Two Carnival cruise ships are poised to set off on prolonged repositioning cruises on the identical day to convey them to thoroughly completely different areas for brand spanking new crusing seasons.
On Thursday, April 13, 2023, Carnival Pride will depart for a transatlantic cruise, whereas her fleet mate, the brand new Carnival Luminosa, will start a transpacific voyage.
Carnival Pride Moving to Europe
On Thursday, April 13, Carnival Pride will start a transatlantic crossing, a 13-night cruise from Tampa, Florida to Barcelona, Spain. While the ship won’t be homeported from Barcelona, this crusing does convey her to Europe for the summer season season.
On the 13-night transatlantic cruise, the ship will go to simply three ports of name – Ponta Delgada within the Azores in addition to each Malaga and Valencia in Spain. This means 9 full days might be spent at sea, giving company a tremendous time to completely immerse themselves in all of the ship has to supply.
Onboard might be 1,825 company of the Spirit-class ship’s typical capability of two,124, with company from many various nations having fun with the journey.
Carnival Cruise Line model ambassador John Heald not too long ago interviewed Carnival Pride‘s master, Captain Vito, who has been with Carnival since 1990, about what it’s wish to sail a transatlantic cruise with so many days at sea, so removed from different ports of name.
“No matter how many times we have done it, is always a very sobering and a moment of reflection being so far from everyone and at the same time so close to many on board,” Captain Vito stated. “This is the moment that guests and crew become one….the so-called “Ship Company!”
After arriving in Spain, Carnival Pride will sail from Barcelona to Dover, stopping at ports in Portugal, Spain, France, and Belgium earlier than arriving in England. She will stay homeported from Dover for the summer season season, providing 9- and 12- evening European sailings, earlier than transferring to Rome in September to spend a number of weeks providing further itineraries from Italy.
In late October, the ship will return to Tampa through one other 15-night transatlantic crossing, returning to her Caribbean residence for the winter season.
Carnival Luminosa Setting Sail for Alaska
At the identical time, Carnival Pride units sail for Europe, the most recent ship within the Carnival fleet, Carnival Luminosa, will depart her first homeport to reposition through a transpacific cruise to Alaska.
The renovated and rebranded ship, previously Costa Luminosa, debuted with Carnival homeported from Brisbane, however on April 13, she’s going to start transferring north to Seattle. The transpacific crusing is an epic 21-night journey with superb ports of name in New Caledonia, Fiji, French Polynesia, and Hawaii, earlier than arriving in Seattle on May 4.
During the crusing, Carnival Luminosa will cross the International Date Line, all the time a particular occasion for each crew and company, regardless of what number of instances they could have handed that marker.
A full 15 days might be spent at sea in the course of the cruise, giving company ample time to take pleasure in every thing distinctive and distinctive about Carnival Luminosa and her Italian aptitude.
For the summer season, the ship will supply 7-night roundtrip sailings from Seattle, visiting high Alaskan ports resembling Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan, in addition to scenic cruising alongside the dramatic Inside Passage.
When Carnival Luminosa returns to Brisbane within the fall, the transpacific crossing might be an much more astonishing 31-night cruise, first heading north to Alaskan ports after which transferring south to ports in Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia. That crusing departs Seattle on September 14, and arrives in Brisbane on October 15.
About Transoceanic Cruises
Transoceanic cruises are one-way journeys throughout oceans that reposition ships to new markets in distant areas. In some circumstances, cruise strains rotate ships to new homeports to drive native curiosity and entice new vacationers who could have already cruised ceaselessly on the identical homeported ship.
In different cases, transoceanic cruises are seasonal actions to take ships to completely different areas of the world with extra restricted cruise seasons. This can convey vessels to fashionable markets throughout trip intervals or instances when climate cycles are extra clement for comfy, superb cruises.
Some cruise ships could make transoceanic crossings a number of instances a yr whereas different ships solely make these monumental journeys sometimes, however regardless of once they sail, which ocean they cross, or the place they’re going, the sailings are superb experiences for each traveler.
More Repositionings to Come
While these two ships are setting sail on very particular journeys on the identical day, they aren’t the one repositioning cruises developing this week. On Sunday, April 16, Carnival Spirit will depart her Miami homeport for a Panama Canal crusing that can take her to Seattle for the Alaska season, the place she’s going to arrive two days earlier than Carnival Luminosa.
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