
Carnival
Carnival Luminosa
Caribbean
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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
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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