Carnival Cruise Line has enhanced its pay-over-time program to allow payments in convenient monthly installments leading to the departure date.  Announced in June, EasyPay is a hassle-free vacation payment option allowing guests’ cruise payments to be automatically deducted from the credit card on file and applied to their current balance interest-free.
With the new monthly payment feature, guests can extend their payment on a monthly basis based on the number of months prior to sailing (for instance, if the final payment date is six months away, guests will make six equal …

 
For the sixth consecutive year, Carnival Cruise Line participated in the St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, raising more than $300,000 for the hospital this year during the holiday.
During St. Jude Thanks and Giving, Carnival guests could donate to St. Jude via their Sail & Sign shipboard accounts. Throughout the year, guests continue to support St. Jude in a variety of Care to Play activities designed to raise funds and awareness for the fight against childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Carnival Cruise Line is the hospital’s …

 
New Orleans Saints quarterback Chase Daniel personally delivered a holiday surprise – a free Carnival cruise – to Valerie Ronco of Mandeville, La., as part of a sweepstakes sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line and supporting the Brees Dream Foundation.
The sweepstakes awards a different lucky fan a free cruise each time the Saints pass for more than 300 yards in a game during the 2017 season.  With two games left, fans can still register at www.carnival.com/saints to be automatically entered into the promotion which runs for the entire 2017 regular season.
The contest is …

 
The kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, had a special visitor this holiday season – none other than The Grinch himself who made an appearance as part of the first-ever Grinchmas festivities hosted by Carnival Cruise Line, the hospital’s Official Celebration Partner.
The appearance by the cantankerous curmudgeon was part of a day-long celebration which included Dr. Seuss-themed arts and crafts, photo opportunities, snacks, and a Good Deed Tracker with a list of good deed suggestions to allow them to, just like The Grinch famously says, grow …

 
Carnival Cruise Line earned “Best Domestic Cruise Line” and “Best Travel Agency Training Program” honors at the 15th annual Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards which were presented last night in New York. This is the second year in the row the line earned the ‘Best Domestic Cruise Line’ award.
The awards recognize travel industry suppliers who led the way in product and service during the past year.   Travel Weekly readers were invited to write in the names of any company they believed best exemplified that particular category, with Carnival receiving more …

 
Carnival Fascination will undergo an extensive multi-million-dollar dry dock that will add a variety of popular food and beverage innovations, including Guy’s Burger Joint developed by Food Network star Guy Fieri, the cocktail pharmacy-themed Alchemy Bar, BlueIguana Cantina Mexican eatery, Cherry on Top sweets shop, the poolside RedFrog Rum Bar and BlueIguana Tequila Bar, and a Bonsai Sushi Express venue.
The spaces will be added during a two-week dry dock taking place Feb. 4-17, 2018, in Freeport, The Bahamas, prior to the ship resuming its year-round schedule of seven-day southern Caribbean …

 
With winter approaching, now is the time for consumers to start thinking about an escape from the cold and begin planning their next Caribbean vacation.
To celebrate the Caribbean’s stunning island destinations and promote the launch of its newest ship, Carnival Horizon, Carnival Cruise Line captured and canned real island air from tropical ports of call and invited New Yorkers to stop and smell the tropics with a truly unique and “scent-sational” experience that took place in Manhattan’s Greeley Square Park.
Carnival brought the magic of a Caribbean cruise to the mainland …

Carnival Cruise Line received “Best Value for the Money” and “Best Service” honors in Cruise Critic’s annual Editors’ Picks Awards which are selected by a panel of editors at the popular cruise-oriented web community.  This marks the fourth consecutive year that Carnival has been recognized as “Best Value for the Money.”
Carnival has consistently won top honors in the Best Value category for providing a vacation experience that exceeds guests’ expectations while providing superior affordability.  Many of the line’s offerings – from Guy’s Burger Joint developed in tandem with Food Network …

Carnival Cruise Line will position a newer, larger ship to Charleston when the 3,002-passenger Carnival Sunshine kicks off a year-round schedule of four- and five-day cruises in May 2019.
Carnival Sunshine provides an exciting new vacation choice from Charleston and features one of the widest arrays of food, beverage and entertainment options within the Carnival fleet, including spectacular open-air attractions like the WaterWorks aqua park and SportSquare recreation area, a stunning three-deck-high adults-only retreat featuring a waterfall and adjoining pool, several specialty restaurants and more than 550 staterooms with private balconies.
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For the second year in a row, Carnival Cruise Line earned ‘2017 Best Mainstream Cruise Line’ honors in the annual Cruise Fever Fan Awards, in which readers of the site are asked to rate cruise lines in a number of categories.  After the votes were tallied, Carnival Cruise Line received more votes than any other cruise operator in the Best Mainstream Cruise Line category.
Carnival Cruise Line enjoyed a successful and memorable 2017 highlighted by the line’s first-ever voyages to Cuba aboard Carnival Paradise as well as the continued rollout of …