
Carnival
Carnival Luminosa
Caribbean
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Sailing Itinerary
Trip Details
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Your Ship
Carnival Luminosa
Costa's ship of light, handed to Carnival in 2022, and now the one that sails to Alaska from San Francisco
Aboard
- Built by Fincantieri at Marghera and delivered May 1, 2009 as Costa Luminosa
- Christened at Genoa alongside Costa Pacifica in a two-ship ceremony that took a Guinness record
- Fernando Botero's bronze Reclining Woman, over eleven feet long, stands in the atrium
- The first of three Costa ships transferred to Carnival, handed over September 8, 2022
- Converted in dry dock at Palermo and first sailed for Carnival from Brisbane on November 6, 2022
- Keeps her Costa-era golf simulator, putting green and thalassotherapy pool
Ashore
Where You Stop
Nassau
The Bahamian capital on New Providence, a colonial harbor town that four ships at a time dock straight into the middle of.
RelaxAway
Grand Turk
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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The Same Trip, Other Weeks
The identical itinerary on this ship, priced by departure. Fares move week to week, and the difference is often larger than anything else on this page.
| Departs | Inside | Oceanview | Balcony | Suite | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 18, 2028 | |||||
| December 9, 2028This sailing |
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