Carnival Cruise Line
International cruise line
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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 | 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. |
| 2024 | Received a new Carnival color scheme. |
| December 2024 | Will begin operating week-long Caribbean voyages from Port Canaveral on a seasonal basis. |
| 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 2 2024 | Carnival Glory arrives in Port Canaveral, completing its transatlantic cruise. |
| April 2024 | Carnival Firenze debuted for Carnival Cruise Line as part of the new Venice-class ships sub-fleet. |
| April 25 2024 | Commenced operations a week earlier than originally scheduled, sailing to the Mexican Riviera, where she will operate year-round. |
| April 24 2024 | Christened by godfather Jonathan Bennett at a ceremony in Long Beach. |
| April 18 2024 | Carnival Glory departs Barcelona for its transatlantic cruise to Port Canaveral. |
| March 2024 | Carnival Glory was drydocked in Cádiz, Spain for repairs and refurbishments, including an expanded casino, new carpeting, mattresses, and USB-enabled bedside lamps. |
| March 26 2024 | Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Carnival Legend was rerouted to Norfolk, Virginia. |
| March 22 2024 | The ship left the Navantia shipyard and sailed to her new homeport of Long Beach, California. |
| February 2024 | Sailed her final winter season and left the Costa Cruises fleet. |
| February 2 2024 | Officially transferred into the Carnival fleet and renamed Carnival Firenze. |
| January 2024 | The ship began a 42-day refit and rebranding at the Navantia shipyard in Cádiz to prepare for Carnival Cruise Line service. |
| 2023 | Drydocked in Portland, requiring removal of the Funnel due to low bridge clearances. |
| 2023 | Carnival Corporation announced the transfer of Costa Firenze to Carnival Cruise Line under the new 'Costa as Carnival' sub-brand, creating a 'Carnival Fun Italian Style' concept to boost domestic American cruise capacity. |
| October 2023 | Carnival Spirit was deployed to begin sailing from Mobile, Alabama after completing another Alaskan season in Summer 2023. |
| July 23 2023 | A 30-year-old man jumped overboard from the Carnival Elation, approximately 95 miles east of Melbourne, Florida. |
| June 2023 | Completed an Alaskan sailing season. |
| June 14 2023 | Scheduled to be christened by American comedian Jay Leno. |
| May 2023 | The ship suffered extensive damage in a storm, resulting in crew evacuation from one deck due to flooding and destruction of the crew bar. |
| May 2023 | Began Northern Europe deployment, which continued through September 2023. |
| May 29 2023 | Commenced operations with an inaugural two-week transatlantic voyage from Barcelona to New York. |
| May 29 2023 | Carnival Venezia made its debut in Barcelona, Spain, ahead of its maiden season from Manhattan, New York. |
| May 24 2023 | The Carnival Splendor returned to Sydney after completing its 9-day South Pacific cruise during which a passenger fatality occurred on May 20. |
| May 20 2023 | 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. |
| April 2023 | Completed her maiden South America season, which began after her Mediterranean deployment. |
| March 2023 | 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. |
| March 2023 | The ship began its refit and rebranding at the Navantia shipyard in Cádiz. |
| March 22 2023 | Carnival Venezia officially joined the Carnival fleet in a handover ceremony, where she was renamed from Costa Venezia to Carnival Venezia. |
| March 2 2023 | Carnival announced a 14-night transatlantic cruise for Carnival Glory from Barcelona to Port Canaveral in 2024. |
| February 2023 | Scrapping process began after remaining beached since September 2020. |
| February 2023 | Scrapping process officially began in Aliağa, Turkey. |
| 2022 | Carnival Spirit moved to Seattle to sail Alaskan routes in summer, then to Caribbean from Miami from 2022 to 2023. |
| 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 revealed the creation of a new Venice-class sub-category for the transferred ships, combining traditional Carnival features with Italian-inspired design and amenities. |
| December 2022 | Carnival delayed the debut of Carnival Jubilee from October 2023 to December 2023 due to supply chain issues at Meyer Werft shipyard. |
| December 1 2022 | Costa Venezia halted service for Costa Cruises. |
| November 2022 | Carnival Luminosa began sailing for Carnival Cruise Line. |
| November 24 2022 | 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. |
| November 8 2022 | Carnival Ecstasy arrived at the Aliağa scrapyards in Turkey to be demolished. |
| November 6 2022 | Began voyages in Australia, sailing from Brisbane. |
| October 18 2022 | Carnival Ecstasy arrived in Miami after leaving Mobile. |
| October 15 2022 | Carnival Ecstasy completed her final voyage, ending in Mobile. The ship then left Mobile for Miami. |
| October 10 2022 | Carnival Ecstasy began her final voyage from Mobile, with port calls in Cozumel and Progreso. |
| 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. |
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