Carnival Cruise Line Shares Plans for Family Fun at Celebration Key With Reveal of Starfish Lagoon
The reveals of Carnival Cruise Line’s Celebration Key keep coming, and now children of all ages, and their parents, have the first glance of their own tropical playground in paradise with today’s announcement of plans for Starfish Lagoon, offering families endless ways to have fun in the sun at the new exclusive destination on Grand Bahama opening in July 2025. (more…)
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Marking a Texas-sized milestone today (May 16, 2024), Carnival Cruise Line further solidified its position as the market leader in Galveston, Tex., becoming the first cruise operator to embark 10 million guests from the port.
To cap off the first ever Fleet Week festivities in Miami and kick off Mother’s Day weekend, Carnival Cruise Line showed its support and appreciation for the military by saluting more than 150 women military members on Carnival Conquest today (May 10, 2024).
Trumpets blared aboard Carnival Liberty today (May 6, 2024) as Carnival Cruise Line celebrated its 30th year sailing from New Orleans.
In honor of Global Travel Advisor Day, Carnival Cruise Line is introducing its new summer event series for travel advisors, Your Peek at Paradise, which will deliver an up-close look at Celebration Key, Carnival’s new exclusive destination opening in July 2025.
Carnival Cruise Line solidified its position as the leading cruise line in California on Wednesday as it christened its newest ship, Carnival Firenze, at its new home, the Long Beach Cruise Terminal.
Yesterday at approximately 2:30pm LT, Carnival Paradise, while en route from Tampa to Roatan, Honduras, rescued 28 Cuban nationals who were adrift at sea and signaling for assistance.
Global travel industry champion and Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy’s significant contributions to cruise travel are being recognized with the Cruise Lines International Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. 
Carnival Cruise Line is introducing a series of new features to its award-winning online booking tool for travel advisors, GoCCL Navigator.
Carnival Cruise Line Captain Niccolo De Ranieri and his team on Mardi Gras were honored Tuesday evening by the Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) for saving the lives of 16 people.
Carnival Cruise Line’s new exclusive destination on Grand Bahama Celebration Key will feature a retail portal that has been named Lokono Cove with help from a Grand Bahama resident.
Having conquered the big screen (“Mean Girls”), the small screen (“Hallmark Channel”) and Broadway (“Spamalot”), actor Jonathan Bennett is ready to take on his next big role: the godfather of Carnival Cruise Line’s new 135,000 gross ton ship featuring Carnival Fun Italian Style. 

Carnival Cruise Line today revealed details for Paradise Plaza and Calypso Lagoon, two of the five portals at its new Celebration Key™ cruise destination on Grand Bahama set to debut in July 2025.
As work continues in Cadiz, Spain to ready Carnival Firenze for its Carnival Fun Italian Style debut, team members on board raised the Panamanian flag to designate the ship’s new registry with Panama.
With an investment that reached one million dollars, the company Carnival Cruise Corporation inaugurated this Friday in Puerto Plata some 1,800 solar panels with the capacity to produce one-megawatt alternator of electric energy. 
Underlining the impact and strong generosity of its guests, Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy announced that after meeting its 2024 goal of $33 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, the company has set a new pledge goal of $50 million by 2030.
As Carnival Cruise Line prepares for the Carnival Jubilee naming ceremony on Feb. 24, it’s sharing an up-close look at one of the innovations already wowing guests aboard the new ship: Currents, a technology-rich underwater-themed zone of the ship that spans two decks.
Carnival Cruise Line today announced the appointment of the senior officers and lead entertainment team members for Carnival Firenze, the newest addition to the cruise line’s fleet and the second ship to feature Carnival Fun Italian Style.
Love is in the air…and at sea! Carnival Cruise Line is celebrating Valentine’s Day in a big way once again by inviting couples sailing on its ships to take part in its largest-ever vow renewal at sea. 
Carnival Corporation & plc today announced it has signed an agreement with leading German shipbuilder Meyer Werft to build a fourth Excel-class cruise ship for its namesake Carnival Cruise Line brand.
Carnival Vista is returning to her homeport of Port Canaveral, Fla. following a 30-day dry dock where she received several enhancements including Carnival’s signature red, white and blue hull livery, a new Heroes Tribute Bar & Lounge, retail stores, a teen club, arcade and expanded casino.
Carnival Cruise Line announced today that global music superstar Gwen Stefani will be honored as the godmother of Carnival’s new flagship, Carnival Jubilee, at a naming ceremony and celebration in Galveston, Texas on Saturday, Feb. 24. 

Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy is inviting Carnival guests to support military families by auctioning off a special pair of Carnival Jubilee boots – just like the handcrafted pair she wore while welcoming the ship’s first guests on board in Galveston, Tex., where the ship is homeported.
Carnival Jubilee’s team rescued two men who were stranded in a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico today (Jan. 29, 2024).
The new cruise destination everyone is buzzing about is getting a closer look as Carnival Cruise Line today revealed further details of Celebration Key™, the new exclusive destination on Grand Bahama designed to offer guests a key for unlocking their type of paradise. 
