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Rendering of Carnival Cruises' Carnival Radiance - Refit Suspended. It is unclear if work will ever resume on the transformation  of the Carnival Victory to the Carnival Radiance at Spain's Navantia Shipyard. The Carnival Victory sailed transatlantic to Cadiz Spain and promptly entered the dry-dock. Demolition began on the Transatlantic voyage and work was planned to begin immediately. A Greek Ferry was chartered by the shipyard to house all of the workers during the 2 month,  $200 million dollar transformation into the Carnival Radiance. Before the ferry could reach the shipyard in Spain, it was diverted back to Greece because the Coronavirus hit Spain very hard and the shipyard was forced to pause operations.  All work stopped. The skeletal crew remained on board the ship and were trapped onboard in Spain. Work was to be completed by April 24, 2020 and the transformed Carnival Radiance was to sail a short series of European Cruises followed by a Transatlantic...

Carnival Breeze, Carnival Magic in Croatia Bringing Crew Home. Carnival Cruise Line issued a big “hvala” (thank you) to Dubrovnik, Croatia today, after an extraordinary effort resulted in the repatriation of nearly 3,000 Carnival team members through the Port of Dubrovnik last week.  The cruise industry really does bring the citizens of the world together and Carnival proudly boasts 110 nationalities amongst its onboard team.  That can make things complicated in this current situation as the world’s largest cruise line works to repatriate more than 26,000 team members home, with a backdrop of some nations with closed borders, flight options limited, and debarkation and immigration policies frequently changing.  “Luckily, Carnival has great port partners all over the world who are working with the company.  And today, we’d like to recognize our friends in the Republic of Croatia and the Port of Dubrovnik.  Over the past week, Carnival...

Carnival Cruise Lines Planning a Limited Return to Service August 1st, 2020 Carnival Cruises says it is planning to resuming limited service beginning August 1. Due to  limited customer demand combined with operationalizing its new sterilization and shipboard cleansing policies - Carnival's August  start up will include 8 ships from the following ports:  Galveston: Carnival Dream, Carnival Freedom and Carnival Vista. Miami: Carnival Horizon, Carnival Magic and Carnival Sensation. Port Canaveral: Carnival Breeze and Carnival Elation. The balance of the  North American and Australian homeport cruises will be cancelled through August 31 and plans post 8/31 will be announced once determined. Hopefully Carnival Cruises will return to New York in 2021 with the Carnival Magic . RETURN TO NYCRUISEINFO.com   ---------------------------------------   Sister Sites => NYCruiseInfo.com Website - Cruise Schedule, Ship Reviews, Ports of Cal...

Carnival Cruises' Carnival Magic to Sail From New York in 2021 to Canada, New England, Bermuda, Eastern Caribbean and Private Islands. As previously announced by Carnival Cruises, the Carnival Magic will begin sailing from New York in June, 2021. Sailing from Manhattan to New England, Canada, the Eastern Caribbean and Bermuda, she will offer an itinerary for everyone. Cruises include: 4 Day Canada Cruise Calling at St. John New Brunswick Canada. 6 Day New England Canada Cruise to Portland Me, St John and Halifax. 5 Day Bermuda 7 Day Boston, Portland, St John, Halifax 4 Day Bermuda 7 Day Bermuda  9 Day Eastern Caribbean Cruise calling at San Juan, St. Thomas, St Maarten and Grand Turk 8 Day Eastern Caribbean Cruise to Amber Cove, Grand Turk and Half Moon Cay. 9 Day Eastern Caribbean Cruise to San Juan , St. Thomas and Grand Turk.  Check out our Cruise Ports page to learn more about these destinations! At 130,000 tons, 1,004 feet in length and a passenger ca...

Carnival Cruises' Carnival Magic To Sail From New York in 2021 Carnival Cruises' Carnival Magic to Sail from New York in the Spring, Summer and Fall of 2021.  The Carnival Magic after a short refit will series of Mediterranean Cruise before the ship  return to the U.S. on a 12-day trans-Atlantic voyage from Barcelona to New York from  May 3-15, 2021, calling at Cartagena and Malaga, Spain; Funchal (Madeira), Portugal; and Halifax, Nova Scotia and ending in New York.   Summer Sailings from New York Beginning June 17, Carnival Magic will kick off a summer schedule from New York operating four- to nine-day voyages to Bermuda , The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Canada and New England.   The schedule runs through Sept. 24, 2021. The program includes four-, five- and seven-day voyages to Bermuda , a four-day eastern Canada cruise, week-long fall foliage sailings to New England and eastern Canada, and seven- and eight-day Caribbean depa...

Carnival Cruises Adds Cruises to Bermuda from Charleston, Fort Lauderdale Baltimore and Expands NY Sailings. Carnival Cruise Line will operate its largest Bermuda season ever in 2019-2020, with more than 40 voyages visiting the nation, including eight week-long cruises departing from Baltimore and Charleston next year. In total, six different Carnival ships – Carnival Breeze, Magic, Pride, Radiance, Sunshine and Sunrise – will offer four- to nine-day Bermuda cruises from five homeports along the eastern seaboard between now and next year. Carnival is the only cruise operator to offer round-trip Bermuda cruises from Charleston, Port Canaveral and Fort Lauderdale. Nine-day Bermuda departures have also been added to the New York-based schedules of the totally transformed Carnival Sunrise and Carnival Radiance that include four-day cruises to the island as well. Carnival’s diverse Bermuda schedule not only encompasses a wide range of cruise durations and homeports bu...

Carnival Cruises Expands Cruises to Bermuda in 2020 - Adding Sailings From New York, Charleston, Fort Lauderdale, and Baltimore. For its 2019/2020 season, Carnival Cruise Line will offer more than 40 cruises to Bermuda -- a record number for the line -- with eight of the sailings departing from either Baltimore or Charleston. Six ships -- Carnival Breeze, Carnival Magic, Carnival Pride, Carnival Radiance, Carnival Sunshine and Carnival Sunrise -- will set sail between now and next year on four- to nine-night cruises to Bermuda from five eastern seaboard homeports: Baltimore, Charleston, New York, Fort Lauderdale and Port Canaveral (Orlando). Carnival Pride will sail seven weeklong cruises out of Baltimore that spend three nights each in Bermuda. Carnival Sunshine, which sails year-round from Charleston as of May 2019, will offer one voyage to Bermuda that spends two nights there with one on private island Princess Cays. Sunshine was scheduled to be the largest ship to ...