Carnival Fascination Out Of Dry Dock, Better Than Ever

Our first family cruise was on Carnival Fascination, then based in Miami and sailing to Key West and Cozumel among other short itineraries. That was the one that hooked us on the world of cruise travel as the family vacation Read More …

Carnival Camp Ocean Now Fleetwide

Carnival Cruise Line wrangles more than 800,000 kids a year. To engage those junior travelers, Carnival’s youth experience provides activities and entertainment for all kids, broken down into specific age groups.  Kid-friendly onboard programming includes 400 activities that range from educational games such Read More …

Safe Bet: Carnival Players Club Features, Now Enhanced

Carnival Cruise Line has some new features on its Carnival Players Club casino program. Aimed to give members even more access to unique offers and experiences, the program includes a new Dealer’s Choice offer with exclusive cruise savings opportunities.  Also enhanced: Carnival Read More …

Carnival Horizon Brings Ship Within A Ship Experience For All

The term ‘ship-within-a-ship’ referred to an exclusive, luxury area of ships like The Haven from Norwegian Cruise Line or MSC Cruises Yacht Club. Royal Caribbean has a bit of a focus on Royal Suite Class which indeed gathers like-accommodated passengers Read More …

Convenient Carnival Cuba Cruises Expand

During the 2019-20 Cuba season, Carnival Cruise Line will offer 23 sailings to Havana. Those will happen aboard five different ships departing from four convenient East Coast homeports. That’s more than any other cruise line, for good reason.  Guests on Carnival Cuba Read More …

Carnival West Coast Sailings Expand In 2019

Carnival Cruise Line returns to Southern California in 2019, basing new Carnival Panorama to sail year-round from Long Beach. It’s been 20 years since Carnival last based a ship in California. So why now? The West Coast is an important market Read More …

Entertaining Cruise Industry Leaders Ignore Robots, Choose Fun

There are times when cruise industry watchers ask ‘Is there nothing they won’t do to be different?‘.  Robot bartenders come to mind. Popular with everyone except the human they replaced, robots are probably not going away.  Existing robots may be Read More …

Carnival Horizon Features New York Will Like

Arriving off a short Mediterranean season just after leaving the shipyard, new Carnival Horizon is now in New York City.  Carnival Horizon is the second Vista-class ship in the 26-ship fleet of Carnival Funships with more on the way. We Read More …

Starfleet Command Moves To Miami, Includes Carnival Ships Too

Carnival Cruise Line has a new Fleet Operations Center (FOC) in Miami.  The largest and most advanced in the cruise industry, we’re pretty sure they can handle a whole lot of Fun aboard the 26 Carnival ships. The 35,000-square-foot facility Read More …