DutchCruiseFan

Although I don't expect one ship to leave for every ship that comes in, it is not an entirely weird suggestion. John Heald has been hinting on an XL-class doing short cruises, so an XL could very easily directly replace Sunrise. Another new XL could replace either Vista or Horizon from their schedules. Let's say that an XL takes over the Vista schedule, Vista could then replace Carnival Dream in Galveston and Dream could move to Norfolk with Sunshine leaving the fleet. However, I do very much expect Elation and Paradise to leave the fleet first.

Very interesting to read all of the suggestions! I love a bit of speculating about future deployments. With Carnival recently adding two Vista class ships, expecting two new XL class ships, three 230k ships and now two 150k ships, I feel like we are perhaps not super far away from seeing a Dream class ship deployed to Australia? Or would they have to much outdoor space to make work in Australia year-round? The dancing of the ships coming years would be very interesting. Carnival Dream replaces Splendor year-round to Sydney. Carnival Magic goes back to Norfolk, gets replaced by an XL class. Carnival Breeze goes to take over Radiance schedule. Carnival Splendor does Alaska summers and Brisbane winters. Luminosa goes to Tampa year-round Spirit goes to Tampa year-round Legend goes to Jacksonville year-round A conquest class goes to Alaskan summers and Alabama winters. A 150k new build goes to Alaska summers and Galveston winters. Elation, Paradise, Sunshine, Radiance and Sunrise go out of service.

Shouldn't we expect 2026-2027 sailings to be released starting this month? Might give us a clue. I can't really see Sunshine go before Elation and Paradise and I do think Jacksonville will be one of the first ports to be cut, unfortunately for them Port Canaveral is just relatively close. Of course all just speculation.

You both might be very right. I am not an expert on Costa but I know they are usually genuinely rated quite bad. Carnival Corporation doesn't post results per company so it's usually difficult to know how they're doing, but Carnival's CEO said that they would only reward good performing companies with newbuilds, so with that logic they must be doing something well. It will be interesting to see Carnival's fleet in 6/7 years. They have seven newbuilds on the way now and I wonder if they will start phasing out the Destiny class aswell as the Fantasy class.

Interesting indeed. It seems like the expectation is 2 for AIDA, 2 for Carnival and 2 for Costa. The Costa order would surprise me a bit. I expected them to be absorbed by Carnival in the future. Feels like we can expect this class of ships for more companies if succesful. Thinking of P&O and Princess. 150k is a good size. The article also mentions an option for two more.

I believe it has not. This news broke 4 hours ago. You might be confused with the 230k tonnes newbuilds announced by Carnival some weeks ago. This is about an order of six 150k tonnes ships out of which two will be heading to Carnival.

According to Shipping Italy, the Italian shipyard Fincantieri is in negotiations with Carnival Corporation for the construction of a new class of ships for three of its brands: Aida Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, and potentially at a later stage, Costa Cruises. The proposed order includes six new class ships, with an option for two additional ships, each of at least 150,000 gross tonnage, with deliveries expected from 2029. These ships would be built by the Fincantieri shipyards in Genoa Sestri Ponente and/or Marghera. The value of this order is estimated to be around 8 billion euros for the first six ships. Given SHIPPING ITALY’s reliable insider sources, the likelihood of this order being finalized is relatively high. https://crew-center.com/carnival-corporation-negotiations-6-new-cruise-ships-aida-carnival-and-costa-brands