MIAMI, March 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In a
time-honored maritime tradition dating back centuries, a ceremony
was held earlier today aboard Carnival Horizon at the Fincantieri
shipyard in Marghera, Italy,
during which a commemorative coin was welded to the ship's mast to
mark a significant construction milestone.
The coin ceremony – whose origins can be traced back to the
ancient Romans who believed that attaching coins to a ship provided
divine protection – signifies the successful completion of Carnival
Horizon's exterior outfitting.
Fabrizio Timossi of Carnival's
corporate shipbuilding department represented Carnival at the
ceremony with Clementina Zecchin of
Fincantieri's Marghera yard serving as godmother.
The 133,500-ton Carnival Horizon – a sister ship to the hugely
popular Carnival Vista introduced last year – is set to debut in
Europe April 2, 2018.
Carnival Horizon will offer many of the innovative indoor and
outdoor dining, bar, entertainment and activity options that
debuted on Carnival Vista.
Among those is a groundbreaking bike-ride-in-the-sky attraction
called SkyRide, an IMAX Theatre and a massive WaterWorks aqua park
with corkscrew slides, a tipping bucket and other attractions
promising lots of splash-tastic fun.
A wide range of accommodations will also be offered, including
spa cabins with exclusive privileges at the luxurious Cloud 9 Spa,
extra-roomy staterooms in Family Harbor, and tropical-inspired
Havana staterooms and suites with
exclusive daytime access to a Cuban-themed bar and pool.
A variety of unique dining and bar concepts and spectacular
outdoor spaces found only on Carnival Horizon will also be offered
and revealed in the near future.
Carnival Horizon is scheduled to make its maiden voyage
April 2, 2018, with a 13-day
Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona – the first of four round-trip
departures from this port. Carnival Horizon will reposition
to the U.S. with a 14-day trans-Atlantic crossing from Barcelona to New
York May 9-23,
2018.
Following its summer schedule of four-day Bermuda and eight-day Caribbean departures from the Big Apple,
Carnival Horizon will shift to Miami and kick off a year-round schedule of
six- and eight-day Caribbean
cruises beginning Sept. 22, 2018.
Carnival Horizon will also offer a special two-day cruise to
Nassau from Miami Sept. 20-22,
2018.
For additional information and reservations, contact any travel
agent, call 1-800-CARNIVAL or visit carnival.com.
Carnival can also be found on:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/carnivalcruise
Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/carnival
YouTube: www.youtube.com/carnival
Instagram: www.instagram.com/carnival
Journalists also can visit Carnival's media site,
www.carnival-news.com or follow the line's PR department on Twitter
at www.twitter.com/CarnivalPR.
About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival, a unit of
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is "The
World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 25 ships operating three-
to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas,
Caribbean, Mexican Riviera,
Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, Cuba,
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Two
133,500-ton ships -- Carnival Horizon and an as-yet-unnamed vessel
– are scheduled to set to debut in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Additionally, two new 180,000-ton ships are scheduled to enter
service in 2020 and 2022.
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SOURCE Carnival Cruise Line