(News Release) MIAMI
(February 12, 2015) – PortMiami will be the year-round homeport for
Carnival Cruise Line’s largest ship to date, the 133,500-ton Carnival
Vista, when it launches six-
to eight-day Caribbean cruises beginning in December 2016.
Currently under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, Carnival Vista will take cruising to new heights, introducing groundbreaking features such as SkyRide, a suspended open-air cycling experience; the world’s first IMAX® Theatre on a ship; Kaleid-O-Slide, the line’s first water tube slide; and RedFrog Pub, including the line’s first onboard brewery.
Carnival
will further bolster its leadership position in Galveston,
repositioning Carnival Breeze and Carnival Liberty to Texas in 2016,
joining Carnival Freedom which arrives
in Galveston this Saturday. Carnival Breeze and Carnival Liberty will
replace Carnival Magic and Carnival Triumph, respectively, in
Galveston.
Details on new homeports for Carnival Magic and Carnival
Triumph, as well as year-round departures from San Juan,
will be provided over the coming weeks.
With
Carnival Breeze, Carnival Liberty and Carnival Freedom, Galveston will
be home to three of the line’s most innovative ships offering the widest
array of cruise durations
and itineraries to top destinations in Mexico, Belize, Isla Roatan and
The Bahamas. These three ships will carry 600,000 passengers annually
from Galveston – more than any other cruise operator.
“Miami and Galveston are among our most popular points of embarkation
and deploying our newest, most innovative ships to these homeports
speaks volumes about our
confidence in growing these markets,” said Christine Duffy, Carnival’s
president. “These ships not only offer our guests incredible on-board
experiences but also provide our valued travel agent partners with
exciting new choices to market to their clients,”
she added.
Island-Intensive Caribbean Cruises from Miami on Carnival Vista
Carnival
Vista kicks off its new schedule from PortMiami with a special four-day
cruise to Grand Turk departing Nov. 29, 2016. The ship will then
launch year-round six- and
eight-day cruises beginning with an eight-day voyage departing Dec. 3,
2016. Six-day cruises feature Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman and Cozumel,
while a mix of different eight-day itineraries visit some of the
Caribbean’s most sought-after destinations, including
Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Kitts, St. Maarten
and La Romana (Dominican Republic).
The ship will also offer a combination of one-time voyages, including a
five-day cruise departing Dec. 11 and seven-day voyages departing Dec.
17 and 24, 2016,
that offer an exciting selection of ports including the Caribbean’s
newest destination, Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic, as well as
Mahogany Bay, Grand Turk, Belize, San Juan, St. Thomas and Cozumel,
depending on the itinerary.
In addition to visiting breathtaking Caribbean destinations, guests can
experience all the Carnival Vista has to offer – from the colorful
Havana area with tropics-inspired
staterooms and suites and Family Harbor with special accommodations and
a new family concierge to delicious choices like Seafood Shack and new
al fresco options at the Fahrenheit 555 steakhouse, Bonsai Sushi and Cherry On Top, featuring a mixed-to-order premium ice cream bar.
Three- to 11-Day Carnival Vista Sailings from the Big Apple
Prior
to the start-up of year-round service from Miami, Carnival Vista will
operate a pair of voyages round-trip from New York beginning with a
three-day cruise November 4-7,
2016, followed by an 11-day voyage departing Nov. 7, 2016, and visiting
Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas, Antigua and St. Maarten. Carnival
Vista will then offer a spectacular 11-day cruise from New York to Miami
Nov. 18-29, 2016, with calls at Grand Turk,
Bonaire, Aruba and St. Maarten, an unmatched combination of great
destinations not available on any other cruise from New York.
Carnival Vista is slated to operate an inaugural season of European
cruises May to October 2016 before repositioning to New York, then
launching year-round Caribbean
cruises from Miami in November 2016.
Exciting New Options in Galveston
Carnival
Liberty and Carnival Breeze will shift to Galveston in 2016, providing
consumers with Texas-sized fun on departures from the Lone Star State.
Carnival
Liberty will launch year-round four- and five-day cruises to Mexico
from Galveston beginning March 21, 2016. Four-day “long weekend”
cruises depart Thursdays and
feature a stop at Cozumel, while five-day voyages depart Mondays and
Saturdays visiting Cozumel and Progreso. Prior to the start-up of its
new Texas-based program, Carnival Liberty will offer a special three-day
cruise round-trip from Galveston March 18-21,
2016.
Carnival Breeze – the line’s newest ship – will offer three different
week-long itineraries visiting popular ports in the Caribbean, Mexico
and Florida beginning
Dec. 11, 2016. Western Caribbean voyages call at either Montego Bay,
Grand Cayman and Cozumel or Belize, Mahogany Bay (Isla Roatan) and
Cozumel, while a Bahamas/Florida route includes Nassau, Freeport, and
Key West. Carnival Breeze will also offer a special
two-day cruise from Galveston Dec. 9-11, 2016, before kicking off its
new year-round seven-day schedule.
Carnival
Breeze and Carnival Liberty bring exciting new choices to Galveston,
each with an array of on-board features. Carnival Breeze offers such
innovations as a multi-dimensional
cinema experience called Thrill Theater, Bonsai Sushi full-service
Asian restaurant and WaterWorks highlighted by a 312-foot-long slide,
while Carnival Liberty offers a classic American steakhouse, the
cocktail pharmacy-themed Alchemy Bar and a 14,500-square-foot
spa.
New Value-Packed 12-day Cruises Offer Exciting Destinations
In
preparation for their new deployments, Carnival Liberty and Carnival
Breeze will each operate a unique 12-day cruise in 2016, visiting a
variety of exotic Caribbean destinations.
These departures have been created especially for those guests who are
looking for a longer-length cruise vacation providing more time to enjoy
the ships’ wide range of amenities while visiting less frequently
traveled islands throughout the Caribbean.
Carnival Liberty will offer a 12-day cruise from San Juan to Galveston
March 6-18, 2016, calling at St. Thomas, Barbados, Tobago, Grenada,
Aruba and Grand Cayman.
Carnival Breeze will operate a 12-day cruise departing Miami Nov. 27,
2016, and arriving in Galveston Dec. 9, 2016. Featured ports on this
one-time voyage include St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Curacao, Aruba and
Cozumel.
Additional Information and Reservations
Reservations are currently being accepted for these new deployments.
For additional information and reservations, contact any travel agent,
call 1-800-CARNIVAL
or visit carnival.com.
Additional information on the Carnival Vista is available at
www.carnival.com/carnivalvista
with regular Twitter updates @CarnivalVista.
Carnival can also be found on:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/carnivalcruise
Facebook Fan Page:
www.facebook.com/carnival
YouTube: www.youtube.com/carnival
Instagram: www.instagram.com/carnival
About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:
CUK),
is "The
World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 24 ships operating three- to
16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska,
Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and
the Pacific Islands. The company currently has
two 133,500-ton ships on order - Carnival Vista, scheduled to enter
service in 2016, and an as-yet-unnamed vessel set to debut in 2018.
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