![]() ![]() Mardi Gras has won a host of awards including ‘Best New Cruise Ship of 2021’ in ’s Member Choice Awards and ‘Best New Cruise Ship’ in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards.Īs well as being the latest ship, Mardi Gras was also the name of Carnival’s first-ever cruise ship back in 1972. Launched in July 2021, Mardi Gras is Carnival’s first LNG-powered ship and the largest ship ever built for the cruise line. Mardi Gras is the first Excel-class ship for Carnival and so she has some exciting new features such as the Bolt rollercoaster – an 800-feet-long ride that goes up to 40 miles per hour. This could be because Mardi Gras actually means Carnival, so the ship would be called ‘Carnival Carnival’ if that were the case. Mardi Gras is the only ship in the Carnival fleet whose name doesn’t start with the word ‘Carnival’. Here are the Carnival ships that are currently sailing, starting with the newest. The Newest Carnival Ships Sailing in 2023 Previously known as Costa Firenze, this is also a Vista-class ship, and a sister ship to Costa Venezia, which will have joined the Carnival fleet a year prior. The ship will sail out of Long Beach, California, offering Italian-style cruising for American guests. In the spring of 2024, Carnival Firenze will join the Carnival fleet as part of the Costa by Carnival brand. The ship became the Pacific Sun for P&O Cruises Australia in 2004 before being scrapped in 2017.Ĭarnival Jubilee’s maiden voyage is scheduled for December 23, 2023. The original Carnival Jubilee was built for Carnival in 1986. This ship was originally ordered for German cruise line AIDA Cruises, but a change of plans by parent company Carnival Corporation means that Carnival Jubilee will now join the Carnival fleet in 2023.Īgain, this isn’t the first time that Carnival Cruise Line has used the name Carnival Jubilee. Carnival Jubliee will sail out of Galveston, Texas offering week-long Caribbean itineraries. This ship will be almost identical to Mardi Gras and Carnival Celebration. Image credit: Videos/screenshot – respective YouTube/Twitter users.The third ship in Carnival’s Excel Class, Carnival Jubilee, will launch in 2023. Have a comment or question? Pleaeleave one below or join the discusson on our Facebook page. Carnival security guards are often seen kicking or hitting the guests or trying to keep onlookers from videotaping the raucous conduct. Add too much alcohol, and too few well-trained security guards on these budget ships, and this is what happens. The problem arises when the “wider audience” (a term coined by Carnival chairmen Micky Arison) finds their way onto cruise ships attracted by low prices. YouTube is filled with videotapes of violence on Carnival ships. We also wrote about this problem in Another Brawl Breaks Out on a Carnival Fun Ship. The following year, we covered another violent brawl on another Carnival ship in More Cruise Ship Violence – A Drunken Brawl On Carnival’s Dream. We first wrote about the problem of violence on Carnival owned cruise ships back in 2009 in Cruise Ship Brawls – A Problem that Will Get Bigger with Bigger Ships, where we covered a “mini-rampage” on the P&O cruise ship Ventura and a brawl involving passengers who punched, scratched and bit it out with police in Antigua. As usual, no one was arrested or prosecuted although numerous cell phones caught many dozens of cruise guests in the melee. when the Carnival cruise ship was returning to port in New York following an eight day cruise to the Caribbean. Sixty 60 passengers were involved in an “all-out brawl” around 5:20 a.m. The last time a hoard of people began beating each other took place just last June on the Carnival Magic. The Sun newspaper included a video with a portion of the violent fight.įights on Carnival cruise ships are hardly rare, as we have repeatedly reported. ![]() The Daily Mail in the UK covered the cruise ship skirmish and included a TicTok video which showed the begining of the fight. The fight occured between the pool and one of the ship’s many bars.Ī fight between cruise passengers sailing on the Carnival Sunrise is caught on camera /DUyNSKci2J ” The “handful” of people were estimated to be around thirty. involved a handful of people punching and beating on each other. The Miami Herald explained that “footage of the nasty bust-up. Cellphone cameras caught it all, was video featured on Twitter. Included in the article, titled A massive fight broke out on a Carnival cruise ship. The Miami Herald reported on the large fracus which took place on the Carnival Sunrise on September 9th. Another out-of-control brawl recently broke out on a Carnival Cruise Line ship.
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