FYI to all Freedom 09 MED cruises..Carnival is keeping the ship in FLL

[SouthernCaribbean]

You guys might want to get on the phone to your TA or PVP to make other plans. I know this has got to suck.

 

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-06-2008/0004827974&EDATE=

 

Carnival Freedom to Operate Year-Round Six- and Eight-Day Caribbean Cruises from Ft. Lauderdale Beginning Nov. 2008

MIAMI, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carnival Cruise Lines'

2,974-passenger Carnival Freedom, which was originally scheduled to operate

six- and eight-day Caribbean cruises from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on a

seasonal basis, will now operate the program year-round, following the

conclusion of its 2008 Mediterranean program in October.

 

Carnival Freedom's year-round schedule from Fort Lauderdale begins

November 22, 2008, with six-day cruises departing Sundays and visiting Key

West, Fla., George Town, Grand Cayman; and Ocho Rios, Jamaica, while

eight-day voyages departing Saturdays alternate to the eastern and western

Caribbean.

 

Eight-day eastern Caribbean voyages visit five ports: San Juan, Puerto

Rico; St. Thomas/St. John, U.S.V.I.; Antigua, Lesser Antilles;

Tortola/Virgin Gorda, B.V.I.; and Nassau, The Bahamas. Western Caribbean

cruises include Cozumel, Mexico; Limon, Costa Rica; and Colon, Panama.

 

According to Lynn C. Torrent, Carnival's senior vice president of sales

and guest services, "The Caribbean is, by far, the most popular cruising

region for North Americans. It is easily accessible and affordable, and

when combined with attractive, destination-rich itineraries such as these,

a Caribbean cruise represents the ideal vacation choice for consumers."

 

Torrent noted that while the plan had been for Carnival Freedom to

return to Europe in 2009, the strong performance of the line's entire

Caribbean fleet made the new six- and eight-day deployment a compelling

choice.

[StevieG]

I was booked on the repositioning cruise, now that they are staying in Florida does anyone know what the schedule will be. At this time it is not on Carnival's web site.

 

Steve

[SouthernCaribbean]

I was booked on the repositioning cruise, now that they are staying in Florida does anyone know what the schedule will be. At this time it is not on Carnival's web site.

 

Steve

 

It was canceled.