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Carnival

Carnival Festivale

Caribbean

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Trip Details

Departs: December 27, 2027

Returns: January 3, 2028

Departure Port: Port Canaveral

Ship: Carnival Festivale

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Your Ship

Carnival Festivale

The fourth Excel-class ship, and the first one to trade the roller coaster for a water park

Aboard

  • Under construction at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, first steel cut April 8, 2025, keel laid August 14, 2025
  • The fourth Carnival hull built to run on liquefied natural gas
  • Sunsation Point, a three-deck family zone that replaces the BOLT coaster with a six-slide water park
  • Studio 724, a two-deck music-making zone named after her yard number
  • Close to 1,000 interconnecting staterooms, roughly 70 percent more than her sisters
  • Revives the name of the 1978 Festivale, the converted liner that helped make Carnival

Ashore

Where You Stop

Port Canaveral

Amber Cove

RelaxAway

Celebration Key

Caribbean

The Caribbean

The most-sailed water on earth, and the easiest cruise to fall in love with, short flights, warm water twelve months a year, and a different island every morning.

Best Time to Go
December through April, outside hurricane season
Typical Length
5 to 8 nights
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