Carnival Cruise Line presently has 27 cruise ships in service, the second most out of all of the cruise strains on the earth.
Over the subsequent 9 years, Carnival Cruise Line may have at the least seven extra ships added to their fleet. This not solely contains newbuilds and a brand new class of ships, but additionally some shifting over from a sister cruise line.
These seven new ships embrace:
- Two shifting over from P&O Cruises Australia
- Two extra Excel class ships
- Three new 230,000 gross ton mega ships
Here’s a take a look at the seven ships being added to Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet.
Two Ships From P&O Cruises Australia
In March, Pacific Journey and Pacific Encounter will go into dry dock and be transformed over to Carnival Funships. That is a part of Carnival Company’s plan to dissolve their P&O Cruises Australia model.
The cruise ships will proceed to supply the identical itineraries as they do now, however with leisure and favorites that Carnival cruise passengers as used to.
Nonetheless, a few of the eating and exhibits from the P&O Cruises Australia model will stay because the ships will proceed to sail from Australia.
After they enter Carnival’s fleet, the ships can be renamed Carnival Journey and Carnival Encounter.
Each cruise ships initially began crusing underneath sister cruise line Princess Cruises earlier than shifting over to P&O Cruises Australia in 2020. Pacific Journey was Golden Princess and Pacific Encounter sailed as Star Princess.
Each ships are just below 109,000 gross tons in measurement and are Grand class vessels.
Two Excel Class Ships
Excel class cruise ships had been the primary to have a curler coaster on the highest deck. Carnival Cruise Line presently has three of their fleet (Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration and Carnival Jubilee) with an order for 2 extra.
The category is presently the biggest in Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet and all three ships sail to the Caribbean.
Carnival has an order for 2 extra Excel class ships, with one debuting in 2027 and the second a 12 months later in 2028.
The cruise line has but to launch the names and homeports for these two new ships. Each vessels can be constructed on the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany.
4th Excel Class Ship
- Scheduled to be accomplished in 2027
- 5,400 passengers
- 183,900 gross tons
fifth Excel Class Ship
- Scheduled to be accomplished in 2028
- 5,400 passengers
- 183,900 gross tons
Three New Mega Ships
Over 20 years in the past, Carnival was engaged on a brand new ship prototype that might be the biggest on the earth and the primary over 200,000 gross tons in measurement. The cruise line determined to not construct the ship and focus on ships within the 110,000 to 130,000 GT vary.
Quick ahead a pair a long time and Carnival Cruise Line will lastly construct cruise ships over 200,000 gross tons. Final July, Carnival Company introduced an order for 3 new mega cruise ships that can be almost 230,000 gross tons.
The primary will debut in the summertime of 2029 with a brand new one popping out each two years after by way of 2033.
Carnival Cruise Line has but to provide any many particulars about these ships, however they are going to be constructed by Fincantieri in Italy and be powered by LNG.
Carnival stated {that a} focus for these new ships can be modern visitor experiences that may take the cruise line into the longer term. They can even have “FUN options” that can be introduced at a later date.
1st Mega Ship
- Scheduled to be accomplished in 2029
- 6,200 passengers
- 230,000 gross tons
2nd Mega Ship
- Scheduled to be accomplished in 2031
- 6,200 passengers
- 230,000 gross tons
third Mega Ship
- Scheduled to be accomplished in 2033
- 6,200 passengers
- 230,000 gross tons
Cruise Fever may have all particulars on these new cruise ships from Carnival when they’re introduced.
