Tag: Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival Victory Gets New Bars, Dining and Accommodations

Chris Cardona
Carnival Victory 2018 Refurbishment

Carnival Victory is getting many new options for dining, places to drink and new accommodations during her 17 day dry dock at the Grand Bahama Ship Yard. The last dry dock for Carnival Victory was in 2015, when she received the Alchemy Bar and SkyBox Sports Bar plus other routine maintenance. From April 2016-April 2017 all staterooms were also refurbished while the ship was in service. Download the new Carnival Victory Deck Plans The new spaces being added include: Guy’s Burger Joint: a free-of-charge poolside venue developed in partnership with…

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Shaq new ‘CFO’ Chief Fun Officer at Carnival Cruise Line

Chris Cardona
Shaq new CFO Chief Fun Officer at Carnival Cruise Line

To further strengthen Carnival Cruise Line’s new Choose Fun campaign, they have announced NBA Hall of Famer and TNT commentator  Shaquille O’Neal – also known as “Shaq” – has been given a new title, joining Carnival Cruise Line as their newly appointed “CFO.”   The announcement was made with a tongue-in-cheek video that features Shaq and Carnival President Christine Duffy but omits one minor detail: CFO stands for “Chief Fun Officer,”. As the newly appointed “CFO,” O’Neal has partnered with the cruise line, lending his fun, larger-than-life personality and playful…

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Carnival Cruise Line Launches New Brand Campaign

Chris Cardona
Carnival Choose Fun

Carnival Cruise Line wants their guests to Choose Fun. Their latest brand campaign will feature a series of short spots highlighting the fun that you can have onboard and ashore on a Carnival cruise. After conducting guest research, Carnival’s ad agency, Anomaly, discovered that the Carnival brand, guests and crew all share the common belief that fun is a choice and whether on board or ashore, those vacationing with Carnival choose to be their truest self, embrace positivity and have fun with others. Carnival’s President Christine Duffy said: The Choose…

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Carly Rae Jepsen to Perform Carnival Live Concert in 2018

Chris Cardona
Carnival Live

Carnival Cruise Line has announced that Carly Rae Jepson, the Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum, singer/songwriter will perform as part of the Carnival Live concert series in 2018. Jepsen will perform a free concert aboard Carnival Splendor in February 2018. The concert marks the first time the cruise line is collaborating with Universal Music Group and Brands (UMGB), the brand strategy and partnership division of Universal Music Group. Sarah Beth Reno, Carnival’s vice president of entertainment said: The concert will take place on Carnival Splendor’s Lido Deck Feb. 18 while the ship…

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Carnival Fascination Getting Massive Makeover

Chris Cardona
Carnival Fascination

The Carnival Fascination, one of Carnival Cruise Line’s popular Fantasy-Class ships will undergo a multi-million-dollar dry dock to add the line’s newest food and beverage venues. The new spaces include Guy’s Burger Joint, the cocktail pharmacy-themed Alchemy Bar, BlueIguana Cantina Mexican eatery, Cherry on Top sweets shop, the poolside RedFrog Rum Bar and BlueIguana Tequila Bar, and a Bonsai Sushi Express venue. The two-week dry dock will take place Feb. 4-17, 2018, in Freeport, The Bahamas, prior to the ship resuming its year-round schedule of seven-day southern Caribbean cruises from…

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