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Carnival Spirit

Mexico

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Trip Details

Departs: March 31, 2029

Returns: April 8, 2029

Departure Port: Long Beach (Los Angeles)

Ship: Carnival Spirit

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Carnival Spirit

The prototype of the class, eight years an Australian ship, and now the reason Mobile has cruises

Aboard

  • First of the four Spirit-class ships, delivered by Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki on April 11, 2001
  • Christened at Miami by Elizabeth Dole on April 27, 2001, at a cost of $375 million
  • Based in Sydney from 2012 to 2020, Carnival's first ship homeported outside North America year-round
  • Green Thunder, a 180-foot near-vertical drop slide fitted in the 2012 refit and billed as the steepest at sea
  • Public rooms named for empires, Pharaoh's Palace, the Empire Restaurant, Versailles, the Louis XIV casino
  • A six-week dry dock at Cadiz ended in March 2025
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Ashore

Where You Stop

Cabo San Lucas

Mexico

The Mexican Riviera

The West Coast's answer to the Caribbean, Cabo's granite arch, Puerto Vallarta's old town and Mazatlán's malecón, all within a week of Los Angeles.

Best Time to Go
October through April, when the Pacific is calm and dry
Typical Length
4 to 7 nights
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