A large white Costa cruise ship with a prominent yellow funnel marked with a blue 'C' is docked in a calm harbor. The ship features multiple rows of balconies and windows under a partly cloudy sky during late afternoon or early morning light.

Carnival

Carnival Luminosa

Caribbean

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Trip Details

Departs: November 27, 2028

Returns: December 9, 2028

Departure Port: Baltimore

Ship: Carnival Luminosa

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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

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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