MIAMI, March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Cruise Line has launched Carnival Journeys -- a unique collection
of nine- to 15-day seagoing adventures that kick off this fall and
feature spectacular ports throughout the Caribbean, Central
America, Hawaii and
Mexico, along with unique
shipboard experiences created especially for this one-of-a-kind
cruise program.
Carnival Journeys is designed to provide guests with exciting
new itinerary choices that will feature less traveled, more exotic
ports of call. Carnival Journeys itineraries have been
specifically designed for guests who are looking for a longer
cruise vacation that will provide the opportunity to visit a wide
variety of great destinations and more time to fully enjoy all of
the features and facilities available on a selection of the line's
newest and most innovative ships. Carnival Journeys cruises
will also include exciting shipboard activities to provide a truly
unique Carnival vacation experience.
"We have received a tremendous amount of feedback from our
guests and travel agent partners about the importance of
consistently offering new Carnival cruise experiences," said
Christine Duffy, Carnival's
president. "Carnival Journeys was created to offer our
existing customers even more options while helping us to attract
those guests who have not had the opportunity to sail with Carnival
and may be enticed by these longer, more exotic itineraries.
These new cruises also offer our valued travel agent partners a
tremendous new sales opportunity and a great way to earn enhanced
commissions based on the longer cruise duration," she
added.
Incredible Itineraries
Carnival Journeys will debut with an 11-day cruise aboard
Carnival Dream from New Orleans to
San Juan Oct. 4, 2015. The program will run through
Nov. 27, 2016, encompassing 28
departures from eight convenient North American homeports including
Los Angeles, Galveston,
New Orleans, Miami, Port Canaveral, New York, Baltimore and San Juan. Cruises will
operate either round-trip from these homeports or one-way between
these ports and San Juan. The itineraries are unique and not
available on any other cruise line. A detailed listing of all 28
Carnival Journeys sailings is available here. Additional
Carnival Journeys sailings will be announced in the near
future.
On Carnival Journeys, guests can experience and explore nearly
40 different tropical destinations, including less visited ports
like Tobago, Grenada, La
Paz, Martinique,
Bonaire and Ixtapa, each home to diverse cultures,
centuries-old landmarks and historical structures, and
unforgettable natural attractions.
Memorable Activities
Carnival Journeys participants can also enjoy unique shipboard
experiences that will be tailored to each itinerary in the areas of
dining, entertainment, team member connections and enrichment, all
infused with the line's spirited brand of fun. These
experiences will include:
- Authentic Eats: Partnering with local restaurants
and chefs, Carnival Journeys participants can enjoy on-board
cooking demonstrations where these culinary artists will recreate
their signature dishes and traditional cuisines from their
country. Participants will also have an opportunity to dine
at the chef's restaurant ashore for a nominal fee and accompany the
chef as he or she visits local markets for delectable regional
specialties.
- "Local"-tainment: From calypso, soca and Goombay
to colorful folkloric entertainment, Carnival Journeys participants
will get an up close and personal look at their destination through
local entertainment performances taking place outside the ship or
on board.
- Academy of Fun: Through these educational
enrichment sessions, Carnival's shipboard experts will instruct
guests in topics ranging from cooking and arts and crafts to
digital photography and social media, even celestial
navigation. All of these activities will be performed with
the fun and entertaining style that only Carnival can
provide.
- Throwback Sea Day: Carnival will set the "way back
machine" to 1987 and recreate a fun day at sea with retro pool and
deck games, old school dining options like Baked Alaska and the
gala midnight buffet, a white glove Captain's Celebration, popular
movies from that era, a circa 1987 version of the Carnival Capers
shipboard newsletter, and more.
- Shipboard Team Member Connections: Here,
Carnival Journeys participants can learn more about shipboard life
through informative question and answer sessions hosted by the
ship's captain, cruise director, hotel director and others, held at
different times throughout the voyage and providing an opportunity
to engage and interact with the Carnival team in a fun and casual
setting. There will also be an unforgettable show performed
by the ship's crew during the voyage.
All Carnival Journeys adventures are currently open for
reservations. For additional information and reservations,
contact any travel agent, call 1-800-CARNIVAL or visit
carnival.com. Additional information on Carnival Journeys
sailings, as well as details on the new onboard activities, is
available at www.carnival.com/journeys.
Carnival can also be found on:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/carnivalcruise
Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/carnival
YouTube: www.youtube.com/carnival
Instagram: www.instagram.com/carnival
Journalists also can visit Carnival's media site,
www.carnival-news.com or follow the line's PR department on Twitter
at www.twitter.com/CarnivalPR.
About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE:
CCL; NYSE: CUK), is "The World's Most Popular Cruise LineĀ®" with 24
ships operating three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, Australia, New
Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The company currently
has two 133,500-ton ships on order - Carnival Vista, scheduled to
enter service in 2016, and an as-yet-unnamed vessel set to debut in
2018.
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