Carnival confirms plans for Sensation to sail from Mobile
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
The Carnival Fantasy cruise ship sits docked at the Alabama Cruise Terminal on Monday, March 16, 2020. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).
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Carnival Cruise Line currently lists cruises departing from Mobile in spring 2021 but not with the ship some might have been expecting.
As of Monday, the company listed departures from Mobile starting May 1. However, a company spokesman cautioned that those dates were contingent on some pandemic-related factors that remain unresolved. On Wednesday, Carnival notified customers that it was extending its pause in U.S. operations through the end of May. That notice read, in part: “We continue to work on plans to resume operations and are encouraged by the focus to expedite vaccine production and distribution which are having a demonstrated impact on improving public health.”
The 19 Carnival Ships Sold During the Cruise Industry Shutdown
Published 1 month ago
When the cruise industry shut down in 2020, Carnival Corporation announced that at least 13 older ships across several of its cruise brands would be sold or scrapped.
The number grew over the coming months, and to date, 18 ships have left the fleets of Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, and P&O Cruises, and the line has said one additional ship, for a total of 19, will be sold in the near future.
Some found new homes in Europe and Asia, though many met a sad fate in the scrapyards on the shores of India and Turkey. Here’s a look at the 18 ships that are no longer with Carnival Corporation.
Tips For Travellers
Want To Cruise In 2021? Why You May Be Going About It The Wrong Way!
So, you want to make sure you go cruising in 2021? It’s not going to be as simple or as straight-forward as you thought it would be, and you may be approaching it the wrong way!
I am Gary Bembridge and in this episode of my Tips For Travellers, I am going to share my tips on the best way to ensure you will cruise in 2021, and what I am doing to make sure I can be on some of the early cruises, book cruises that are actually likely to sail and all while breaking out of the endless booking, cancel, rebook and refund spiral trap.
For
Carnival Fascination, the future looks bright as she is set to become a floating hotel in Asia. It was recently reported, the ship is to be named
Century Harmony under the new owners of Century Harmony Cruise Limited.
The exclusive photos show the current state of the ship. According to the Cruise Ship Tracker, the former Carnival-owned cruise ship has already departed Gibraltar and arrives at Port Said, Egypt, on February 1, 2021. It’s a long journey ahead as the vessel is sailing to Asia to become a floating hotel.
The vessel first entered service for Carnival in 1994 and is over 70,300 gross tons with a guest capacity of over 2,000 at double occupancy. No details have yet been released on what the ship will look like once she becomes a hotel.