Category: Carnival Cruise Lines
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Catalina Island Cruises
Looking for adventure off the coast of Southern California? Take a Catalina cruise and visit an island that offers hiking, dining, shopping, wildlife observing and many other wonderful things to do and see. Catalina Island Cruises can be enjoyed on big and small ships. Visitors to California often like to board big cruise vessels and venture off to Catalina, and then head down to Baja Mexico for more fun. Read more […] -
Carnival Cruises to Cuba
As restrictions on travel to Cuba for U.S. citizens begin to be lifted, one of the immediate questions is when there will be cruises to Cuba, or more precisely cruises operated by American companies that sail from U.S. ports to Cuba. (Currently, plenty of cruise ships sail to Cuba – they are just cut off from the American market as a result of the decades-old embargo.) A large number of cruise companies, both large and small, are planning cruises to Cuba, but in this article we focus primarily on Carnival Cruise Lines. Read more […] -
Carnival Brings Carnival Splendor to Norfolk, Virginia
We recently wrote about the things you can see and do in Norfolk, Virginia before leaving on a cruise. However, it may not be clear why you’d ever be in Norfolk, Virginia to take a cruise in the first place, especially considering that Carnival, the only cruise line to operate out of the Port of Norfolk in recent years, hasn’t been sailing from there recently. As it turns out, Carnival will in fact be operating out of Norfolk again soon, starting in May 2015, although the cruise line will only sail a single ship, the Carnival Splendor, from the port a handful of times per year. Nevertheless, this is big news in the cruise industry world, so below we’ve compiled all the relevant details about Carnival’s return to Norfolk, Virginia, including when and to where the Carnival Splendor will sail starting in 2015. Read more […] -
All-Inclusive Cruises: An Overview
It is hard to specify what exactly constitutes an all-inclusive cruise. Is a cruise all-inclusive if the primary expenses of a trip – essentially, lodging and meals – are covered by the cruise fare? If so, virtually all cruises are all-inclusive. However, some people take a more expansive view of all-inclusive cruises, such that every cost associated with the vacation must be included in the fare for it be regarded as all-inclusive, and these types of cruises are harder to come by. While we have written plenty about all-inclusive cruises in the past, we haven’t touched on the issue in a while, and in any case we haven’t analyzed the precise meaning of an “all-inclusive cruise.” Definitions vary, so below we get to the bottom of the issue by providing an overview of all-inclusive cruises. Read more […] -
Search Ends for Two Missing Carnival Cruise Passengers Off Coast of Australia
About four days ago, late Wednesday night, a couple from Australia taking a cruise on the Carnival Spirit plunged into the ocean after falling approximately 65 feet (20 meters) from a mid-ship deck. The next day, the ship docked at a Sydney port, where Paul Rossington and Kristen Schroder – both from Barraba, a town in New South Wales – were reported missing. A massive rescue effort ensued, but turned up no sign of either missing passenger, and so the search has now been officially called off. A rescue authority said the couple had a good chance of surviving until Friday, partly because the sea was calm and partly because Rossington was a paramedic in good shape who knew survival techniques. But after searching 1,360 square nautical miles (4,670 square kilometers) by both sea and air, the couple’s survival prospects have now been accessed less hopefully. Read more […] -
The Disabled Carnival Triumph – a Cruise with No Winners – Due in Port Soon
Over 4,000 people aboard The Carnival Triumph are reported suffering from a lack of food, power, and bathroom facilities as the ship slowly makes its way back to port via four tugboats which are towing the ship to safety. According to Carnival Cruise Lines, the ship will arrive on Thursday evening in Mobile, Alabama where passengers will get a choice of taking substantial bus rides to New Orleans, Houston, or Galveston. Read more […]
