Carnival Cruises' Carnival Miracle Departs NY for the Last Time

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Miracle Departs New York for the Last time repositioning to the West Coast.

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Miracle departed New York for the last time this past Sunday. The Carnival Miracle which has been a regular ship from New York is repositioning to the West Coast. The Carnival Miracle was sailing 8-day Florida & Bahamas cruises or Eastern Caribbean cruises from the Big Apple.

The cruise that departed this weekend sailed to Grand Turk; Cartagena, Colombia; Panama Canal Transit; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Los Angeles (Long Beach), CA (Where the cruise ends).

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Splendor to Sail From New York Starting 3/23/2013.

The Carnival Miracle will be replaced by the Carnival Splendor which will begin sailing from New York Year Round starting this Sunday 3/23/2013.

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Carnival Expands Alcohol Package to Additional Ships and Private Island.

Carnival Cruise Lines has again expanded its "test" of the Cheers! all-you-can-drink alcohol packages, this time to the private island of Half Moon Cay as well.

The Cheers Package - allows up to 15 drink daily from a from a wide selection of wines, beers and spirits, as well as sodas and nonalcoholic frozen cocktails for $42.95 per person/per day, plus 15 percent gratuity. A package MUST be purchased for each (and all) adults sharing a cabin over the age of 21. As part of the package, bottled water is available at a 25 percent discount.

Ships included in the program include the: Carnival Glory (Sailing from Boston, New York and Norfolk),  Carnival Miracle (Sailing From New York), Carnival Pride (Sailing From Baltimore), and the Carnival Splendor (Sailing From New York) .

For additional details and restrictions, please check the Carnival Website.

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Carnival Cruise Lines Institutes Gift Card

Carnival Cruise Line Institutes Gift Card Program.

Just in time for the holidays, Carnival Cruise Lines has launched its first-ever gift card program – a pre-paid card that can be used as payment toward a “Fun Ship” vacation or a variety of shipboard purchases.

            Available online at www.carnivalgiftcards.com or on board Carnival’s ships, the cards are ideal for any occasion – from weddings and graduations to birthdays and anniversaries – offering consumers flexibility and convenience in their vacation purchases.  The cards can be pre-loaded with funds ranging from a minimum of $10 to a maximum of $1,000.

            “What better gift for friends and family than the gift of fun and great memories?” said Gus Antorcha, Carnival’s senior vice president of guest commerce.  “These new gift cards are convenient and easy to use and can be applied either toward the purchase of a cruise or a wide variety of cruise-related experiences such as a relaxing spa treatment, an exciting shore excursion or a delectable meal in one of our specialty restaurants, to name a few.”

            The Carnival Gift Card is simple to use – it may be applied online via the dedicated web site using the 16-digit card number, redeemed by calling 1-800-CARNIVAL or used like cash on board as payment toward guests’ “Sail & Sign” shipboard account.

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Hurricane Sandy Impacts Northeast Cruise Ships

Hurricane Sandy Impacting Cruise Schedules

 
Hurricane Sandy is causing cruise lines to move their passenger out of the track of the approaching storm. The Storm is currently located off the coast of Southern Florida and is expected to move up the coast and potentially making landfall near New Jersey, Sunday Thru Tuesday, of next week.

New York cruise ships already impacted by the storm includes the Norwegian Jewel, which was supposed to call in Nassau today is steaming toward Norfolk, Virginia and expected to arrive in New York Sunday ahead of the storm.

Norwegian Gem will cancel its call in Samana, Dominican Republic, on Friday, and will proceed to New York scheduled to arrive on Monday. The Norwegian Gem, which is on a 9-Day Eastern Caribbean cruise, will be heading to New York behind the storm.

The New York-based Carnival Miracle will miss scheduled calls at St. Thomas and Grand Turk, remaining at sea and arriving in back in the Big Apple on Monday.

Out of Baltimore, the Carnival Pride is hugging the Florida Coastline heading to Baltimore skipping a scheduled stop in Port Canaveral.

The Carnival Glory, out of Norfolk, skipped a call in Nassau today and instead remained at sea. The Carnival Glory is expected to arrive back in Norfolk on Sunday.

No schedule modifications have been announced for this weekend's sailing, but changes are expected.

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