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| April 2025 | Carnival announced that the next two Excel-class ships will be named Carnival Festivale and Carnival Tropicale, honoring historic vessels from the past fleet. |
| 2025 | Carnival Cruise Line will add two ships to its fleet, transferred from P&O Cruises Australia. |
| February 2025 |
Carnival Sunshine
Repositioned to Norfolk, Virginia, becoming the first ship to be homeported from the Port of Norfolk year-round, offering six to nine day cruises to the Bahamas and Eastern Caribbean.
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| 2024 | Carnival Spirit hit a large piece of blue ice in Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska. |
| 2024 | Carnival Freedom caught fire again. |
| 2024 |
Carnival Panorama
Received a new Carnival color scheme.
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| August 2024 |
Carnival Splendor
Received a 19-day refurbishment, including new dining options, updated amenities, and refreshed spaces. Also adopted Carnival Cruise Line's new livery with a navy-blue hull and red and white accents.
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| July 2024 | Carnival ordered three new vessels from Fincantieri, each approximately 230,000 GT and capable of holding nearly 8,000 passengers, with expected deliveries in summers of 2029, 2031, and 2033. |
| June 2024 | Carnival announced the closure of P&O Cruises Australia in early 2025, merging operations into Carnival Cruise Line. Two ships, Pacific Adventure and Pacific Encounter, will be rebranded as Carnival ships from March 2025. |
| May 2024 |
Carnival Glory
Carnival Glory begins sailing 3- and 4-night Bahamas cruises from Port Canaveral, replacing Carnival Liberty.
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| May 2 2024 |
Carnival Glory
Carnival Glory arrives in Port Canaveral, completing its transatlantic cruise.
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| April 18 2024 |
Carnival Glory
Carnival Glory departs Barcelona for its transatlantic cruise to Port Canaveral.
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| March 2024 |
Carnival Glory
Carnival Glory was drydocked in Cádiz, Spain for repairs and refurbishments, including an expanded casino, new carpeting, mattresses, and USB-enabled bedside lamps.
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| March 26 2024 |
Carnival Legend
Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Carnival Legend was rerouted to Norfolk, Virginia.
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| February 2024 | Carnival Jubilee was christened in Galveston, Texas. |
| January 2024 |
Carnival Jubilee
The ship rescued two men from a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico.
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| 2023 | Carnival Freedom caught fire. |
| 2023 |
Carnival Panorama
Drydocked in Portland, requiring removal of the Funnel due to low bridge clearances.
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| December 23 2023 |
Carnival Jubilee
Carnival Jubilee entered service, beginning operations out of the Port of Galveston in the United States.
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| December 4 2023 |
Carnival Jubilee
Carnival Jubilee was delivered to Carnival Cruise Line by Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
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| November 14 2023 |
Carnival Jubilee
Carnival Jubilee completed her first round of sea trials in the North Sea.
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| October 2023 |
Carnival Jubilee
The ship was transferred from the Papenburg shipyard to Eemshaven in the Netherlands.
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| October 2023 |
Carnival Spirit
Carnival Spirit was deployed to begin sailing from Mobile, Alabama after completing another Alaskan season in Summer 2023.
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| July 2023 |
Carnival Jubilee
The ship was floated out and the wing funnel was installed outside the building hall.
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| July 23 2023 |
Carnival Elation
A 30-year-old man jumped overboard from the Carnival Elation, approximately 95 miles east of Melbourne, Florida.
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| June 2023 |
Carnival Spirit
Completed an Alaskan sailing season.
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| May 2023 |
Carnival Sunshine
The ship suffered extensive damage in a storm, resulting in crew evacuation from one deck due to flooding and destruction of the crew bar.
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| May 29 2023 | Carnival Venezia made its debut in Barcelona, Spain, ahead of its maiden season from Manhattan, New York. |
| May 24 2023 |
Carnival Splendor
The Carnival Splendor returned to Sydney after completing its 9-day South Pacific cruise during which a passenger fatality occurred on May 20.
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| May 20 2023 |
Carnival Splendor
A passenger died while swimming at Mystery Island, Vanuatu during a 9-day South Pacific cruise aboard the Carnival Splendor. The death was believed to have occurred while the passenger was snorkeling.
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| March 2023 |
Carnival Miracle
Announced repositioning to Galveston in October 2024, becoming the fourth ship based at that homeport and offering nine to twelve day sailings to the Western and Eastern Caribbean.
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| March 2 2023 |
Carnival Glory
Carnival announced a 14-night transatlantic cruise for Carnival Glory from Barcelona to Port Canaveral in 2024.
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| February 2023 |
Carnival Imagination
Scrapping process began after remaining beached since September 2020.
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| February 2023 |
Carnival Imagination
Scrapping process officially began in Aliağa, Turkey.
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| 2022 |
Carnival Spirit
Carnival Spirit moved to Seattle to sail Alaskan routes in summer, then to Caribbean from Miami from 2022 to 2023.
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| 2022 | Carnival announced the retirement of Carnival Sensation and Carnival Ecstasy, with Sensation sold for recycling and Ecstasy remaining in the fleet until October 2022. |
| December 2022 | Carnival delayed the debut of Carnival Jubilee from October 2023 to December 2023 due to supply chain issues at Meyer Werft shipyard. |
| November 2022 |
Carnival Luminosa
Carnival Luminosa began sailing for Carnival Cruise Line.
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| November 24 2022 |
Carnival Valor
A 28-year-old man fell overboard 20 miles off Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter over 15 hours later.
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| November 8 2022 |
Carnival Ecstasy
Carnival Ecstasy arrived at the Aliağa scrapyards in Turkey to be demolished.
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| November 6 2022 |
Carnival Luminosa
Began voyages in Australia, sailing from Brisbane.
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| October 20 2022 |
Carnival Ecstasy
Carnival Ecstasy left Miami for her final voyage to the Aliağa scrapyards in Turkey.
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| October 18 2022 |
Carnival Ecstasy
Carnival Ecstasy arrived in Miami after leaving Mobile.
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| October 15 2022 |
Carnival Ecstasy
Carnival Ecstasy completed her final voyage, ending in Mobile. The ship then left Mobile for Miami.
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| October 10 2022 |
Carnival Ecstasy
Carnival Ecstasy began her final voyage from Mobile, with port calls in Cozumel and Progreso.
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| June 2022 | New York Department of Financial Services announced a US$5 million fine against Carnival for cybersecurity violations, including multiple data breaches between 2019-2021. |
| June 28 2022 | A large fight aboard the Carnival Magic around 5:30 am prompted NYPD response upon arrival in New York City. |
| June 14 2022 |
Carnival Luminosa
Announcement made that Costa Luminosa would be transferred to Carnival Cruise Line and renamed Carnival Luminosa.
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| May 26 2022 | Carnival Freedom suffered a fire within its funnel while docked in Grand Turk, which was extinguished with no injuries reported. |
| May 2 2022 |
Carnival Splendor
Becomes the final ship in Carnival's fleet to return to service, marking Carnival's full return to service post-pandemic.
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