations.
In turn, Carnival Dream will reposition from Port Canaveral to New
Orleans to operate year-round seven-day Caribbean cruises beginning in
April 2014, representing
a 22 percent capacity increase on week-long sailings from the Big Easy.
The 130,000-ton Carnival Dream is from the line’s newest and largest
class of ships and offers an array of on-board facilities and features.
Carnival is the only cruise line to operate
two year-round ships from New Orleans and will carry more than 400,000
guests annually from this important Gulf Coast homeport.
Carnival will also increase capacity in Port Canaveral by 30 percent
when Carnival Liberty launches year-round five- to eight-day Caribbean
cruises in May 2014,
adding a second Fun Ship 2.0-equipped vessel to the Space Coast. The
ship’s many popular features include Guy’s Burger Joint, developed in
tandem with Food Network star Guy Fieri, along with BlueIguana Cantina,
RedFrog Rum Bar, EA Sports Bar, BlueIguana Tequila
Bar and the award-winning Alchemy Bar.
Guests
will now have the widest variety of cruise vacations available from
Port Canaveral including five cruise durations -- from three to eight
days -- offering seven different
itinerary options and the chance to visit 14 exciting destinations
throughout The Bahamas and Caribbean. Carnival will be the only cruise
line to offer three year-round ships from Port Canaveral, providing fun
and memorable cruise vacations to over 600,000
guests annually.
“These deployment changes will enable us to offer our guests even more
exciting Carnival cruise vacation choices from Central Florida and the
Gulf region and significantly
enhance our leadership positions in the Port Canaveral and New Orleans
markets,” said Gerry Cahill, Carnival president and CEO.
Carnival Sunshine to Port Canaveral
Carnival
Sunshine, which debuted this May in Europe following an unprecedented
transformation that added a host of exciting on-board features, will
launch year-round seven-day
Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral beginning April 19, 2014. A new
special 11-day cruise from New Orleans to Port Canaveral, visiting
Montego Bay, Aruba, Curacao and St. Thomas will depart April 6, 2014.
On April, 17, 2014, a one-time two-day Bahamas
cruise will also be offered.
Carnival
Sunshine will operate a year-round schedule from Port Canaveral that
includes port-intensive seven-day cruises to the eastern and western
Caribbean, along with a
number of eight-day Caribbean cruises and five-day departures featuring
Florida, Caribbean and Bahamian ports. After completion of its 2013
Europe season, Carnival Sunshine will make its North American debut with
a series of seven-day Caribbean cruises from
New Orleans starting in November 2013 and running through April 2014.
Carnival Dream to New Orleans
Beginning April 20, 2014, Carnival Dream will launch year-round
seven-day Caribbean cruises from New Orleans. The 3,646-passenger vessel
will mark a significant
increase in seven-day capacity for this popular cruise program from the
Big Easy. There will also be a unique nine-day cruise departing April
5, 2014, from Port Canaveral to New Orleans with calls in Aruba, Ocho
Rios, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, along with a
special six-day cruise round-trip from New Orleans departing April 14,
2014, visiting Costa Maya, Roatan and Cozumel.
On its regular schedule from New Orleans, Carnival Dream will offer
three distinctly different three-port, seven-day eastern and western
Caribbean options.
Carnival Liberty to Port Canaveral
Carnival Liberty, which is currently based in Miami, will reposition to
Port Canaveral and operate a year-round schedule of five- and eight-day
Caribbean cruises
starting May 4, 2014. Five-day cruises call at Key West, Nassau and
Freeport, while two different eight-day options will be offered – a
unique eastern Caribbean itinerary featuring Grand Turk, St. Thomas,
Tortola, and St. Maarten; and a southern Caribbean
program visiting Aruba, Curacao and Grand Turk. A number of seven-day
eastern and western Caribbean cruises will also be offered on an
occasional basis throughout the year.
Other Florida-Based Ship Deployments
Carnival Pride will reposition from Baltimore to Tampa to launch
seven-day cruises from that port from December 2014 through April 2015,
joining Carnival Paradise
which offers value-packed four- and five-day cruises from Florida’s
West Coast. On its new Tampa-based program, Carnival Pride will visit
four magnificent western Caribbean destinations: Grand Cayman, Cozumel,
Mahogany Bay (Roatan) and Belize. A special five-day
cruise will be available on Carnival Pride departing Dec. 16, 2014,
visiting Grand Cayman and Cozumel. There will also be unique eight-day
one-way cruises available from Baltimore to San Juan on Nov. 30, 2014,
and from San Juan to Tampa on Dec. 8, 2014.
These voyages include visits to Grand Turk, St. Kitts, St. Thomas and
St. Maarten.
Carnival Pride replaces Carnival Legend which will remain in Tampa
through Aug. 17, 2014, and then reposition to Australia to operate a
previously announced seasonal
schedule of voyages from Sydney, joining Carnival Spirit which launched
year-round departures from Down Under in October 2012.
Carnival also announced that Carnival Glory will remain in Miami
year-round beginning in November 2013, operating seven-day voyages that
alternate weekly to the
eastern and western Caribbean with a convenient new Saturday departure.
Eastern Caribbean cruises visit St. Thomas, San Juan, Grand Turk and
Nassau or Half Moon Cay, while western Caribbean departures feature
Cozumel, Mahogany Bay (Roatan), Belize and Grand
Cayman.
Reservations
Reservations are currently being accepted for all of these exciting new
Carnival vacation choices. For additional information and reservations,
call 1-800-327-9501
(individual) or 1-800-327-5782 (groups) or visit the line’s travel
agent Internet portal at GoCCL.com.
Carnival can also be found on:
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