CARNIVAL expanding in long beach

[ccruisequeen]

Article from LA TIMES business section today

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-carnival-long-beach-20161017-snap-story.html

[pblack]

Good news for us. :) Since I live in Sacramento, Long Beach is the closest terminal to me. Hopefully this should also make it an easier embarkation at Long Beach.

[ccruisequeen]

They need some larger, newer ships and more different itineraries.

 

 

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[springs741]

Anyone catch the last paragraph of that article?

 

"The ships that now serve Long Beach carry 2,000 to 2,500 passengers;*the expansion would allow Carnival to sail the Carnival Splendor to Long Beach, a 952-foot long ship that can hold 3,012*passengers, Carnival officials said."

 

It has been rumored that Splendor would move to the West Coast for some time before going to China.

[SadieN]

FWIW Long Beach was Splendor's first American homeport back in 2008/2009.

She had a string of bad luck, the fire (Spam Cruise) and the Swine Flu debacle.

Edited October 21, 2016 by SadieN

[easyboy]

Thanks for the heads up.