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Carnival Cruise Line Announces Ship Restarts For January and February 2022

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Carnival Cruise Line announced plans for more ship restarts for January and February, as it works towards the return of its full fleet sailing from U.S. homeports in the spring of 2022, according to a press release.

With 17 ships scheduled to be operating by year-end, Carnival Sunshine will restart from Charleston on Jan. 13 and Carnival Liberty from Port Canaveral on Feb. 11.

With today’s announcement, Carnival’s U.S.-based operations will cover the following homeports and ships by February, and represents 90 per cent of Carnival’s U.S.-based capacity:

• Galveston: Carnival Breeze, Carnival Dream and Carnival Vista
• Miami: Carnival Freedom, Carnival Horizon, Carnival Sunrise and Carnival Conquest
• Port Canaveral: Mardi Gras, Carnival Elation, Carnival Magic and Carnival Liberty (effective Feb. 11)
• New Orleans: Carnival Glory and Carnival Valor
• Long Beach: Carnival Panorama, Carnival Radiance and Carnival Miracle
• Baltimore: Carnival Legend
• Tampa: Carnival Pride
• Charleston: Carnival Sunshine (effective Jan. 13)

“Our restart plan continues to excel across all metrics, and we are looking forward to completing the restart of the fleet in the new year,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “We appreciate the support and patience of our guests, travel agents and port and destination partners who have been key to this successful restart.”

Duffy said that Carnival continues to carefully monitor the status of public health and adjust its operating protocols accordingly. “We are optimistic that vaccines will be approved for children between the ages of 5-11 before the end of the year and we look forward to welcoming more families back on board,” she added. As it relates to ships operating in January and February, Carnival will continue to operate vaccinated cruises under its current protocols.

Cruises on Carnival’s three remaining U.S.-based ships – Carnival Ecstasy from Jacksonville, Carnival Paradise from Tampa, and Carnival Sensation from Mobile – have been cancelled through February.

In addition, Carnival Splendor from Sydney, Australia is cancelled through Feb. 7, and Carnival Spirit from Brisbane, Australia is cancelled through Feb. 20.

Carnival Cruise Line to sell two more ships

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Carnival Cruise Line has announced the sale of two more ships from its fleet.

Carnival Fascination and Carnival Imagination, which had previously been put on long-term lay-up status and removed from published itineraries, will leave the fleet.

Fascination launched in 1994 and Imagination in 1995. Carnival said their sales were in line with the corporation’s plan to ‘accelerate the removal of less efficient ships’ from its fleet.

This follows the sale of Carnival Fantasy and Carnival Inspiration in July.

When it returns to operations, Carnival will operate four upgraded Fantasy-class ships – Carnival Ecstasy, Carnival Sensation, Carnival Elation and Carnival Paradise – which are part of the line’s Fun Ship 2.0 enhancement program.

“While we are sad to see Carnival Fascination and Carnival Imagination leave our fleet, it is a necessary move as it allows us to focus on ships that offer the greatest variety of features and stateroom accommodations for our guests,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.

Carnival is also to delay the return to the sailing of four ships until after dry dock enhancements are completed in the first half of 2021.

The impacted ships and itineraries are:

Carnival Magic: itineraries operating from Miami will be cancelled until March 13, 2021

Carnival Paradise: itineraries operating from Tampa will be cancelled until March 19, 2021

Carnival Valor: itineraries operating from New Orleans will be cancelled until April 29, 2021 (including a transatlantic cruise from New Orleans on January 25, 2021, and the return from Barcelona on February 26, 2021)

Carnival Spirit: itineraries operating from Brisbane will be cancelled through May 16, 2021, with the first sailing being the Singapore to Brisbane voyage embarking on June 12, 2021.

“This extended pause in our operations has also impacted shipyard availability, and we’ve had to reschedule required dry docks. As we continue to work through issues related to our eventual return to operations, we are committed to providing our guests and travel agent partners with certainty where we can, although we regret disappointing our guests.  We appreciate the continued support and understanding of our guests and hope to welcome them back on board soon,” Duffy said.

When Carnival Cruise Line Ships Are Expected to Start Sailing Again

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Carnival Cruise Line has said it intends to start cruising again with some ships in mid-May, while other itineraries and ships are projected to start service again later this year.

A look at the expected first sailing of each Carnival ship as the cruise industry gets back into service (all information is subject to change due to the COVID-19 crisis):

Carnival Breeze
Date: May 16, 2020
Homeport: Port Canaveral
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Amber Cove, St. Thomas, San Juan and Grand Turk

Carnival Conquest
Date: May 15, 2020
Homeport: Miami
Length: 3 nights
Itinerary: Nassau

Carnival Dream
Date: May 16, 2020
Homeport: Galveston
Length: 5 nights
Itinerary: Costa Maya and Cozumel

Carnival Ecstasy
Date: May 14, 2020
Homeport: Jacksonville
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Freeport and Nassau

Carnival Elation
Date: May 16, 2020
Homeport: Port Canaveral
Length: 5 nights
Itinerary: Nassau, Princess Cays and Grand Turk

Carnival Fantasy
Date: May 16, 2020
Homeport: Mobile
Length: 5 nights
Itinerary: Costa Maya and Cozumel

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Carnival Fantasy

Carnival Fascination
Date: May 15, 2020
Homeport: Bridgetown, Barbados
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Kitts and St. Lucia

Carnival Freedom
Date: May 17, 2020
Homeport: Galveston
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Roatán, Belize City and Cozumel

Carnival Glory
Date: May 17, 2020
Homeport: New Orleans
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Montego Bay, Grand Cayman and Cozumel

Carnival Horizon
Date: May 16, 2020
Homeport: Miami
Length: 8 nights
Itinerary: Aruba, Bonaire, La Romana and Amber Cove

Carnival Imagination
Date: May 14, 2020
Homeport: Long Beach
Length: 3 nights
Itinerary: Ensenada

Carnival Inspiration
Date: May 15, 2020
Homeport: Long Beach
Length: 3 nights
Itinerary: Ensenada

Carnival Legend
Date: November 15, 2020
Homeport: Tampa
Length: 7 night
Itinerary: Grand Cayman, Roatán, Belize City and Cozumel

Carnival Legend

Carnival Liberty
Date: May 15, 2020
Homeport: Port Canaveral
Length: 3 nights
Itinerary: Nassau

Carnival Magic
Date: May 17, 2020
Homeport: Miami
Length: 6 nights
Itinerary: Half Moon Cay, Amber Cove and Grand Turk

Carnival Miracle
Date: October 4, 2020
Homeport: San Diego
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Catalina Island and Ensenada

Carnival Panorama
Date: May 16, 2020
Homeport: Long Beach
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta

Carnival Paradise
Date: May 14, 2020
Homeport: Tampa
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Cozumel

Carnival Pride
Date: May 17, 2020
Homeport: Baltimore
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Freeport

Carnival Radiance
Date: November 8, 2020
Homeport: Port Canaveral
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Cozumel, Belize City, Roatán and Costa Maya

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Carnival Radiance

Carnival Sensation
Date: May 14, 2020
Homeport: Miami
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Key West and Cozumel

Carnival Spirit
Date: July 7, 2020
Homeport: Seattle
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Tracy Arm Fjord, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Victoria

Carnival Splendor
Date: June 19, 2020
Homeport: Sydney, Australia
Length: 3 nights
Itinerary: No ports of call

Carnival Sunrise
Date: May 15, 2020
Homeport: Norfolk
Length: 5 nights
Itinerary: Nassau and Freeport

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Carnival Sunrise

Carnival Sunshine
Date: May 16, 2020
Homeport: Charleston
Length: 5 nights
Itinerary: Nassau and Half Moon Cay

Carnival Valor
Date: May 14, 2020
Homeport: New Orleans
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Cozumel

Carnival Vista
Date: May 16, 2020
Homeport: Galveston
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Montego Bay, Grand Cayman and Cozumel