Carnival Cruise Line has selected the Carnival Breeze as the name for the line’s new 130,000-ton cruise ship scheduled to enter service in spring 2012.
To Carnival Breeze is being built at Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, and will be the third in the line’s Dream class. The series namesake vessel, Carnival Dream, entered service in 2009 and a sister ship, Carnival Magic, debuts this month. Carnival Breeze will offer many of the popular innovations featured on Carnival Dream, as well as some exciting and unique new elements created just for this vessel that will be detailed at a later date, along with homeport and itinerary information.
Signature Dream-class elements featured on Carnival Breeze will include expansive facilities for children and teens, a 23,750-square-foot Cloud 9 Spa and The Lanai, an outdoor promenade featuring cantilevered whirlpools that extend over the ship’s sides. Other features will include a WaterWorks aqua park with a 300-foot-long corkscrew water slide, a stunning indoor/outdoor café and live entertainment venue called Ocean Plaza and a wide range of staterooms including deluxe ocean views with two bathrooms, some of which feature five berths and hold particular appeal for families.
Carnival Breeze will be the 24th vessel in Carnival Cruise Line fleet, which operates 3-day to 15-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Panama Canal, Canada, New England, Bermuda and Europe.
