MIAMI, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise
Line announced plans today to grow its fleet by two additional
ships by 2023, taking the delivery position of an Excel-class ship
that had previously been assigned to sister line AIDA Cruises that
will arrive in late 2023, as well as taking ownership of Costa
Magica from another of its European sister lines, with that ship
going through a dry dock, renaming and Carnival-branded conversion
and joining the fleet by mid-2022.
These two ships are in addition to the new capacity growth
represented by Mardi
Gras, Carnival's first Excel-class, liquefied natural
gas (LNG)-powered ship which starts sailing from Port
Canaveral on July 31 and her
sister ship, Carnival Celebration, which will be delivered and sail
from Miami starting in late 2022,
as part of Carnival's 50th birthday
festivities.
The addition of these four ships will bring the Carnival fleet
to 27 by year-end 2023, and these ships bring many new amenities
and features for guests, as well as environmental benefits and
enhancements as Carnival continues to exceed and expand targets for
emissions efficiencies.
"We are excited about these additions to our fleet which reflect
the strong position that Carnival has established in the U.S., the
pent-up demand we continue to see for cruise vacations, and the
overall plans by Carnival Corporation to optimize capacity and
growth in key markets," said Christine
Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. "While our
immediate focus is on our restart of guest operations this summer,
this is another cause for excitement at Carnival, and we will be
announcing more detailed plans about homeports, itineraries and
ship names very soon."
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SOURCE Carnival Cruise Line