CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE TO BRING COSTA VENEZIA TO THE U.S. IN 2023,
COSTA FIRENZE IN 2024, TO SAIL AS
PART OF THE CARNIVAL FLEET
MIAMI, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise
Line – proudly known as America's cruise line – is teaming up with
Costa Cruises – Italy's favorite
cruise line – creating a new concept for Carnival's North American
guests when COSTA® by CARNIVAL® debuts in
the spring of 2023 and Costa Venezia joins the Carnival fleet
sailing from New York. Costa
Venezia will be followed by Costa Firenze arriving in the spring of
2024 to sail from Long Beach.
Carnival will operate the ships, which will marry the great
service, food and entertainment that Carnival's guests enjoy with
Costa's Italian design features. "Costa Venezia and Costa Firenze
will bring Carnival's guests the ambiance and beauty of
Italy," said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise
Line. "We're going to invite our guests to Choose Fun with
Carnival, Italian Style!"
"This is an exciting opportunity for us to operate two
additional beautiful Vista class ships in the U.S. and bring a
unique experience to those who love the culture, food and vibe of
Italy," said Duffy. "There
are lots of ways we plan to create an immersive fun experience for
our guests who choose to sail on these ships, which have beautiful
Italian-design elements, dining and retail that will deliver
Carnival fun leveraging the spirit of Italy from our sister line Costa Cruises."
Mario Zanetti, president of Costa
Cruises said, "We are excited to see these iconic ships make their
debut in the U.S. under the leadership and operation of our sister
brand. Costa providing the beautiful ship with its' Italian
design and Carnival delivering FUN, Italian Style!" Zanetti
said that Costa will be informing clients impacted by this
news.
Duffy said that the ships will continue operating their regular
Costa itineraries until they are assigned to Carnival for dry dock
work and deployment. Deployment and itinerary plans are being
finalized, with the Venezia announcement coming soon given the
spring 2023 launch date. Costa Venezia and Costa Firenze are sister
ships to Carnival Vista, Carnival Horizon and Carnival Panorama,
weighing 135,500 gross tons and accommodating up to 5,260
guests.
ABOUT CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
Carnival Cruise Line, part of Carnival Corporation & plc
(NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is proud to be known as America's
Cruise Line. Since its founding in 1972, Carnival has
continually revolutionized the cruise sector, making a cruise
vacation an affordable and popular option for millions of
guests. Carnival operates from 14 U.S. homeports and employs
more than 40,000 team members representing 120 nationalities.
Carnival's newest ship, Mardi Gras,
featuring the first roller coaster at sea, is the first cruise ship
in the Americas powered by eco-friendly Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG). Carnival returns to Australia in October
2022 and will welcome four additional ships over the next
two years, including Carnival Celebration, which arrives to
Miami in November to close out
Carnival's 50th birthday festivities.
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