Carnival’s Port Canaveral Embarkation Team Earns Top Honors

Most passengers encounter cruise line employees for the first time when they arrive at their embarkation port and those employees are the ones who make an all-important—and hospitable—first impression. If you have with Carnival Cruise Lines from Port Canaveral in the past year you were likely to have met the best of their best shoreside personnel. To illustrate how consistently dedicated Carnival

Carnival Magic Gets A Godmother

With the launch of their new ship Carnival Magic only a few weeks away, Carnival Cruise Lines has revealed her godmother. Lindsey Wilkerson, whose inspirational story has taken her from a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® to an employee within the organization and ambassador helping share its message of hope and inspiration, will officially name the 130,000-ton vessel during a

Runners In Charleston Just Want To Have Fun (and a Wedding) With Carnival

Carnival Cruise Lines hosted a first-ever post-race wedding ceremony at the 2011 Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, SC, last weekend. The culminating event in the Race to the Altar contest was part of a fundraiser that resulted in a $10,000 donation to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Children's Hospital.

Carnival's Race to the Altar contest was part of the line's sponsorship

Carnival Valor to Operate 6- & 8-Day Cruises from Miami in 2012

Building upon its distinction as the leader in Caribbean cruising, Carnival Cruise Lines will introduce a series of 6- and 8-day voyages from Miami aboard the 2,974-passenger Carnival Valor operating mid-Jan through Oct 2012. Carnival Valor’s 6- and 8-day departures provide consumers with new itineraries featuring unique combinations of Caribbean destinations and opportunities to visit islands

Carnival Magic Completes Successful Sea Trials in the Adriatic Sea

Shown here, the 130,000-ton Carnival Magic has recently conducted sea trials in the Adriatic Sea in preparation for its May 1 debut from Venice, Italy. Currently under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, the 3,690-passenger vessel had a full contingent of officers, technicians and engineers on board who thoroughly tested the Carnival Magic’s navigation and mechanical

Carnival Cruise Lines Launches ‘Build a Ship’ Contest to Benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Get your craft papers, colored markers, and glue lined up and ready to put to use for a good cause. Kids and big kids at heart can put their artistic skills to the test and build a ship in their own homes to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Carnival Cruise Lines is launching a “Build a Ship” contest that invites anyone 13 years or older to build a model Carnival ship out of

One-in-a-Million Jacksonville Cruise Passengers

Just taking a spring break vacation with her family on the Carnival Fascination was pretty awesome for Arkansas eighth grader Emily Wilt. She had no idea it was about to be even more special as she was named the one millionth passenger to embark on a cruise through JAXPORT’s Northside terminal last weekend. After driving 12 hours with her parents and older brother from their home in Siloam

Carnival to Launch A New Short Cruise Program From Port Canaveral

Yesterday afternoon Cruise Diva shared the unfortunate news regarding Mobile, Alabama’s loss in the homeport sweepstakes. Frankly, if we had predicted a loser, it would have been Los Angeles (Long Beach), California. The Mexican Riviera isn’t a particularly exciting itinerary and, while it hasn’t cost the life of a cruise passenger (yet), the violence in some of Mexico’s ports has caused cruise

Carnival Drops a Homeport: Mobile, Alabama Not Ecstatic

When there's bad news, it often arrives in multiples. My mother used to predict that it came in triple digits. We're sure the folks in Mobile, Alabama have heard that bit of age old wisdom. First this week there was nasty weather and now they are going to suffer an economic hit. Their ship has sailed...or it will soon.Carnival Cruise Lines is repositioning Carnival Ecstasy from New Orleans,

Carnival Splendor Resumes Year-Round Service From Long Beach

Scheduled to Re-Enter Service Feb 20, 2011She’s back and we hear she’s as good as new! After completing repairs in a San Francisco dry dock facility and successfully undergoing sea trials, the 3,006-passenger Carnival Splendor is now en route to its homeport of Long Beach, California, where it will resume its year-round schedule of 7-day Mexican Riviera cruises tomorrow, Feb. 20, 2011.On this

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED! Scenes Filmed Aboard Carnival Dream

Fox 2000 Pictures began production on ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED!, the third installment of the blockbuster movie franchise, on Jan 22 during a Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Dream, the newest and largest ship in Carnival Cruise Lines’ fleet. Filming took place primarily on the ship’s upper, open decks with scenes featuring actor Jason Lee (reprising his role as Dave Seville) and the

New Carnival Magic Rounds Out Outdoor Fun & Fitness With An Expansive SportSquare Recreation Area

Up in the air, the sky’s the limit when it comes to outdoor fun and fitness at the innovative SportSquare to be featured on Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest vessel, Carnival Magic, when it sets sail May 1. The line’s most expansive outdoor recreation area by far, SportSquare on Carnival Magic is an active cruiser’s on-board paradise, featuring SkyCourse, the first ropes course at sea, and cruising’s

Carnival’s Taking The “Fun” To Australia

In a major boost for the Australian tourism industry, the world’s largest cruise line—Carnival Cruise Lines—has announced that it will base one of its cruise ships full time in Australia. The 88,500 ton Carnival Spirit will be the largest cruise ship ever to sail year round from Australia when she arrives in Sydney in October 2012 to operate a schedule of 8-12 day voyages to the Pacific Islands.

Carnival’s ‘Chef’s Table’ Fine Dining Experience Rolls Out Fleetwide

Carnival Cruise Lines has completed the fleetwide rollout of its exquisite and exclusive fine dining experience, The Chef’s Table, which is now available on all 22 of the line’s ships. Launched as a pilot program last year, this one-of-a-kind culinary experience includes a sumptuous multi-course dinner hosted by one of the line’s master chefs along with a private cocktail reception and a

New Cruise Ships for 2011

Watch Throughout the Year for New Cruise Ship LaunchesWhile some cruise ships scheduled for introduction in 2011 are new vessels that are almost identical to existing ships (Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Magic, a Dream-class ship) or brand-new designs (Oceania’s Marina), the introduction of a new ship into a cruise line’s fleet is always exciting. At least one "new" ship is actually a

Carnival Adds Fun To New Year’s Eve

With Christmas behind us, the new year is less than a week away and it’s time to think of resolutions and hopes for the future. Each year people from around the globe write their wishes for the New Year on pieces of official Times Square New Year’s Eve confetti. Whether it’s a personal goal, a dream for the future, or doing something for the very first time, these wishes will be posted on the

Carnival Cruise Lines Kicks Off 2011 With A Simple Question: ‘Hey America, Didja Ever?’

It seems that every traveler these days has a bucket list of things they want to do and places they want to see. To help them achieve their goals, Carnival Cruise Line hopes to inspire people to experience new things and make their lives happier and more satisfying. For instance, “Didja Ever” zip line across a rain forest? Catch air on a wave runner? Jump into an impromptu performance of Thriller

Food Network Challenge Competitors Face Off After Cruise on the Carnival Dream

Get set for some "Dream-y" sugar conconctions with a cruising ports-of-call twist this weekend. Carnival Cruise Lines recently hosted four of the country’s top pastry chefs on a 7-day cruise aboard the Carnival Dream during which they experienced a series of exhilarating and memorable shore excursions that provided inspiration for their extraordinary creations to be featured on the Dec. 19th

Carnival Cruise Lines Cancels Additional Carnival Splendor Voyages as Repairs Continue

Ship Now Scheduled to Re-Enter Service Feb 20, 2011As we suspected, the initial announcement of plans to return Carnival Splendor to service next month were a bit premature.Carnival Cruise Lines has now cancelled additional departures of the damaged ship including the Jan 16, 23, & 30 and Feb 6 & 13, 2011 voyages to allow for additional repair time following an engine room fire aboard the vessel

The King’s 75th Birthday Celebrated on Carnival Fascination with Fourth Annual Elvis Cruise

Once again Carnival partnered with Elvis Presley Enterprises and Sixthman to produce the Elvis Cruise, this year celebrating The King’s 75th birthday. The 4-day voyage set sail earlier this month on the Carnival Fascination from Jacksonville, Florida.Hosted by Elvis’ longtime friend Jerry Schilling, the cruise attracted 1,800 Elvis fans who enjoyed entertainment by a number of musical artists,