Carnival Celebration arrived at its PortMiami homeport and was christened by actress Cassidy Gifford Sunday night. The festivities had been befitting of the ship’s identify and underscored Carnival’s year-long celebration of fifty years of enjoyable.
Sister to Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration is launching year-round service from its hometown of Miami.
“This naming ceremony of our new flagship Carnival Celebration is the perfect culmination of our 50th birthday as this spectacular ship honors our past and signifies the fun and growth ahead,” mentioned Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.
Duffy spoke earlier than an viewers gathered for the ceremony within the ship’s three-deck-high atrium, Celebration Central. Carnival Celebration Godmother Cassidy Gifford christened the ship, with a standard breaking of a champagne bottle, alongside Captain Vincenzo Alcaras. Gifford was additionally joined by her mom, Kathie Lee Gifford, who served as godmother of Carnival Celebration’s namesake, M/S Celebration, which was equally christened in 1987.
Along with an impromptu efficiency by Kathie Lee, who sang the memorable tune to the now-legendary commercials that helped to popularize the Carnival model within the Eighties, attendees had been additionally handled to a preview of Carnival Celebration’s spectacular leisure programming, together with an aerialist efficiency. A live performance by Kool & The Gang capped off the night time, which included their dance basic, “Celebrate!” In addition, the occasion was broadcast on-line so Carnival followers may share within the festivities from wherever.
Carnival Celebration’s first friends to board the ship from Miami will depart immediately on a particular six-day Thanksgiving cruise, with visits to Grand Turk, Amber Cove and Nassau. On Nov. 27, the ship will start a rotation of week-long Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings that depart each Sunday and go to well-liked locations, such because the Dominican Republic and St. Thomas, in addition to Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico. To see sailings provided on Carnival Celebration, go to Carnival.com.
Carnival Celebration options:
- Accommodations for greater than 5,200 friends
- Features greater than 20 eating venues
- 12 bars and lounges throughout six distinctive zones.
- The Miami-themed zone, 820 Biscayne, is called after Carnival’s first headquarters tackle and is designed as a tribute to Miami’s cultural vibe and its eating and beverage choices.
- The ship’s prime deck options the award-winning all-electric curler coaster BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster
- The prime deck can be dwelling to the resort-style Loft 19, which will be accessed immediately from premium class Excel suites – one among 11 types featured throughout 180 whole suites on board.
- The ship boasts greater than 2,600 staterooms in all.
- Carnival Celebration can be the second ship within the Carnival fleet with a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) propulsion system
Emeril Lagassé Cuts Ribbon on Emeril’s Bistro 1397, Welcomes Guests into The Gateway
Sunday night, Emeril Lagasse lower a ceremonial ribbon on his second restaurant at sea, Emeril’s Bistro 1397 inside Carnival Celebration’s The Gateway zone, a primary of its type idea in cruising.
Lagasse’s newest location builds on guest-favorite menu objects from his first restaurant at sea on board Mardi Gras and provides many extra worldwide choices to match The Gateway zone’s theming – serving to to create a really immersive expertise. Transporting friends to far-away locations by providing cuisines which enhance the visuals proven on 12 digital “windows” surrounding the house, the zone additionally contains a 100-foot LED ceiling, sound results and theatrical lighting that mix to create an ever-changing surroundings inside a two-deck-high promenade.
The Gateway additionally features a new travel-inspired bar idea, Latitudes, which evokes a basic airport or prepare station with a contemporary tackle a classic “departures” board. Together, Latitudes and Emeril’s Bistro serve worldwide flavors which change to correspond with the zone’s nightly themes and featured cultures.
Terminal F Ribbon Cutting Ushers in New Era for Carnival at PortMiami
Carnival’s newly redesigned and expanded Terminal F at PortMiami opened its doorways along with Carnival Celebration’s arrival. The cruise line held a ribbon slicing ceremony to mark the ability’s grand opening, the place Duffy was joined by Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County Commissioners and Carnival Corp. & plc CEO Josh Weinstein.
Ahead of the ribbon slicing, Duffy introduced a $25,000 donation from Carnival to the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in honor of the Miami-Dade management. The donation will help medical and well being providers to greater than 6,000 girls veterans in Miami-Dade.
The terminal’s new clear and open design permits for distinctive effectivity and adaptability to accommodate Carnival’s latest class of ships. The terminal additionally maximizes expertise so friends transfer by means of the embarkation course of shortly and luxuriate in a extra seamless boarding expertise. Now, the enjoyable of a Carnival cruise begins even earlier than boarding the ship. Digital media experiences are constructed into all three ranges of the brand new terminal, together with an immersive tunnel on degree two that friends will go by means of. The digital screens showcase photographs of the ship, locations, underwater seascapes, and the nighttime sky.
Adding Carnival Celebration at Terminal F, now 5 of Carnival’s 24-ship fleet are homeported in Miami. Going ahead, Carnival expects to embark greater than 20,000 friends per week from PortMiami.
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