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  • markdale | my profile 9:30 am on March 6, 2012 COMMENT
    Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Destiny, Carnival Sunshine   

    Carnival Destiny transforms to Carnival Sunshine 

    Carnival Destiny | Photo: CCL

    Carnival Cruise Lines announced on Tuesday morning that Carnival Destiny will undergo a 49-day $155-million dollar refit in April 2013, a refit so dramatic that it’ll change the ships name from Carnival Destiny to Carnival Sunshine.

    Along with adding the lines current Fun Ship 2.0 enhancements, the line will also add even more food, entertainment, staterooms, and shopping venues.

    “This is our most ambitious ship conversion project to date and it will radically transform the Carnival Destiny into essentially an entirely new ship offering a variety of exciting dining and beverage choices, spectacular outdoor spaces and entertainment options, and on-board innovations not available anywhere else,” said Gerry Cahill, Carnival president and CEO.

    So what’s being added?

    Dining

    • BlueIguana Cantina, poolside Mexican venue
    • Guy’s Burger Joint
    • Fahrenheit 555, a steakhouse
    • Cucina del Capitano, Italian venue
    • Asian dining venue
    • Poolside Lido
    • Comfort Marketplace, a comfort food addition to the Lido Marketplace

    Outside and Entertainment

    • The first three-deck Adults Only Serenity area
    • SportsSquare
    • Waterworks
    • Seaside Theater
    • Punchliner Comedy Brunch
    • Hasbro, the Game Show.
    • Newly designed Camp Carnival

    Carnival will also add the popular Ocean Plaza on Carnival Sunshine along with adding 182 new staterooms.

    Carnival Sunshine will launch its year-round seven-day cruise schedule from New Orleans on Nov. 24, 2013, offering three-different week-long Caribbean itineraries. Carnival Sunshine will replace Carnival Conquest in New Orleans, whose new home hasn’t been announced yet.

    Source: CCL

     

  • markdale | my profile 3:00 pm on February 9, 2012 COMMENT
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    Carnival is heading to South America 

    Is it time to brush up on your tango?

    Carnival Splendor

    Carnival Splendor will offer three South America voyages in February and March 2013.  A 17-day “South America Explorer” cruise will depart Long Beach Feb. 3 and arrive Santiago (Valparaiso), Chile, Feb. 20, 2013, visiting Cabo San Lucas and Huatulco, Mexico; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Quito (Manta), Ecuador, where guests can embark on an excursion to the Galapagos; Lima (Callao), Peru, offering an opportunity to visit Machu Picchu; and Arica, Chile.

    A 13-day “Fjords, Glaciers & Patagonia” voyage will operate from Santiago (Valparaiso) to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 20 to March 5, 2013, calling at Puerto Montt, Chile, before cruising the Chilean Fjords and Darwin Channel.  This breathtaking itinerary is followed by calls at Punta Arenas, Chile; Ushuaia and Puerto Madryn, Argentina; and Montevideo, Uruguay.

    An 18-day “Brazilian & Caribbean Splendor” voyage sailing from Buenos Aires to New York March 5-23, 2013, will feature ports that include Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife, and Fortaleza, Brazil; Bridgetown, Barbados; and Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands.

     

  • MeetMeOnBoard | my profile 10:28 am on January 11, 2012 COMMENT
    Tags: Carnival Breeze, Carnival Cruise Lines,   

    New Cruise Ships for 2012 

    DISNEY FANTASY
    Disney Cruise Line is estimating to launch the Disney Fantasy on April 7, 2012. A sister ship to the Disney Dream, it will weigh in at approximately 128,000 Gross Registered Tons (GRT) and carry 4,000 passengers. The Disney Fantasy will homeport from Port Canaveral and offer seven-night Caribbean itineraries.

    The 4,000-passenger Fantasy will sail week-long Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral. Its maiden voyage is scheduled for March 31, 2012.

    CARNIVAL BREEZE
    Carnival Cruise Lines will be launching its third Dream-class cruise ship in Spring 2012 . The Breeze is another Dream-class ship which is Carnival’s largest class of ship at 130,000 GRT and carrying 3,690 passengers. Similar to the Carnival Magic, the Carnival Breeze will feature the signature Waterworks and Cloud 9 Spa. Once the Breeze is launched, Carnival will have 24 ships on the sea.

    Once launched, she will have a series of 12-day Mediterranean cruises before repositioning in November to the Port of Miami for year-round six- and eight-day Caribbean cruises.

     

  • markdale | my profile 8:52 am on June 17, 2011 COMMENT
    Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, Miracle   

    The Big Apple welcomes Carnival 

    Photo by: Andy Newman, Carnival Cruise Lines

    Carnival Cruise Lines will be cruising from the Big Apple on a year-round basis beginning in April 2012, a first for the line.

    The 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle will be homeported in New York doing eight-day cruises to the Caribbean and Bahamas, officials said.

    From April to October, 2012, the Spirit-class ship will cruise from New York to San Juan, St. Thomas and Grand Turk; alternating with a Bahamas itinerary that calls at the private Bahamas island of Half Moon Cay (operated by sister line Holland America), Grand Turk and Nassau.

    Click here to read the entire article.

     

     

  • markdale | my profile 11:18 am on April 27, 2011 COMMENT
    Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Magic   

    Check out this great video of the new Carnival Magic.

    http://www.carnivalmagic.com/

     

  • MeetMeOnBoard | my profile 3:07 pm on January 19, 2011 COMMENT
    Tags: California, Carnival Cruise Lines, ,   

    Cruise Ship Lines Fleeing From California 

    ship

    Carnival Cruise Lines said Thursday it is pulling the last of its ships out of San Diego, and other cruise operators are departing Southern California because of economic woes and tourists’ fears over traveling to Mexico.

    Read the entire story!

     

  • MeetMeOnBoard | my profile 9:17 am on November 11, 2010 COMMENT
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    Carnival Splendor reaches San Diego 

    Six tugboats pulled a stricken Carnival cruise ship into San Diego Bay early Thursday, bringing the nearly 4,500 passengers and crew closer to freedom after three days of limited food, smelly toilets and dark cabins…

    Read the latest update here.

     

  • MeetMeOnBoard | my profile 9:21 am on November 10, 2010 COMMENT
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    Officials Try to Rescue Carnvial Spendor 

    It was supposed to be a luxurious seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera. But two days in, this majestic vacation for thousands of passengers turned into an unpleasant journey on the high seas.

    Read the entire article in the NY Times.

     

  • paul2 | my profile 8:57 pm on January 5, 2010 COMMENT
    Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Dream   

    Hi, sailing on Carnival Dream on March 6th — 7 day western Caribbean -could use a roommate

     

  • markdale | my profile 3:47 pm on November 7, 2009 COMMENT
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    Being Gay on Carnival Spirit 

    My definition of ‘being gay’ has to do with how comfortable my partner of 23 years and myself can be on a mainstream cruise. We don’t need to be flamboyant but we do need to feel comfortable as gay men who have been in a long-term relationship. This was our first sailing with Carnival and our feelings were generally very positive.

    First, the positive:

    The pool deck on the Carnival Spirit

    The pool deck on the Carnival Spirit

    The Carnival Spirit employees were superb! The staff on the Spirit were some of the kindest we have ever had. When we asked our steward to join our twin beds, he never blinked an eye. The waiters in the main restaurant were all first-class no matter if they were serving Dale and I or a table of six to ten gay men.  We felt comfortable embracing on the deck watching the sunset and also dancing with our friends in the disco. Never did the staff or the passengers on board make us feel uncomfortable.

    Now, the negative:

    The friendliness of the staff did not carry over to the hospitality of Carnival. Even though they held a nightly Friends of Dorothy gathering, Carnival did nothing to make it unique. Since this was a Halloween cruise, there were a large number of gays and lesbians on this sailing. They held

    Ken from the BajaGay group at one of the nightly FOD events

    Ken from the BajaGay group at one of the nightly FOD events

    the first FOD meeting in the Deco Lounge which was next to the entrance of the main dining room. Due to this, the lounge was full of people having a pre-dinner cocktails which left no room for our group. Stu, the Cruise Director walked by and a few of us stopped him to explain the situation. He specifically mentioned that there were was a large group of G&L cruisers on this sailing and he was going to change the time of the FOD meeting so it wound not interfere with the dinner crowd and we would have more space to socialize. This was kind of him to make the time change but he never went out of his way to welcome us on board and didn’t take a few minutes to introduce himself to the group. I don’t believe this would have happened on many other cruise lines especially with this large of a group. A little hospitality from the Cruise Director goes a long way and says a lot about the cruise line and ship.

    To summarize:

    The ship’s amenities were fine, the wait staff and cabin staff superb, and the food excellent without exception. We just feel that Carnival could have been more welcoming to the large G&L contingent on board. Would I sail Carnival again? Absolutely. When do we leave?

     

    • Eddie and JR 5:59 pm on February 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Going on the Carnival Spirit on March 10th. My parnter and spouse (married in IOWA 8-09-10) also of 23 years have traveled on Carnival on 6 sailings. The F.O.D. have never had any attendence on our sailings. What a shame. I ask them to change the name to GLBT mixers. Younger gays don’t know the history of the name Friends of Dorothy. Carnival has always made us feel welcome! Back Again…

    • Eddie and JR 5:59 pm on February 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Going on the Carnival Spirit on March 10th. My parnter and spouse (married in IOWA 8-09-10) also of 23 years have traveled on Carnival on 6 sailings. The F.O.D. have never had any attendence on our sailings. What a shame. I ask them to change the name to GLBT mixers. Younger gays don’t know the history of the name Friends of Dorothy. Carnival has always made us feel welcome! Back Again…

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