The extremely anticipated new Carnival Luminosa is now open for bookings, providing sailings first in Australia earlier than shifting to Seattle in spring 2023 for the Alaska season. The ship is transferring from Costa Cruises to Carnival Cruise Line in November, bringing a brand new Italian affect to the Enjoyable Ship expertise.
Carnival Luminosa Itineraries Revealed
As bookings open, the itineraries for the brand new addition to Carnival Cruise Line have been revealed.
Carnival Luminosa will first debut from Brisbane, Australia, providing quite a lot of itineraries from November 6, 2022 by way of April 13, 2023.
Sailings will vary from 3-11 nights, calling on standard ports in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and New Zealand, in addition to alternatives to discover the Nice Barrier Reef and different wonderful websites.
This nice number of sailings of various lengths will convey highly-anticipated cruise trip choices to Australian vacationers, the place cruising solely restarted in Could.
When the ship repositions for the 2023 Alaska season, she’s going to sail an unimaginable Carnival Journeys transpacific itinerary, departing Brisbane on April 13, 2023. The 22-night itinerary will go to ports in New Caledonia, Fiji, Tahiti, and Hawaii, arriving in Seattle on Could 4, 2023.
“We couldn’t be prouder to welcome Carnival Luminosa to our fleet and to begin our extremely anticipated sailings from Brisbane adopted by distinctive bucket-list itineraries in Alaska,” mentioned Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.
Through the summer time months, Carnival Luminosa will provide 6-, 7-, and 8-night sailings to favourite Final Frontier locations resembling Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, Skagway, and Icy Strait Level, together with scenic cruising of Tracy Arm Fjord to see unimaginable glaciers.
After her season in Alaska, Carnival Luminosa will sail one other transpacific voyage again to Brisbane, stopping in unique, first-time-for-Carnival locations, together with ports in Japan and the Philippines.
That 30-night crusing will depart Seattle on September 14, 2023, visiting Alaska earlier than touring south by way of Asia en path to Australia.
From Costa to Carnival – Adjustments Aboard Carnival Luminosa
Whereas cruise ships have been shifted between associated cruise strains or bought to totally different cruise strains previously, this ship’s transformation from the Italian-inspired Costa Luminosa to the Enjoyable Ship expertise of Carnival Luminosa is a brand new feat that was first introduced in June 2022.
“To actually make Luminosa really feel a part of the Carnival Cruise Line household, we’re including our lovely new livery to her hull, in fact, and are retaining her throwback funnel design that when adorned a few of our most iconic earlier vessels,” Duffy mentioned.
The brand new purple, white, and blue livery first debuted aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s flagship, Mardi Gras, in 2021, and has step by step been rolled out to different ships within the fleet as they enter into scheduled dry docks.
Different modifications are deliberate to Carnival Luminosa to convey the ship according to the Carnival expertise, however she won’t lose all her Costa Cruises options, such because the signature wonderful service from the ship’s 1,050 crew members.
“We’ll be including some Carnival options within the upcoming dry dock and adapting some present options to align with Carnival’s informal type, however finally, our crew will make everybody really feel proper at dwelling as quickly as they be a part of the ship,” Duffy mentioned.
Visitor favorites that will probably be a part of Carnival Luminosa‘s choices embrace excessive power Playlist Productions, The Punchliner Comedy Membership, Piano Bar 88, Alchemy Bar, RedFrog Rum Bar, Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse, the excellent Chef’s Desk eating expertise, Bonsai Sushi Specific, the enjoyable Serenity Grownup-Solely Retreat and Cloud 9 Spa, and extra.
Carnival Luminosa is a Spirit-class vessel, sister ship to the favored Carnival Spirit, Carnival Delight, Carnival Legend, and Carnival Miracle.
The category is a favourite for a lot of cruise passengers, steadily receiving rave evaluations and galvanizing repeat sailings. The ship can host 2,260 company at double occupancy and as much as 2,826 passengers when totally booked.
