Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Lines is the largest cruise line featured here on Fun Cruise Lines. Carnival cruise ships are easily identified by the red, white, and blue logo on a predominately white cruise ship, and Carnival's unique airplane tail like funnel as seen in the pictures to the right. Carnival cruise lines also owns Princess Cruises.
Carnival Cruise Lines is an American cruise line operator based out of Miami, Florida. Carnival is very popular and offers great deals on Caribbean cruises, but also offers cruises to other popular vacation destination. Cruises are currently available to Alaska, Bahamas, Canada, New England, Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii, Mexico, South America, Transatlantic and to other special places. Carnival also features more Caribbean ports of departure than other cruise lines, and a wide variety of itineraries, cruise vacation durations, cruise destinations, and related tour and travel arrangements. While Fun Cruise Lines focuses on the Caribbean, our cruise deals for Carnival are world wide, save big on cruises and airline travel to your port of departure.
Carnival Caribbean Cruises
Carnival Cruise Lines offers Caribbean vacations which touch upon many of the Caribbean islands. Eastern, Southern and Western Caribbean cruise vacation exist from 4 to 8 days or more. Special price discounts can be obtained for Carnival Cruise Lines starting at just $259! In the table below, the Caribbean Cruise Ports of Departure are where various Carnival Caribbean cruises begin. Your Carnival cruise vacation itinerary determines which Caribbean island, beaches and cities you will visit on your Carnival cruise.
| Caribbean Cruise Ports of Departure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barbados | Charleston, SC | Ensenada, Mexico |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | Galveston, TX | Jacksonville, FL |
| Miami, FL | Mobile, AL | New Orleans, LA |
| New York, NY | Norfolk, VA | Orlando, FL |
| Port Canaveral, FL | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Tampa, FL |
| Caribbean Cruise Vacation Ports | ||
| Antigua | Aruba | Bahamas |
| Barbados | Belize | Bermuda |
| Calica | Cayman Islands | colon |
| Costa Maya | Costa Rica | Cozumel |
| Dominica | Freeport | Grand Cayman |
| Grand Turk | Half Moon Cay | Jamaica |
| Key West | Honduras | La Romana |
| Limon | Martinique | Mexico |
| Montego Bay | Nassau | Ocho Rios |
| Panama | Playa del Carmen | Progreso |
| Roatan | San Juan | St. Kitts |
| St. Lucia | St. Maarten | St. Thomas |
| Tortola | Yucatan | |
Carnival Cruise Line Ships
Carnival cruise ships carry with them the slogan "The Fun Ships." The Carnival Conquest class cruise ships feature 60% of staterooms with ocean views. These Mega liners cruise the Caribbean offering a wide variety of onboard activities, floating fun for the whole family at family friendly prices. Carnival cruise ships in active service are listed in the table below.
| Cruise Ship | First Cruise | Ship Class |
|---|---|---|
| Holiday | 1985 | Holiday |
| Celebration | 1987 | Holiday |
| Carnival Fantasy | 1990 | Fantasy |
| Carnival Ecstasy | 1991 | Fantasy |
| Carnival Sensation | 1993 | Fantasy |
| Carnival Fascination | 1994 | Fantasy |
| Carnival Imagination | 1995 | Fantasy |
| Carnival Inspiration | 1996 | Fantasy |
| Carnival Destiny | 1996 | Destiny |
| Carnival Elation | 1998 | Fantasy |
| Carnival Paradise | 1998 | Fantasy |
| Carnival Triumph | 1999 | Destiny |
| Carnival Victory | 2000 | Destiny |
| Carnival Spirit | 2001 | Spirit |
| Carnival Pride | 2001 | Spirit |
| Carnival Legend | 2002 | Spirit |
| Carnival Conquest | 2002 | Conquest |
| Carnival Glory | 2003 | Conquest |
| Carnival Miracle | 2004 | Spirit |
| Carnival Valor | 2004 | Conquest |
| Carnival Liberty | 2005 | Conquest |
| Carnival Freedom | 2007 | Conquest |
| Carnival Splendor | 2008 | Splendor |
| Carnival Dream | 2009 | - |
| Carnival Magic | 2011 | - |
Carnival cruise lines onboard services and activities include but are not limited to golfing lessons, spa services, casinos, featured Bar and Grill locations, Dining Rooms, Poolside and on Deck dining, Piano Bars, Lounges, Pizzeria, Buffet, and more. If you are over the age of 21, alcohol is served. Wine seminars, ping pong, basketball, TV, movies, wireless internet, swimming pools and more fun activities for all ages. Babysitting is also available, along with scheduled child and teen activities.
Carnival Cruise Lines History
Carnival Cruise Lines positions itself as "The World's Most Popular Cruise Vacation," a distinction Carnival achieves by offering a wide variety of quality cruise line vacations at outstanding prices. Over the last few years, Carnival Cruise Lines has been voted the number one cruise choice by various services including but not limited to the following: Southern Living Magazine, America Online (AOL), American Express Travel Service, National Association of Cruise-Oriented Agencies (NACOA), Porthole Cruise Magazine, World Cruise & Ocean Liner Society, Cruise One, and Cruise Reports.
The Carnival Cruise Lines brand began with the maiden voyage of the TSS Mardi Gras in 1972. As Carnival Cruise Lines ship fleet grew, the company was recognized for many cruise travel industry firsts, including the largest and fastest ship sailing from Miami to the Caribbean. Over the years Carnival has earned the distinction as the "Most Popular Cruise Line in the World" by carrying more cruise passengers than any other.
Carnival Cruise Lines parent company, Carnival Corporation & PLC is a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation oriented companies in the world. Carnival Corporation cruise line brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn Cruise Line in North America, P&O Cruises, Cunard Line and Ocean Village in the United Kingdom, AIDA in Germany, Costa Cruises in southern Europe, and P&O Cruises in Australia. As a group, the Carnival brands offer a wide range of cruise vacation packages to customers across cultures, languages and leisure preferences.
Corporate Information: Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, FL.
this page last updated by fun cruise lines 1/7/08


