Carnival Archives - Cruise News Weekly https://cruisenewsweekly.com/tag/carnival/ The latest cruise news, tips, deals, reports, and more. Wed, 22 May 2024 10:43:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 Carnival reveals details for Starfish Lagoon family portal at Celebration Key https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-reveals-details-for-starfish-lagoon-family-portal-at-celebration-key/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-reveals-details-for-starfish-lagoon-family-portal-at-celebration-key/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 10:43:54 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=8108 Starfish Lagoon is the latest portal revealed for Carnival Cruise Line’s Celebration Key, their exclusive port on the south side of Grand Bahama Island opening summer 2025. Families can enjoy all types of beach fun at Starfish Lagoon while soaking up the sun around one of the largest freshwater lagoons in the Caribbean. In addition …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-reveals-details-for-starfish-lagoon-family-portal-at-celebration-key/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Day six on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’: Engine Room Tour https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-six-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-engine-room-tour/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-six-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-engine-room-tour/#respond Fri, 06 Aug 2021 19:33:14 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6864 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s how day 6 went.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-six-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-engine-room-tour/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Day four on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’: San Juan https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-four-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-san-juan/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-four-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-san-juan/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:31:46 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6817 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s how day 4 went.
Top photo by @Bioreconstruct on Twitter.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-four-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-san-juan/feed/ 1 Trip Report: Day two on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-two-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-two-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/#respond Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:09:04 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6777 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s what we experienced on day two, Aug. 1, 2021.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-two-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/feed/ 0 LL Cool J added to the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage https://cruisenewsweekly.com/ll-cool-j-added-to-the-tom-joyner-foundation-fantastic-voyage/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/ll-cool-j-added-to-the-tom-joyner-foundation-fantastic-voyage/#respond Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:19:19 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6687 Tom Joyner's Ultimate Party with a Purpose supporting students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has just added Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, two-time Grammy Award-winning Hip-Hop artist, actor, and entrepreneur LL Cool J to their cruise line-up.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/ll-cool-j-added-to-the-tom-joyner-foundation-fantastic-voyage/feed/ 0 Battle of the Bands to be Held by Carnival Cruise Lines https://cruisenewsweekly.com/battle-of-the-bands-to-be-held-by-carnival-cruise-lines/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/battle-of-the-bands-to-be-held-by-carnival-cruise-lines/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:16:32 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=4261 Carnival Cruise Lines, New Orleans’ most popular cruise line, and local television station WDSU-TV have launched a search to find the most spirited high school marching band in the Big Easy. “The Battle of the High School Marching Bands” competition celebrates local spirit and skill, and will ultimately award the winning band a $10,000 cash …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/battle-of-the-bands-to-be-held-by-carnival-cruise-lines/feed/ 0 Fleet wide improvements for the Carnival Corporation https://cruisenewsweekly.com/fleet-wide-improvements-for-the-carnival-corporation/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/fleet-wide-improvements-for-the-carnival-corporation/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:41:15 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3641 Carnival Cruise Lines is conducting a fleet wide $300 million plan to significantly enhance emergency power capabilities, introducing a new fire safety technology system and improving the level of operating redundancies. The improvement plan is the result of a comprehensive operational review, overseen by parent company Carnival Corporation & plc, initiated immediately after the Carnival …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/fleet-wide-improvements-for-the-carnival-corporation/feed/ 0 New Carnival Breeze to feature Bonsai Sushi and Fat Jimmy’s C-Side BBQ – Facebook contest launched https://cruisenewsweekly.com/new-carnival-breeze-to-feature-bonsai-sushi-and-fat-jimmys-c-side-bbq-facebook-contest-launched/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/new-carnival-breeze-to-feature-bonsai-sushi-and-fat-jimmys-c-side-bbq-facebook-contest-launched/#respond Thu, 03 May 2012 20:08:59 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3527 Dining is a highlight of any cruise and the 130,000-ton Carnival Breeze will feature a huge array of culinary choices when it enters service June 3. Two new offerings will include Bonsai Sushi, the line’s first full-service sushi restaurant, and an open-air barbecue venue called Fat Jimmy’s C-Side BBQ. To celebrate Carnival Breeze’s variety of …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/new-carnival-breeze-to-feature-bonsai-sushi-and-fat-jimmys-c-side-bbq-facebook-contest-launched/feed/ 0 Carnival offers new four- and five-day cruises from Port Canaveral https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-offers-new-four-and-five-day-cruises-from-port-canaveral/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-offers-new-four-and-five-day-cruises-from-port-canaveral/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:08:07 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3497 By Jackie Roseboom Carnival Cruise Lines will launch the cruise industry’s only four- and five-day Caribbean trips from Port Canaveral with the Carnival Ecstasy. She departed Nov. 7 on a five-day sold-out cruise to Nassau, Freeport and the private Bahamian island of Half Moon Cay — the first of 78 annual cruises from the Space …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-offers-new-four-and-five-day-cruises-from-port-canaveral/feed/ 0 Carnival launching Fun Ship 2.0, a $500 million dollar fleet-wide transformation https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-launching-fun-ship-2-0-a-500-million-dollar-fleet-wide-transformation/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-launching-fun-ship-2-0-a-500-million-dollar-fleet-wide-transformation/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:58:42 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3473 By Jackie Roseboom Carnival Cruise Lines has unveiled what they are calling Fun Ship 2.0. Guests will be able to enjoy new dining choices, bars and lounges, and entertainment options through partnerships and new branded spaces. In the first phase alone, which extends through the end of 2015, Carnival will invest more than $500 million …

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