Stern’s Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World, Stern’s Guide to the
Cruise Vacation and The Indispensable Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases by Steven B. Stern (Sponsored by Stern’s Travel Guides, Ltd.)
CARNIVAL CONQUEST, CARNIVAL GLORY, CARNIVAL VALOR, CARNIVAL LIBERTY and CARNIVAL FREEDOM: entered service 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007 respectively; 110,000 G.R.T.; 952’ x 116’; 3,700-passenger capacity (2,974 double occupancy); 1,487 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; 7-day Caribbean itineraries from Galveston, Texas, for Conquest; from Port Canaveral, Florida, for Glory; and from Miami, Florida, for Valor. Carnival Liberty operates 7-day cruises from Miami, Carnival Freedom operates 12-day Europe cruises and 6- and 8- day Caribbean cruises from Fort Lauderdale.
CARNIVAL DESTINY: entered service 1996; 101,353 G.R.T.; 893’ x 116’; 2,642-passenger capacity; 1,321 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; 4- and 5- day cruises to Western Caribbean from Miami.
[Category C]*****
CARNIVAL DREAM: entered service 2009; 130,000 G.R.T.; 1,004’ x 158’; 3,646-passenger capacity (4,631 with every berth filled); 1,823 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; 7-night eastern and western Caribbean itineraries from Port Canaveral.
[Category C]*****+
CARNIVAL SPLENDOR: entered service 2008; 113,300 G.R.T.; 3,006 passenger capacity (Idouble occupancy); 1,503 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; 7-night Mexican Riviera cruises from Long Beach, California.
CARNIVAL SPIRIT, CARNIVAL PRIDE, CARNIVAL LEGEND, and CARNIVAL MIRACLE: entered service April 2001, December 2001, August 2002, and February 2004 respectively; 88,500 G.R.T.; 960’ x 105.7’; 2,124-passenger capacity; 1,062 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; Carnival Spirit offers Mexican Riviera cruises from San Diego, California, and 7-day Alaskan itineraries from Seaward/Anchorage, Alaska, and Vancouver, Canada; Carnival Pride’s sailings commence from Long Beach, California, to the Mexican Riviera; Carnival Legend offers 7-day sailings from Tampa to the Caribbean; Carnival Miracle offers 8-day cruises from New York and Fort Lauderdale, FL to the Caribbean. Carnival Legend offers 7-day cruises from Tampa, Florida, to the
Caribbean.
[Category C]*****
CARNIVAL TRIUMPH and CARNIVAL VICTORY entered service 1999 and 2000, respectively; 102,000 G.R.T.; 893’ x 116’; 2,758-passenger capacity; 1,379 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; alternate 7-day cruises in eastern and western Caribbean and 4-, 5- and 7-day Canada/New England sailings from New York and other eastern-seaboard ports. Carnival Victory offers 7-day sailings from San Juan to the southen Caribbean.
CARNIVAL ECSTASY and FANTASYentered service 1991 and 1990, respectively; Carnival Fantasy renovated 2005; 70,367 G.R.T.; 855’ x 103’; 2,052- and 2,056-passenger capacity; 1,026 and 1,028 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; 4- and 5-day cruises from Mobile, Alabama, to the Caribbean on Carnival Fantasy and 4- and 5-day cruises from Galveston, Texas, to Mexico on Carnival Ecstasy.
CARNIVAL SENSATION, CARNIVAL FASCINATION, CARNIVAL IMAGINATION, CARNIVAL INSPIRATION, CARNIVAL ELATION, and CARNIVAL PARADISE: entered service 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 1998, respectively; Carnival Fascination and Carnival Sensation renovated 2006 and 2009, respectively; 70,367 G.R.T.; 855’ x 103’; 2,052-passenger capacity; 1,020 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; Carnival Sensation operates 3- and 4-day cruises from Port Canaveral, Florida, to the Bahamas; Carnival Fascination operates 4- and 5-day Key West/Bahamas sailings from Jacksonville, Florida; Carnival Imagination offers 3- and 4-day Bahamas/western Caribbean cruises from Miami; Carnival Inspiration operates 4- and 5-day cruises from Tampa to western Caribbean; Carnival Elation operates 3- and 4-day cruises from San Diego to Baja, Mexico; Carnival Paradise operates 3- and 4-day cruises from Long Beach to Baja, Mexico.
