Carnival Celebration to Debut During Line’s 2022 50th Birthday

Jan115 · October 10, 2020

Carnival Cruise Line is taking reservations for Carnival Celebration, its newest ship set to debut in November 2022 as part of the company’s 50th birthday. A sister to the line’s first XL-class ship, Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration will maintain PortMiami's position as the top embarkation port for Carnival Cruise Line. Carnival Celebration will include many Mardi Gras features, including BOLT, the first roller coaster at sea, along with other design features created specifically for this vessel.

Carnival’s 50th Birthday celebration kicks off in March 2022 with a series of commemorative sailings that will feature special entertainment and itineraries and continuing all year long, culminating with Carnival Celebration’s arrival in November.

“Carnival Celebration promises to be a spectacular addition to our fleet, just in time for our 50th birthday,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “We’ve put together a terrific array of itineraries kicking off with a two-week-long inaugural transatlantic cruise and then year-round Caribbean sailings from PortMiami featuring some of the most beautiful and popular destinations in the region.”

Carnival Celebration will debut with a 14-Day Carnival Journeys transatlantic crossing departing Southampton Nov. 6 and arriving in Miami Nov. 20, 2022. Featured ports will include La Coruña and Vigo, Spain; Funchal (Maderia), Portugal; and Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain. Carnival Journeys cruises offer guests local cuisine, entertainment and cultural opportunities, along with cooking, arts and crafts and other activities.

Once in Miami, Carnival Celebration will offer a six-day Thanksgiving cruise visiting Grand Turk, Amber Cove and Nassau Nov. 21 to Nov. 27, 2022, then begin its year-round seven-day Caribbean cruise rotation on Nov. 27, 2022, offering week-long voyages departing Sundays to the eastern and western Caribbean. Eastern Caribbean cruises call at Amber Cove, Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. or St. Maarten, N.A., while the western Caribbean route features Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico; and Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan.

Two eight-day cruises will depart Dec. 11 and Dec. 19, 2022 featuring stops at Grand Turk, Amber Cove, San Juan and St. Thomas, while a one-time five-day cruise to Amber Cove and Grand Turk will operate Jan. 3 to Jan. 8, 2023. For more information, visit www.carnival.com or www.carnival.com/sailabration.

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SOURCE: Insider Travel Report, Alan Fine (Oct. 9, 2020); Photo Credit: Carnival Corp.

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