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More information can be found here:

http://carnival.com/CMS/Articles/splendor_southamerica.aspx

 

The segments are:

 

"Carnival Splendor will operate three special South America departures in 2009 -- a 17-day, six-port cruise from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 31-Feb. 17; a 14-day, six-port voyage from Buenos Aires to Santiago (Valparaiso), Chile, Feb. 17-March 3, and an 18-day, six-port South America/Mexican Riviera cruise from Santiago (Valparaiso) to San Francisco March 3-21."

 

And pricing and sales information:

 

"Carnival will begin accepting reservations for Carnival Splendor’s new 14-, 17- and 18-day South America cruises beginning Tuesday, July 10. Prices for the 14-day cruise start at $1,399, the 17-day voyage $1,199, and the 18-day sailing $1,099 per person, based on double occupancy. Special rates for third and fourth guests sailing in the same stateroom, along with round-trip air supplements from a number of North American gateways are also available.

 

For additional information and reservations, contact any travel agent, call 1-800-CARNIVAL or visit carnival.com "

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Flip2cruise

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would like to book the 1st leg. i checked airfare from buenos aires and it ranges from $1200-1800 pp 1 way. so i dont know what i am going to do. the cost of airfare is the price of another cruise!!

 

Not sure where you are from, but cruise air will probably be a better deal. Im hoping for around $1000 for both one ways. That seems to be the going rate from cruise air from BA.

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DaytonCruiser

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Round the Horn for me too providing I can get airfare at a reasonable price.

 

I think that will be a huge factor for many people. It seem there is less competition and no discount air carriers in SA. I would suspect Carnival will be handling airfare for a high percentage of passengers.

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Longin2cruise

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I think that will be a huge factor for many people. It seem there is less competition and no discount air carriers in SA. I would suspect Carnival will be handling airfare for a high percentage of passengers.

 

I've really been looking into the airfare situation & here's what I "think" I've found. Someone please check me out on this cause it's a little unbelievable. I went to 2 of the better known online travel sites & chose the "multiple flights" option for travel in February 2007. I entered DFW (my departure airport) to Buenos Aires as destination 1 & then entered Santiago to DFW as the the last leg of the journey. Both web sites gave me a total trip price of a little over 1100.00. This sounds way too good to be true. I think I must be looking cross-eyed or maybe I'm just senile. There are even non stop flights from DFW to both Buenos Aires & Santiago. Who would have ever thought that? As I said before, someone please check me out on this & tell me what I'm missing.

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I've really been looking into the airfare situation & here's what I "think" I've found. Someone please check me out on this cause it's a little unbelievable. I went to 2 of the better known online travel sites & chose the "multiple flights" option for travel in February 2007. I entered DFW (my departure airport) to Buenos Aires as destination 1 & then entered Santiago to DFW as the the last leg of the journey. Both web sites gave me a total trip price of a little over 1100.00. This sounds way too good to be true. I think I must be looking cross-eyed or maybe I'm just senile. There are even non stop flights from DFW to both Buenos Aires & Santiago. Who would have ever thought that? As I said before, someone please check me out on this & tell me what I'm missing.

 

Not to worry, I did the same thing. I used JFK as a departure to Buenos Aires and the air came up less than $700 round trip. Granted that is with some change of planes but, it can be done at a reasonable price! I've paid that much just to fly to Puerto Rico!

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Les & Carin

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This would only be our third time on Carnival but, Splendor sounds like such a nice ship - we're going to give it a try. We live in Atlanta and

airfare is currently like this:

 

Atlanta to Buenos Aires $1530 per person, round trip

Atlanta to Buesnos Aires, return via Valparaiso $1356 per person

Altanta to Buenos Aires $1331 per person, one way

Atlanta to Valparaiso/Santiago, return via San Francisco $1255 per person

Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale and San Francisco to Altanta $423.80 per person

 

Sure it's a bit high but, it's one of those trips you only do once in a lifetime. I can't imagine passing up the opportunity!

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If anyone is interested, Continental Airlines has a non-stop from NEWARK, NJ (EWR) to Buenos Aires. It's a 15 hour flight :rolleyes:

 

Currently the price is $1612.70 including taxes for Newark to Buenos Aires (non stop) and returning from Santiago with one stop in Atlanta back to Newark.

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Thanks for checking me out, guys. Guess I'm not nuts after all. 1100.00 isn't a bad price at all from DFW............it costs that much to fly RT to Europe & sometimes as much as 600.00 RT to some places in Mexico. I've never been to Puerto Rico just because of high airline prices.

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I wish I knew exactly when the Spirit was coming to New Orleans (at least that is the rumor). It would be so cool to do the 3 leg trip to San Fran and then take the Spirit to New Orleans through the Panama Canal.

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Sure hope Splendor has MUTS or whatever they call it on Carnival, what could be better than watching the superbowl on a cruise?!

 

Yes, she does.

http://www.carnival.com/CMS/Articles/splendor_southamerica.aspx

 

 

Other features include a 5,500-square-foot children’s play area – the largest in the “Fun Ship” fleet – as well as a water spray park and a mid-ship pool covered by a sliding Sky Dome. The line’s signature amenities such as cell phone and Wi-Fi service, a reservations-only supper club and the Carnival Seaside Theatre – a massive LED screen displaying movies, concerts and other programming – will also be featured.

 

 

Just saw they posted Itinerary maps

17 day

17_SouthAmerica_map.gif

14 day

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18 day

18_SouthAmerica_map.gif

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