By Karen Robes Meeks
Carnival Cruise Line is preparing to launch a series of voyages leaving from San Francisco, Calif., for the first time in its 46-year history.
Throughout the 2020 spring and summer months, Carnival will offer four-day long weekend jaunts to Ensenada departing on Thursdays and five-day and six-day cruises to Ensenada, Catalina Island and San Diego.
On April 16, Carnival Journeys will depart on a 15-day Hawaii cruise round-trip from San Francisco, with stops in Maui (Kahului), Honolulu, Hilo, Kona, and Kauai.
Carnival is also planning 10-day round-trip to Alaska with stops in Juneau, Skagway, and Icy Strait Point, as well as Sitka and Tracy Arm Fjord. A one-time 11-day Alaska cruise leaving San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2020 will also be available.
“These deployments further bolster Carnival Cruise Line’s position as the West Coast cruise leader, carrying more passengers than any other cruise operator,” the company said. “That number will continue to increase with the debut of Carnival Panorama from Long Beach in December 2019, the first new Carnival ship on the West Coast in 20 years.”
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Monday, January 21, 2019
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Carnival Long Beach Terminal Wins Award
By Karen Robes Meeks
Carnival Cruise Line’s Long Beach Cruise Terminal was recently named Most Improved Cruise Terminal as part of the Porthole Cruise Magazine’s annual Editor-in-Chief Awards. Winners will be featured in the publication’s January issue.
Editor-in-Chief Bill Panoff picked the winners “based on his personal experiences with various cruise operators throughout the year,” according to the Carnival Cruise press release.
Last year, the Long Beach Cruise Terminal, which Carnival opened in 2003, went through a massive multi-million-dollar makeover that more than doubled the size of the facility housed inside the former Spruce Goose dome. The new 142,000-square-foot facility features a mural of the Sierra Mountain and other natural elements native to California, a starry night sky ceiling and retro 1980s-style arcade games.
“The Long Beach Cruise Terminal has always been a very popular homeport for Carnival Cruise Line, and we could not be more elated to see this stunning facility recognized for its jaw-dropping renovation,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “Thousands upon thousands of satisfied guests sail from Long Beach each year, and we can’t wait to welcome the new Carnival Panorama to Southern California later this year.”
Carnival, which runs three year-round ships from Long Beach, is growing operations this year with the new Carnival Panorama joining Carnival Imagination and Carnival Inspiration in December for seven-day Mexican Riviera sailings. This trio is anticipated to carry 600,000 passengers annually from Long Beach, according to Carnival.
Carnival Cruise Line’s Long Beach Cruise Terminal was recently named Most Improved Cruise Terminal as part of the Porthole Cruise Magazine’s annual Editor-in-Chief Awards. Winners will be featured in the publication’s January issue.
Editor-in-Chief Bill Panoff picked the winners “based on his personal experiences with various cruise operators throughout the year,” according to the Carnival Cruise press release.
Last year, the Long Beach Cruise Terminal, which Carnival opened in 2003, went through a massive multi-million-dollar makeover that more than doubled the size of the facility housed inside the former Spruce Goose dome. The new 142,000-square-foot facility features a mural of the Sierra Mountain and other natural elements native to California, a starry night sky ceiling and retro 1980s-style arcade games.
“The Long Beach Cruise Terminal has always been a very popular homeport for Carnival Cruise Line, and we could not be more elated to see this stunning facility recognized for its jaw-dropping renovation,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “Thousands upon thousands of satisfied guests sail from Long Beach each year, and we can’t wait to welcome the new Carnival Panorama to Southern California later this year.”
Carnival, which runs three year-round ships from Long Beach, is growing operations this year with the new Carnival Panorama joining Carnival Imagination and Carnival Inspiration in December for seven-day Mexican Riviera sailings. This trio is anticipated to carry 600,000 passengers annually from Long Beach, according to Carnival.
Friday, July 6, 2018
Carnival Returns to San Diego
By Karen Robes Meeks
For the first time in seven years, Carnival Cruise Line will be returning to the Port of San Diego with the arrival of the 963-foot long Carnival Miracle.
Starting December 1, 2019, Carnival Miracle will offer 10 voyages from the Port of San Diego, launching with a seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera featuring stops in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas.
“The Port of San Diego is thrilled to welcome Carnival Cruise Line back,” said Rafael Castellanos, chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners. “The partnership between the port and Carnival offers cruisers more travel options while providing even more economic benefit to the region.”
Other Carnival offerings include a pair of 15-day special Carnival Journeys voyages to Hawaii, two five-day cruises to Cabo San Lucas and two three-day getaways to Ensenada. There will also be a four-day New Year’s Baja Mexico cruise leaving San Diego on December 30. A six-day cruise with two days in Cabo San Lucas and a day trip to Ensenada will be leaving from San Diego on January 6, 2020.
Lastly, a 13-day Panama Canal Carnival Journeys cruise will depart from San Diego on February 1, 2020, and arrive in Miami on Valentine’s Day.
For the first time in seven years, Carnival Cruise Line will be returning to the Port of San Diego with the arrival of the 963-foot long Carnival Miracle.
Starting December 1, 2019, Carnival Miracle will offer 10 voyages from the Port of San Diego, launching with a seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera featuring stops in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas.
“The Port of San Diego is thrilled to welcome Carnival Cruise Line back,” said Rafael Castellanos, chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners. “The partnership between the port and Carnival offers cruisers more travel options while providing even more economic benefit to the region.”
Other Carnival offerings include a pair of 15-day special Carnival Journeys voyages to Hawaii, two five-day cruises to Cabo San Lucas and two three-day getaways to Ensenada. There will also be a four-day New Year’s Baja Mexico cruise leaving San Diego on December 30. A six-day cruise with two days in Cabo San Lucas and a day trip to Ensenada will be leaving from San Diego on January 6, 2020.
Lastly, a 13-day Panama Canal Carnival Journeys cruise will depart from San Diego on February 1, 2020, and arrive in Miami on Valentine’s Day.
Friday, March 23, 2018
New Mexican Cruise Service from Long Beach
By Karen Robes Meeks
Carnival Cruise Line, which has reopened its upgraded Long Beach Cruise Terminal, recently announced that starting in December 2019 it will commence a year-long, seven-day service from Long Beach to the Mexican Riviera on its new Carnival Panorama ship.The 3,960-passenger Panorama will be the first Carnival ship in two decades to be based in Southern California.
“Carnival Panorama promises to be a spectacular addition to our fleet and we’re delighted to provide our guests with an opportunity to be among the first to sail on our first new ship on the West Coast in two decades,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.
The upgrades feature added shore power capability so bigger ships can plug in at berth and more than twice the space for Carnival’s operations, according to the Port of Long Beach.
Carnival also plans to launch a big port development project in Ensenada, Mexico, one of its Long Beach destinations, according to the port.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Carnival Cruise Line Begins Renovating
Long Beach Terminal
By Mark Edward Nero
Carnival Cruise Line has begun a multimillion-dollar renovation of its Long Beach Cruise Terminal facility to accommodate larger ships and enhance terminal operations.
A groundbreaking ceremony held in April included remarks by City of Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, President and CEO of Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau Steve Goodling and Carnival Cruise Line Vice President Strategic and Commercial Port Development Carlos Torres de Navarra, among others.
Design plans for the terminal were unveiled by Carnival during the celebration. The renovation is expected to increase the space Carnival currently occupies in the terminal facility from about 66,000 square feet to 142,000 square feet.
Carnival says the expansion and new design will allow for a dramatically enhanced passenger experience and operational flow within the terminal. The project also includes the expansion of portside “cold-ironing” to enable larger ships to plug into the local electric grid to reduce exhaust emissions while docked.
Also planned are further enhancements to the area surrounding the geodesic dome that houses the cruise terminal and the adjacent Queen Mary tourist attraction.
Carnival has run the Long Beach Cruise Terminal — the United States’ only privately operated cruise terminal — since 2003. It is one of the busiest terminals in North America, with ships docking at the facility five days per week resulting in a more than 70 percent utilization rate, according to Carnival.
The renovation is expected to make 100 percent of the geodesic dome, originally the space that housed Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” museum attraction, available for Carnival’s cruise operations. The company currently uses only a portion of the area for customs and guest check-in activities.
Currently, Carnival operates three ships from the Long Beach Cruise Terminal — Carnival Inspiration and Carnival Imagination, which offer three- and four-day Baja cruises, and Carnival Miracle, which operates week-long Mexican Riviera voyages along with 14- and 15-day cruises to Hawaii and Alaska.
In 2018 when the larger Carnival Splendor replaces Carnival Miracle, the line is expected to carry more than 700,000 guests annually from Southern California, and operate nearly 250 three- to 14-day cruises a year.
Carnival Cruise Line has begun a multimillion-dollar renovation of its Long Beach Cruise Terminal facility to accommodate larger ships and enhance terminal operations.
A groundbreaking ceremony held in April included remarks by City of Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, President and CEO of Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau Steve Goodling and Carnival Cruise Line Vice President Strategic and Commercial Port Development Carlos Torres de Navarra, among others.
Design plans for the terminal were unveiled by Carnival during the celebration. The renovation is expected to increase the space Carnival currently occupies in the terminal facility from about 66,000 square feet to 142,000 square feet.
Carnival says the expansion and new design will allow for a dramatically enhanced passenger experience and operational flow within the terminal. The project also includes the expansion of portside “cold-ironing” to enable larger ships to plug into the local electric grid to reduce exhaust emissions while docked.
Also planned are further enhancements to the area surrounding the geodesic dome that houses the cruise terminal and the adjacent Queen Mary tourist attraction.
Carnival has run the Long Beach Cruise Terminal — the United States’ only privately operated cruise terminal — since 2003. It is one of the busiest terminals in North America, with ships docking at the facility five days per week resulting in a more than 70 percent utilization rate, according to Carnival.
The renovation is expected to make 100 percent of the geodesic dome, originally the space that housed Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” museum attraction, available for Carnival’s cruise operations. The company currently uses only a portion of the area for customs and guest check-in activities.
Currently, Carnival operates three ships from the Long Beach Cruise Terminal — Carnival Inspiration and Carnival Imagination, which offer three- and four-day Baja cruises, and Carnival Miracle, which operates week-long Mexican Riviera voyages along with 14- and 15-day cruises to Hawaii and Alaska.
In 2018 when the larger Carnival Splendor replaces Carnival Miracle, the line is expected to carry more than 700,000 guests annually from Southern California, and operate nearly 250 three- to 14-day cruises a year.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Cruise Ship Returns to Port After Propulsion Damage
The Carnival Cruise Line ship Carnival Splendor returned to the Port of Long Beach a day behind
schedule Jan. 14 after repair work had to be performed to repair damage to its
propulsion system caused by fishing nets in Mexico during a previous cruise in
early January.
The repair work, which had been scheduled for the night of
Jan. 10 in Mexico, took longer than scheduled, causing the delay, according to
the cruise line. After a several-hour delay, the ship left Puerto Vallarta the
afternoon of Jan. 11 for the two-day trip back to Southern California.
All the ship’s services continued to function normally while
the repairs were performed, according to the cruise line.
Due to the delay, passengers that were scheduled to leave from
Long Beach on a Mexican cruise Jan. 13 had their departure delayed by a day. As
a result, Carnival shortened the trip from six days to five and gave passengers
a one-day refund and $50 credit. They were also given the option of canceling their
trip without incurring any fees.
The 952-foot Carnival
Splendor, which has a 3,006-passenger capacity and an onboard crew of more
than 1,100, was launched in August 2007. It has a brief history of incidents,
including a November 2010 engine room fire during the second day of a voyage
from Long Beach to the Mexican Riviera that cut all electrical power onboard,
but resulted in no injuries.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
California Air Quality Agency Awards $58M for Ship-to-Shore Systems
The air pollution control agency for much of Southern California announced Friday that it had awarded $58 million from voter-approved Proposition 1B funding for ship-to-shore power projects at major ports in the state.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District awards will provide funding to help build 25 ship-to-shore systems for ships calling on area ports. Ten ship-to-shore systems will be built at the Port of Los Angeles, 12 at the Port of Long Beach and three at Port Hueneme. Currently, the Port of Los Angeles has four such systems and the Port of Long Beach has three. All of the projects are expected to be complete by the end of 2013.
Ship-to-shore systems allow vessels at outfitted docks to plug into the landside power grid for electricity to keep the vessel's onboard equipment and systems operating while berthed. Most vessels supply this power by running onboard diesel auxiliary engines, one of the leading generators of air pollution during a vessel call. Vessels plugging into a ship-to-shore system can shut off their auxiliary engines, cutting their emissions generated per call by up to 50 percent. Most vessels must be specially modified to plug into a ship-to-shore system.
Also included in the AQMD announcement was a $1.6 million award to Carnival Cruise Lines to modify one passenger cruise ship in its fleet so that it is capable of using ship-to-shore power while docked at the Port of Long Beach cruise terminal. AQMD previously awarded Carnival $5 million for the installation of a ship-to-shore system at the Long Beach cruise terminal. The project is expected to be completed this fall.
“The projects approved today will eliminate thousands of tons of pollution during the next decade,” AQMD Governing Board chairman William Burke said. “Clean, zero-emission technology is here and we must accelerate its use now for the health of all Southland residents – and especially those living in communities near the ports.”
Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, a California Air Resources Board regulation will require an increasing number of container and passenger ships to be capable of using ship-to-shore systems when at berth in California ports.
The shore-side power projects are expected to reduce 762 tons per year of nitrogen oxide emissions, or NOx, and 13 tons per year of particulate matter, or PM, emissions over 10 years. Modifying one Carnival Cruise ship to accept ship-to-shore power will reduce 59 tons per year of NOx emissions and 2 tons per year of PM.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District awards will provide funding to help build 25 ship-to-shore systems for ships calling on area ports. Ten ship-to-shore systems will be built at the Port of Los Angeles, 12 at the Port of Long Beach and three at Port Hueneme. Currently, the Port of Los Angeles has four such systems and the Port of Long Beach has three. All of the projects are expected to be complete by the end of 2013.
Ship-to-shore systems allow vessels at outfitted docks to plug into the landside power grid for electricity to keep the vessel's onboard equipment and systems operating while berthed. Most vessels supply this power by running onboard diesel auxiliary engines, one of the leading generators of air pollution during a vessel call. Vessels plugging into a ship-to-shore system can shut off their auxiliary engines, cutting their emissions generated per call by up to 50 percent. Most vessels must be specially modified to plug into a ship-to-shore system.
Also included in the AQMD announcement was a $1.6 million award to Carnival Cruise Lines to modify one passenger cruise ship in its fleet so that it is capable of using ship-to-shore power while docked at the Port of Long Beach cruise terminal. AQMD previously awarded Carnival $5 million for the installation of a ship-to-shore system at the Long Beach cruise terminal. The project is expected to be completed this fall.
“The projects approved today will eliminate thousands of tons of pollution during the next decade,” AQMD Governing Board chairman William Burke said. “Clean, zero-emission technology is here and we must accelerate its use now for the health of all Southland residents – and especially those living in communities near the ports.”
Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, a California Air Resources Board regulation will require an increasing number of container and passenger ships to be capable of using ship-to-shore systems when at berth in California ports.
The shore-side power projects are expected to reduce 762 tons per year of nitrogen oxide emissions, or NOx, and 13 tons per year of particulate matter, or PM, emissions over 10 years. Modifying one Carnival Cruise ship to accept ship-to-shore power will reduce 59 tons per year of NOx emissions and 2 tons per year of PM.
