Carnival Cruise Lines Updated Sailings

[PrincessCruiser]

SENSATION DEPARTURES FROM SEPTEMBER 5, 2005 THROUGH MARCH 2, 2006

September 3, 2005

Dear Carnival Guest:

Carnival Cruise Lines has chartered the Sensation to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. As a result, we have cancelled all Sensation departures from September 5, 2005, through and including March 2, 2006.

We sincerely apologize for these cancellations and hope that you will choose to rebook another Carnival sailing. Please note that the Sensation, along with the Ecstasy and the Holiday that are also being chartered to MSC, will undergo extensive refurbishment following this charter.

We will provide guests that were fully deposited on September 3, 2005, and that rebook prior to December 31, 2006, with $100 per person shipboard credit valid on all future Carnival departures.

All guests will receive a full refund of their cruise fare and these refunds will be processed in two to four weeks.

Again, we sincerely apologize for these cancellations. We hope you will understand that the decision to enter into these charters was the right one as it will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individuals affected by this natural disaster.

Sincerely,

Vicki L. Freed, CTC

Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing

URGENT NOTICE

HOLIDAY DEPARTURES

FROM SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 THROUGH MARCH 4, 2006

September 3, 2005

Dear Carnival Guest:

Carnival Cruise Lines has chartered the Holiday to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. As a result, we have cancelled all Holiday departures from September 8, 2005, through and including March 4, 2006.

We sincerely apologize for these cancellations and hope that you will choose to rebook another Carnival sailing. Please note that the Holiday, along with the Ecstasy and the Sensation that are also being chartered to MSC, will undergo extensive refurbishment following this charter.

We will provide guests that were fully deposited on September 3, 2005, and that rebook prior to December 31, 2006, with $100 per person shipboard credit valid on all future Carnival departures.

All guests will receive a full refund of their cruise fare and these refunds will be processed in two to four weeks.

Again, we sincerely apologize for these cancellations. We hope you will understand that the decision to enter into these charters was the right one as it will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individuals affected by this natural disaster.

Sincerely,

Vicki L. Freed, CTC

Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing

URGENT NOTICE

ECSTASY SEPTEMBER 5, 2005 DEPARTURE

September 3, 2005

Dear Carnival Guest:

Carnival Cruise Lines has chartered the Ecstasy to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. As a result, we have cancelled the Ecstasy departure on September 5, 2005. The Elation will be repositioned into the Ecstasy’s four- and five-day Western Caribbean cruises departing from Galveston for all departures from September 10, 2005, through and including March 2, 2006.

We sincerely apologize for this cancellation and hope that you will choose to rebook another Carnival sailing. Please note that the Ecstasy, along with the Holiday and the Sensation that are also being chartered to MSC, will undergo extensive refurbishment following this charter.

We will provide guests that were fully deposited on September 3, 2005, and that rebook prior to December 31, 2006, with $100 per person shipboard credit valid on all future Carnival departures.

All guests will receive a full refund of their cruise fare and these refunds will be processed in two to four weeks.

Again, we sincerely apologize for this cancellation. We hope you will understand that the decision to enter into these charters was the right one as it will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individuals affected by this natural disaster.

Sincerely,

Vicki L. Freed, CTC

Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing URGENT NOTICE

ECSTASY DEPARTURES

FROM SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 THROUGH MARCH 2, 2006

Dear Carnival Guest:

Carnival Cruise Lines has chartered the Ecstasy to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. As a result, the Elation will take over the Ecstasy’s four- and five-day Western Caribbean cruises departing from Galveston for all departures from September 10, 2005, through and including March 2, 2006.

The Elation, which entered service in 1998, is a sistership to the Ecstasy which entered service in 1991. The Elation will operate the same itinerary and offer the same shore excursions as the Ecstasy, and all guests will be assigned identical stateroom accommodations on the Elation.

In addition, the Carnival Conquest is being repositioned to Galveston to operate her existing seven-day itinerary to Montego Bay, Grand Cayman and Cozumel.

Please note that the Ecstasy, along with the Holiday and the Sensation that are also being chartered to MSC, will undergo extensive refurbishment following this charter.

We hope you will understand that the decision to enter into these charters was the right one as it will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individuals affected by this natural disaster.

We look forward to welcoming you aboard the Elation.

Sincerely,

Vicki L. Freed, CTC

Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing

Sorce: Carnival Cruise Lines

http://www.carnival.com/CMS/static_templat...her_update.aspx

[GottaCruz]

Princess Cruiser,

Thanks so much for posting this. All I can say is WOW. I read in the paper that Carnival was asked to do this but I'm surprised that decisions were made so quickly and I 'm also surprised to hear they're providing 3 ships.

I 'm sure that some of our members are booked on these ships during that time. Maybe some of them will post to this thread.