Tag: Carnival

Carnival, Trip Reports

Trip Report: Day six on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’: Engine Room Tour

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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Trip Report: Day four on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’: San Juan

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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Carnival, Trip Reports

Trip Report: Day two on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’

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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Alaska, Caribbean, Carnival, Entertainment

LL Cool J added to the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage

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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Carnival, Entertainment, Ports

Battle of the Bands to be Held by Carnival Cruise Lines

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...

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Carnival, Costa, Cunard, Holland America, Princess, Seabourn

Fleet wide improvements for the Carnival Corporation

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...

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Carnival, Dining

New Carnival Breeze to feature Bonsai Sushi and Fat Jimmy’s C-Side BBQ – Facebook contest launched

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...

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Carnival, Ports

Carnival offers new four- and five-day cruises from Port Canaveral

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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Carnival, Dining, Entertainment

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Carnival launching Fun Ship 2.0, a $500 million dollar fleet-wide transformation

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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Breeze beckons Carnival enthusiasts

By Michael Coleman Carnival has launched “Carnival Breeze Life’’, a campaign to inspire potential passengers to celebrate a Caribbean island mindset year-round in anticipation of the debut of their new tropical-infused ship. Carnival Breeze, a 3,690-passenger vessel, sets sails in Europe in June, 2012. After a summer in Europe she...

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