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July 1, 2013 |
New Orleans to Homeport Newer, Larger Carnival Cruise Lines Ships
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Carnival Cruise Lines on June 27 announced its will deploy the 3,006-passenger Carnival Sunshine to New Orleans November 18, replacing the current 2,984-passenger Carnival Conquest. Carnival Sunshine, which recently underwent a massive $155 million upgrade, will sail regular seven-day western and eastern Caribbean itineraries from New Orleans through April 2014, when Carnival will reposition the 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream from Port Canaveral.
The 130,000-ton Carnival Dream is from the line’s newest and largest class of ships and offers an array of on-board facilities and features. It will sail year-round seven-day itineraries from New Orleans. In turn, the Carnival Sunshine will reposition to Port Canaveral.
The 2,052-passenger Carnival Elation will continue to sail year-round four- and five-day itineraries from New Orleans to Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico. Carnival is the only cruise line to operate two, year-round ships from New Orleans and will carry more than 400,000 passengers annually from the port.
Carnival’s announcement follows the signing in March of a three-year extension of its berthing agreement, which will keep two Carnival cruise ships sailing year-round from New Orleans through at least February 12, 2016.
Carnival Dream will begin sailing from New Orleans on April 28, 2014. Delivered in 2009, the 130,000 ship can carry up to 3,646 passengers, making her one of Carnival Cruise Lines’ three largest vessels.
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