Carnival PLC Carnival Announces Next Restart Plans

 
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Carnival Cruise Line Announces Next Round Of Restart Plans 
 
 
Protocols for Vaccinations, Testing & Masks to Remain in Place Through End of 
Year 
 
MIAMI, Sept. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With eight of its ships already in guest 
operations, and more restarting in September and October, Carnival Cruise Line 
today announced the next round of details about additional ship restarts for 
November 2021 and beyond. 
 
  * Carnival Valor will follow Carnival Glory in New Orleans with four- and 
    five-night sailings starting on Nov. 1; 
  * Carnival Legend will restart Nov. 14 out of Baltimore, replacing Carnival 
    Pride, which restarts guest operations from Baltimore Sept. 12 and then 
    moves its homeport to Tampa following a Panama Canal repositioning cruise; 
  * Carnival Radiance will have a new maiden voyage date of Dec. 13 out of Long 
    Beach (rescheduled from Nov. 5 due to a revised dry dock transformation 
    plan); 
  * Carnival Pride's new service from Tampa is scheduled to start on Nov. 14; 
  * Carnival Conquest's restart from Miami on Oct. 8 has 
    been rescheduled to Dec. 13; 
  * Carnival Sensation's Oct. 21 restart from Mobile has been moved to Jan. 
    2022. 
 
"We are very pleased with the progress of our restart which will grow to 15 
ships sailing from seven U.S. homeports by mid-November," said Christine Duffy, 
president of Carnival Cruise Line.  "We are making slight adjustments to our 
timeline to take into account supply chain realities and ensure that our 
destination and shore excursion offerings can meet the strong demand we are 
seeing from our guests. Our teams, ship and shore, are prepared to 
continue delivering on our great guest experience and manage all health and 
safety protocols." 
 
Carnival is also advising guests booked in November and December that it will 
continue to meet the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) 
standard of vaccinated cruises and that guests will need to present proof of 
both vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test at check-in (with a small number 
of capacity-restricted exemptions granted for children under 12 and other 
guests who cannot be vaccinated).  Carnival is working to set up mobile 
pre-cruise rapid testing sites at all of its homeports as a back-up alternative 
for vaccinated guests who aren't able to make arrangements (details 
forthcoming).  In addition, guests will be asked to wear masks in most indoor 
venues of the ship where people congregate.  Full details are available at the 
Have Fun. Be Safe. page on  Carnival.com. 
 
With the extension of Carnival Sensation's restart, five ships operating out of 
U.S. homeports will be moved to 2022:  Carnival Liberty (Port Canaveral), 
Carnival Sunshine (Charleston), Carnival Paradise (Tampa); Carnival Ecstasy 
(Jacksonville) and Carnival Sensation (Mobile). 
 
Separate from its U.S. operations, Carnival has cancelled four additional 
sailings for both Carnival Spirit and Carnival Splendor out of Australia. 
 Cruises on both ships are now cancelled up to and including Dec. 16, 2021. 
 
About Carnival Cruise Line 
Carnival Cruise Line is proud to be known as America's Cruise Line with a total 
of 24 ships, sailing from 14 U.S. homeports and employing more than 40,000 team 
members from 120 nationalities.  The line resumed cruise operations July 3, 
2021 while its newest and most innovative ship, Mardi Gras, featuring the first 
roller coaster at sea and the first in the Americas and powered by eco-friendly 
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) debuted from Port Canaveral, Fla., July 31, 2021. 
As part of its 50th Birthday festivities, Carnival Celebration, sister ship 
to Mardi Gras, is scheduled to debut in late 2022 from PortMiami, along with an 
as-yet-unnamed ship slated to enter service in 2023. 
 
 
CONTACT: Vance Gulliksen, [e-mail] 
 
 
 
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September 02, 2021 11:00 ET (15:00 GMT)