About Carnival Cruise LineCarnival, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is “The World’s Most Popular Cruise Line®” with 24 ships operating three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
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A new cruise option will soon be available a couple of hours down the coast.
The Carnival Cruise Lines removed its port stop from Mobile in 2011, leaving the $26 million Alabama Cruise Terminal inactive for the past four years.
The soon-to-be-renovated Carnival Fantasy will embark from Mobile on November 9, 2016, offering 84 cruises during the initial 1-year term.
The Fantasy is now ported in Charleston, S.C., but is scheduled to depart from Miami between February and October 2016. The agreement approved by the council is for about 13 months, meaning the cruises will run from early November 2016 to late November 2017. “This agreement has been a priority since the day we took office”. Further, a water-themed attraction is now under construction that will include slides, an elaborate lazy river and suspended ropes.
But before she arrives in Alabama the 2,056-passenger ship will undergo a complete overhaul that will bring her up to code with the line’s Fun Ship 2.0 fleet.
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In addition to the bars and restaurants, the Carnival Fantasy will also feature a massive spa, a water park, an adults-only retreat, casino gambling and more. “We are building something special in Mobile, and this renewed partnership is evidence of that momentum”. A Facebook group, “Mobile Carnival Cruisers”, was started and since grown to nearly 1,800 members. Local travel agent Steve Cape was fielding calls this morning and because of all of the excitement surrounding the return of Carnival he expects the cruises to fill up fast.
