Carnival Cruise

Carnival corporation & PLC is one of the largest cruise companies in the world. Carnival cruise lines, Princes cruise lines, Holland America Line, The Yachts of Seabourn, AIDA, Costa cruises are some of the cruise brands included in their portfolio.

Carnival cruise lines was founded by Ted Arison in 1972, which was later acquired by Carnival Corporation PLC, which currently owns and operates the Carnival cruise line. The headquarters of Carnival cruise lines is based in the Doral suburbs of Florida. Carnival cruise lines claims the largest fleet in the entire group. The company currently has twenty two vessels in operation.

Carnival cruise lines was one of the first cruise lines to introduce the concept of less expensive and shorter cruises. There is a wide variety of activities on board these ships, which follow the styles of Las Vegas, in entertainment as well as decoration.The funnel of a ship, which is shaped like the tale of a whale is the trade mark of the Carnival cruise line and is represented in red, blue and white. The mascot for Carnival cruise lines is a character known as "Fun Ship Freddy", which also takes the shape of the funnel.

The vessels are categorized into several classes such as Fantasy Class, Destiny Class, Triumph Class, Spirit Class, Conquest Class, Splendor Class and Dream Class. Carnival Destiny, Carnival Dream, Carnival Splendor, Carnival Glory, Carnival Liberty and Carnival Miracle are among some of the vessels currently aboard on Carnival cruise lines. The lead ship of the Destiny Class, Carnival Destiny, plies the Caribbean waters. This vessel consists of three pools, duty free shopping, a variety of lounges, night clubs and dinning options as well as a
casino. Currently Carnival Destiny offers Western and Eastern Caribbean cruise which last for four and five nights.

The Carnival Dream is the largest ship owned by the cruise line, and has variety of cabins. It is the first vessel in Carnival cruise lines, which features a water park. It also boasts of a miniature golf course. The Carnival Dream also has a promenade deck which has four whirlpool Jacuzzis along the outer side of the deck and an out door restaurant. Carnival Magic and Carnival Breeze are among the vessels that are expected to join the Carnival cruise lines family.

You can easily book your carnival cruise vacation online, by just a telephone call to a carnival representative, through a vacation planner or by using the Carnival travel agent finder.
The Caribbean, Mexico, Bahamas, Hawaii, Alaska, Canada and New England and Europe are among the ports and destinations that Carnival cruise ships travel.
There are special offers for early bookings and all these and many more can be viewed on the Carnival site which could be accessed at www.carnival.com.