Carnival to launch first cruise from U S. port since last year

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• Carnival Cruise Line and Football Star Will Anderson Jr. Team Up to Welcome Local Kids Aboard Carnival Breeze
• Second Icon-Class Ship Will Have a Furry Family Member
• Hotels With Cruise Shuttles For Every Major Port in America
• More Cancellations and Shuffling of Fleet
• Carnival Cruise Line Clarifies the Use of Cash Onboard
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Carnival Cruise Line is offering all travelers on this one sailing of Carnival Pride a $100 (USD) onboard credit per stateroom to ease the tension and “start your journey on the right foot” regardless of where the ship may disembark. "Consistent with its plans to resume cruises, Carnival expects to have all of its ships deployed by the spring of 2022. With the number of COVID cases continuing to drop, we are optimistic that management's targets are achievable," Staszak said. The cruise line asks passengers to wear their masks outdoors if social distancing isn't feasible and to follow local regulations during port visits. All passengers 2 and older are "requested" to wear masks indoors except when they are eating, drinking or in their staterooms. The cruise line requested that passengers wear masks in large gatherings outside if physical distancing cannot be maintained.

Carnival Cruise Line and Football Star Will Anderson Jr. Team Up to Welcome Local Kids Aboard Carnival Breeze

Carnival's stock has risen more than 20% this year putting its market cap at just over $30 billion. It closed Friday at $26.06, which is about 17% lower than its 52-week high of $31.52, which it hit on June 8. It had kept Covid cases under control for months, but the country is now seeing new cases flaring up in several regions. As a result, Carnival has canceled its Princess Cruises in and out of Australia through Dec.19, citing continued uncertainty about the resumption of cruises in the region for its decision. Carnival's next cruise from a U.S. port is the Carnival Breeze, which is scheduled to leave from Galveston on July 15.

Second Icon-Class Ship Will Have a Furry Family Member

Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International also tightened mask protocols on cruise ships in the face of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. “We are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Gwen Stefani onto Carnival Jubilee so we can honor her as the ship’s godmother,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “She has demonstrated her commitment to our Carnival values, including promoting diversity and inclusion, supporting charitable causes, being a leader in her field, and of course, having fun." The new 180,000-gross-ton ship will have capacity for more than 6,400 passengers and will be powered with liquefied natural gas (LNG). The vessel will join sister ships Carnival Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration and Carnival Jubilee in Carnival's Excel class.

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More Cancellations and Shuffling of Fleet

It will also have many of the same features as Mardi Gras, including its roller coaster — which is set to be the first of its kind at sea. The Mardi Gras has been widely anticipated for years, but has seen delays due to the COVID crisis. It now plans to start sailing in February 2021 from Port Canaveral, after a delay pushed its inaugural sailings from November 2020. Today Carnival Cruise Line announced several big updates to its fleet as it looks to prepare for the future of cruising past the current health crisis. For planning itineraries, Stein said the cruise line has a very high prioritization on reducing its carbon footprint, which can be achieved by sailing shorter distances or at lower speeds. Carnival ships also call at other corporate-managed destinations, including Amber Cove, Grand Turk and Half Moon Cay.

Carnival Firenze -- formerly known as Costa Firenze -- is Carnival Cruise Line's latest vessel in the cruise line's Fun Italian Style lineup. As the name suggests, the 135,00-GT ship draws inspiration from the Italian city of Florence. Over the course of our three-day journey between Miami and Bimini, Bahamas, we revisited the first ship in Carnival's highly-successful Conquest-class that also includes Carnival Glory, Carnival Valor, Carnival Liberty, and Carnival Freedom. “As part of Carnival Corporation’s recent announcement to reduce its overall capacity and focus on ships with upgraded features, Carnival Fantasy and Carnival Inspiration have been sold,” said a statement from the cruise line.

The ship has capacity for more than 5,000 passengers and will offer three- to seven-day voyages to Baja California and the Mexican Riviera, calling in ports like Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. At 30 years old, the ship was actually among the oldest in any major cruise line fleet. Carnival’s Mardi Gras is the line’s first “Excel” class ship, a group of new mega-ships that are the largest in the cruise line’s fleet. The Excel class is also notable for being powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), a cleaner-burning fuel that is considered better for the environment.

If that alternative is necessary, the cruise line will provide complimentary bus service to all three major airports in the Washington, DC region – Baltimore/Washington International (BWI), Reagan National (DCA), and Dulles International (IAD). Carnival Pride is due to reposition from Tampa, Florida to Baltimore, Maryland on that 14-night, one-way Journeys cruise. Guests are understandably nervous about whether or not the ship will be able to reach Baltimore and how any change might impact their post-cruise travel arrangements. Carnival Paradise is on a five-day Caribbean cruise that departed from Tampa on Saturday, according to CruiseMapper. Norwegian requires passengers to wear masks indoors except for when eating or drinking or in their stateroom. Carnival Cruise Line updated its mask policy Friday for sailings through Jan. 31 as omicron spreads.

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Just a short walk from the ship, Paradise Plaza will welcome guests with a brightly colored promenade and radiant sun-shaped arch perfect for photo-taking. Guests will be immersed in the destination's beauty, as the sound of live music fills the air and the sight of the centerpiece 10-story-high Suncastle starts to build excitement for the paradise that awaits. The surprising news came when CEO Josh Weinstein told Yahoo! Finance at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference that Carnival had no plans to sell more shares of the stock. Weinstein added that bookings for the summer travel season have improved, so much so that it just experienced the greatest number of bookings in its history over a three-month period.

If cruise passengers have arranged for early flights on debarkation day and the ship does need to dock in Norfolk, it may be impossible to make those flights. If the ship still docks in Baltimore, guests will simply have more time to enjoy the city. Carnival Pride is scheduled to reposition to Baltimore after finishing her winter season sailing from Tampa, Florida. That one-way cruise will depart Tampa on April 7, 2024 and visit top ports of call in the Caribbean – Jamaica, Aruba, Curacao, Barbados, Antigua, and St. Maarten – on the way to Baltimore. Argus, on the other hand, is maintaining a buy rating for the stock due to the company's plans to resume operations in July.

The company had two unvaccinated guests under the age of 16 test positive for Covid. Now, it wants any unvaccinated guests leaving from Florida ports to have travel insurance. But Stefani -- a three-time Grammy award winner, The Voice judge and now cruise ship godmother -- was clearly the star of the event. Originally built in 2000 for Costa Cruises, Carnival Firenze will sail year-round from Long Beach.

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Narrowed losses and increases in bookings that reflect strong pent-up demand for cruise vacations are also contributing factors to the rating, analyst John Staszak said in a note released on Tuesday. "There is therefore a fair amount of 2022 left to sell, and it could be misleading to extrapolate from the small amount of cash bookings made to date," Rollo said. "Additionally, initial cruise deployment is mostly domestic and short duration, which are lower yielding itineraries than the more exotic/international cruises which will take longer to recover." As for future cruise bookings, despite Carnival describing pricing as strong in its second-quarter results only a portion, which Rollo predicts is about 25%, of 2022 is currently sold.