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Carnival Dining Update

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Carnival Cruise Line Your Choice Dining Program:

Carnival has launched Your Choice Dining, which provides a selection of three dinner seating options for guests aboard the line’s 22-ship fleet. In addition to early or late assigned seating, the cruise line has introduced an open seating option to accommodate individual guest preferences. Also, under the new program,  dining assignments will be confirmed at the time of booking. Your Time open seating, currently available on five ships, will be implemented one vessel at a time over the next several months as modifications in dining room table configurations are completed on each ship

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Carnival Cruise Supper Club

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

carnival113x70_main_diningSo many ships offer alternative dining (most at a fee of $15-30 per person) and they do deliver a wonderful relaxing evening and glorious food.  Carnival has gone one better and offers a Supper Club.  My husband and I cruised on the Valor and decided to give it a try.  It’s a winner.

As a Supper Club, it offers music and dancing while dining. A trio plays pleasant tunes from the 40s to the 70s and in between courses, it’s nice to dance with your partner.  The dance floor is small, adding to the intimacy of the club, and the ambiance and décor are very lovely.  It is slightly reminiscent of the glory days of the 40s and 50s when couples really dressed to go to El Morocco or the Stork Club in NY.  The good news is all you need to wear  is casual “country club elegance”.

The menu choices were excellent and we were shown the choices in cuts for steak, veal or chops as well as lobster.  Our dinner was truly a gourmet’s delight both for the palate and the eye.  There are also so many courses that you need to pace yourself.  That was our only complaint.  Our waitress wanted us to place our entire order as “that’s the way they do it”.   My husband said that is not the way we do it and we wish to take our time. We ordered one course at a time and were glad to wait.  Other patrons who allowed the waitress to do it her way were in and out of the supper club within an hour.  We enjoyed a lovely two hour evening of dinner and dance and will do it again.  Please just remember to not order the main course at the same time as appetizer and salad. The cost of this marvelous evening was $30 per person.

Hope this will entice cruisers to step up to Carnival’s Scarlett’s Supper Club.

To view the Supper Club Menu, click here

*Please note that Supper Clubs are available only on Carnival Legend, Carnival Miracle, Carnival Pride, Carnival Spirit, Carnival Conquest, Carnival Glory, Carnival Valor, Carnival Liberty, Carnival Freedom, Carnival Splendor and — coming soon — Carnival Dream.

Contributed by:  L. Unger
laura@atlastravelweb.com

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Carnival Cruise Alaska

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Carnival Cruise Alaska Sale
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Take advantage of our great offer on 2009 Alaska sailings on the Carnival Spirit from $629.

Between February 16 and 28th 2009, book any 2009 Alaska cruise and receive a balcony stateroom for the price of an oceanview.

Port
Sail Date
Itinerary
Rate
Vancouver
5/06/09
Glacier Bay Alaska
$799
Vancouver
5/13/09
Alaska Northbound
$629
Anchorage
5/20/09
Southbound Alaska
$619
Vancouver
5/27/09
Alaska Northbound
$629
Anchorage
6/03/09
Southbound Alaska
$699
Vancouver
6/10/09
Alaska Northbound
$699
Anchorage
6/17/09
Southbound Alaska
$699
Vancouver
6/24/09
Alaska Northbound
$799
Anchorage
7/01/09
Southbound Alaska
$779
Vancouver
7/08/09
Alaska Northbound
$829
Anchorage
7/15/09
Southbound Alaska
$869
Vancouver
7/22/09
Alaska Northbound
$869
Anchorage
7/29/09
Southbound Alaska
$829
Vancouver
8/05/09
Alaska Northbound
$829
Anchorage
8/12/09
Southbound Alaska
$829
Vancouver
8/19/09
Alaska Northbound
$839
Anchorage
8/26/09
Southbound Alaska
$839
Vancouver
9/02/09
Glacier Bay Alaska
$799
Vancouver
9/09/09
Glacier Bay Alaska
$769

Carnival reserves the right to re-instate a fuel supplement for all guests at up to $9 per guest per day,
if the NYMEX oil price exceeds $70 per barrel.

Terms & Conditions:
Cruise rates are in U.S. dollars, per person and based on double occupancy. Offer is non-transferable, and has no cash value. Farecode must be requested to receive promotion. No name changes. Government taxes and fees are additional for all guests. Full deposit required at time of booking. Combinable with fun select rates only. Minimum purchase in category BL, with a minimum stateroom assignment 8A. Offer is capacity controlled and is not combinable with any other discount or promotional offer. Rates are subject to change at any time without prior notice. Sailings within range may be slightly higher. Buy an oceanview guarantee stateroom and get a balcony guarantee stateroom at the oceanview rate. Valid on new bookings only made between 2/16/09-2/28/09. Applicable on 2009 Carnival Spirit Alaska sailings. Category restrictions apply. Offer expires at midnight EST on Saturday 2/28/09. Blackout dates may apply. Some restrictions (including stateroom/category availability) apply. Request fare code PBG. Ship’s Registry: Panama.

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Carnival Cruise Sale

Monday, January 26th, 2009

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Carnival Fun4All Sale has been extended! The Carnival sale has been extended until January 31, 2009. That makes an entire month of FREE upgrades and BIG savings for guests.

Ship
Port
Dur
Sail Date
Itinerary
Interior
Ocean View
Balcony
Carnival Imagination
MIA
4
9/14-9/28/09
Key West & Cozumel
$249
$289
N/A
Carnival Sensation
MCO
4
9/20/09
Freeport & Nassau
$279
$319
N/A
Carnival Fantasy
MSY
5
9/28/09
Western Caribbean
$329
$379
N/A
Carnival Fascination
JAX
5
12/12/09
Bahamas
$329
$379
N/A
Holiday
MOB
5
5/04/09
Western Caribbean
$329
$379
N/A
Carnival Freedom
FLL
6
9/20; 11/29; 12/13/09
Western Caribbean
$499
$579
$729
Carnival Glory
MCO
7
9/26-10/03/09
E & E W Caribbean
$549
$649
$799
Carnival Spirit
ANC
7
5/20/09
Southbound Alaska
$549
$749
$849
Carnival Victory
SJU
7
9/13-9/20/09
Southern Caribbean
$529
$629
$779
Carnival Freedom
FLL
8
9/26/09
Exotic W Caribbean
$629
$749
$939
Carnival Spirit
SDG
8
12/05-12/13/09
Mexican Riviera
$599
$699
$849

Additional ships & sail dates are available.

Carnival reserves the right to re-instate a fuel supplement for all guests at up to $9 per guest per day,
if the NYMEX oil price exceeds $70 per barrel.

Terms & Conditions:
Cruise rates are in U.S. dollars, per person and based on double occupancy. Fare code must be requested to receive promotion. No name changes. Offer combinable with Super Saver rates only. Government taxes and fees are additional for all guests. Offer is capacity controlled and is not combinable with any other discount or promotional offer. Rates are subject to change at any time without prior notice. Category Restrictions and exclusions apply. Minimum purchase of category 4A is required. Best available stateroom upgrades available within like cabin categories (Interior to Interior, Oceanview to Oceanview and Balcony to balcony). Limited ocean view upgrades may be available on select ships. Offer is applicable on select 3-2 day sailing through 12/18/09. Valid on new individual bookings made between 1/5/09 thru 1/31/09. Offer expires at 11:59PM EST on 1/31/09. Other sail dates in range slightly higher. Blackout dates may apply. Some restrictions (including stateroom/category availability) apply. Request fare code PFF. Ships’ Registry: Panama & the Bahamas.

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