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Carnival Introducing Online Pre-Purchase Wi-Fi Packages

Posted: May 9, 2022

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IAfter full payment is made guests can purchase an Internet package that covers the entire duration then select from Carnival’s popular social, value and premium Wi-Fi packages through the “manage my booking” tab on the Carnival Cruises website. Daily packages are available for purchase once on board.

Other amenities available prior to departure through Carnival’s online pre-purchase system include:

  • Steakhouse and Chef’s Table reservations
  • Spa Treatments
  • Shore Excursions
  • Beverage Packages

The value plan includes unlimited access to the Web for checking email, sports scores, weather updates and a wide range of other applications, while the premium package provides the fastest available connection speed and allows access to some streaming video services.

 

Interconnecting cabin on Carnival Spirit

Take Your Kids On a Carnival Cruise for Free

Posted: February 27, 2022

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From March 13, 2022 Australian families with children can take them on a cruise from free (the third and fourth guests in a room on select Carnival sailings from Sydney) this year in an encore ‘kids sail free’ sale which offers families thousands of dollars in holiday savings.

Carnival Cruise Line Vice President Australia Jennifer Vandekreeke said the sale made an already great value cruise holiday even more irresistible to Australian families with meals, entertainment, transport, accommodation and kids clubs all included in the fare.

Children will have endless fun in Carnival’s Splash Park

“The only thing better than a fun-filled family holiday on Carnival, is enjoying your holiday with the knowledge that the kids are sailing, eating and playing for free. From our top-deck waterpark to the adults-only Serenity Retreat, Carnival offers fun for the whole family. Cruising is an affordable and easy way for Australian families to spend quality time together while visiting some of the most beautiful destinations in the region,” Ms Vandekreeke said.



Carnival’s locally-based ships Carnival Spirit and Carnival Legend offer an array of family highlights including:

  • Carnival WaterWorks™ on the top deck, including the jaw-dropping Green Thunder waterslide – the steepest and fastest water slide at sea – and Carnival’s Twister Waterslide™
  • A fun new line up of family-friendly entertainment including Build-A-Bear Workshop at Sea, 80s Rock’n’ Glow theme nights and life-sized Hasbro, The Game Show classics including Trivial Pursuit and Cluedo
  • A variety of family-friendly destinations from Pacific Island holidays to short escapes close to home including Tasmania and Moreton Island, as well as longer cruises to New Zealand, Singapore and Hawaii
  • Scores of interconnecting rooms and quad-share rooms with flexible configurations that include the option of a king bed for Mum and Dad, with two singles for the kids
  • Free supervised youth programs for children aged between two and 17, as well as a late-night program of activities. Unlike many other cruise lines, all of Carnival’s youth programs are available on port days
  • Seuss at Sea™ including a Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast with the Cat in the Hat and Friends; a special selection of classic Dr. Seuss books, toys and themed activities; showings of beloved movies such as “The Cat in the Hat” and the Seuss-a-Palooza Parade™ of characters
  • Family-friendly comedy shows and early broadway-style Playlist Production performances in the main show lounge, featuring the likes of Epic Rock and 88 Keys
  • Free 24/7 pizza and ice cream
  • A miniature putt putt golf course and multi-purpose sports courts, plus table tennis
  • Early dining for families in the main restaurant and supervised kid’s dinners in the International Food Plaza

Milestone: Carnival Cruise Line Welcomes Half a Million Guests

Posted: June 8, 2022

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Carnival Cruise Line has achieved an extraordinary milestone, welcoming half a million passengers onto its Australia-based ships Carnival Spirit and Carnival Legend since its debut Down Under in 2012.

To celebrate the achievement, the Anderson family who tipped the cruise line over the magic 500,000 number which took place during Carnival Spirit’s current 11-night New Caledonia cruise, Carnival arranged a special welcome for first time cruisers,.

Briohney and Matt Anderson, both personal trainers from the Sydney suburb of Davidson, had been looking forward to their first cruise with their sons Taylor (8) and Ollie (6) but never dreamed their trip would see them sailing into the history books as Carnival’s 500,000th Australian guests.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]  “I’ve always wanted to do a cruise and I had heard great things about Carnival – it was the only choice for me really!” Briohney said. “The slides on Carnival Spirit caught my eye, so we didn’t look at anything else.”   [/pullquote]

Briohney said while the family was surprised, the fuss made by the Carnival crew to celebrate the half a million milestone, including a “lovely cake” and balloons, had made them feel special.

The cruise, planned to mark another celebration – Briohney’s 40th birthday – also marks the family’s first family holiday in five years.

Carnival Cruise Line Vice President Australasia Jennifer Vandekreeke said reaching the landmark less than four years after the cruise line’s local debut was testament to the line’s growing popularity among Australian cruisers.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] “Carnival’s free-spirited, family friendly fun is a fantastic match with Australians’ outgoing and relaxed nature so our local ships consistently receive some of the top passenger ratings in the fleet.   [/pullquote]

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]We’re thrilled that thanks to the support of our repeat guests and new cruisers like the Andersons, we’re now on our way to welcoming a million guests onboard,” Ms Vandekreeke said.[/pullquote]

Hamish & Andy to host world’s biggest and boldest broadcasts at sea

Posted: May 30, 2022

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Grab your mates, pack your luggage and leave on a 10 night cruise extravaganza through the Pacific Islands.

carnival spirit

Anticipated to be the world’s largest and brave broadcasts at sea, Carnival Cruise Line is hosting high-spirited radio presenters Hamish and Andy and a “ship load” of their radio listener onboard Carnival Spirit for an first-time five-day live show which will be heard across Australia via satellite from the heart of the South Pacific.

Hailed as “The People’s Cruise” with Hamish & Andy, the duo join by 110 listeners as they present their drive program across the Hit Network onboard the 2,680-guest cruise ship as it sails from Sydney to Vanuatu next month.

Hamish and Andy email

While comedy duo are known for most well known for their popular drive-time radio show,The Hamish & Andy Show (and its various follow-ups), and for their shows on television as reporters on Rove and their Nine Network series Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year.

Hamish and Andy are venturing into uncharted waters with the “The People’s Cruise”. The live shows on Carnival Spirit will comprise one from Sydney Harbour, three days at sea and one more anchored off Vanuatu’s uninhabited Mystery Island.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] Carnival Cruise Line Vice President Australia Jennifer Vandekreeke said: “Carnival shares the same fun ethos as Hamish and Andy. We’re all about fun, free-spirited, holidays for social, outgoing holidaymakers – people like Hamish and Andy and their listeners, who don’t take themselves too seriously and are always up for a laugh and some fun,”   [/pullquote]

To take the show to sea has required laborious testing of satellite capabilities over the region and takes advantage of a recent upgrade of Carnival’s onboard internet access to allow the live broadcast to go to air from remote destinations.

Planning hasn’t been easy, but after laborious testing of satellite capabilities over the region and the recent update of Carnival’s onboard internet access lets the live broadcast to go to air from isolated destinations

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] “We’ve never attempted anything as ambitious as this live broadcast and can’t wait to see what fun we’ll get up to with the lads. We’re expecting Green Thunder to get a good work out for a start.” Says Vandekreeke   [/pullquote]

In a Hit Network first the 110 lucky winners will be chosen from across the country with breakfast show listeners in each city able to secure spots on the “The People’s Cruise”.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] Hamish and Andy said they were most looking forward to Carnival Spirit’s dive-in cinema, mini golf, Green Thunder waterslide, the Punchline Comedy Club and free 24-hour pizza and ice cream: “Everyone thinks we’ve decided to broadcast from a cruise ship with 110 listeners just so we can drink and relax by one of four pools onboard the ship each day. They are wrong… ‘cause there are only three pools.”   [/pullquote]

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Carnival Legend will offer Victorians a new way to holiday at sea

Posted: May 19, 2022

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Carnival Cruise Line will give Victorians a new way to holiday at sea, announcing plans to base its superliner Carnival Legend in Melbourne for a record season of cruises in early 2018.

 

The ship is a Spirit-class ship like her sister Carnival Spirit. The 2680-guest Carnival Legend will sail on six roundtrip cruises from Melbourne throughout February and March 2018, offering Victorians a new way to holiday at sea.

Voyages vary from a three-night short cruise, a four-night cruise to Tasmania, a 10-night cruise to the South Pacific and an 11-night cruise around New Zealand,

With a five year absence since Carnival cruised from Victoria in 2013 Carnival Legend’s maiden Melbourne season is set to break all records in Victoria.

Announcing the record Melbourne season, Ms Vandekreeke said Carnival was also preparing to launch a range of entertainment initiatives, including new onboard parties, a dedicated arts and craft area and interactive games, with more details to be unveiled over the coming months.

Carnival Cruise Line Vice President Australia Jennifer Vandekreeke said the cruise line was excited to head south, particularly given the growing number of Victorian guests sailing on Carnival’s cruises from Sydney.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] “Homeporting from Melbourne allows us to expand our offering to include more of our popular New Zealand cruises and short breaks, and also gives Victorians the chance to take a Carnival cruise direct from their doorstep, enjoying all the fun features that have made Carnival Legend such a hit north of the border,” Ms Vandekreeke said.   [/pullquote]

Features on Carnival Legend to look forward to are:

 

WaterWorks

WaterWorks

An aqua park decorated by the Green Thunder waterslide and the Twister slide, as well as a splash zone with numerous spray toys, dual mini-racing slides, and a enormous PowerDrencher tipping bucket.

RedFrog Pub

RedFrog Pub

A Caribbean-themed water hole with live music where guests can unwind with their favourite cocktail, accompanied by Carnival’s own ThirstyFrog Red private label draft brew

Bonsai Japanese restaurant

Bonsai Japanese restaurant

A full-service sushi restaurant offering Asian-inspired delicacies along with popular beers and cocktails from Japan.

 

Cherry On Top

Cherry On-Top

A sweets store with containers of bulk candy, fun gifts and novelties, custom attire and more.