Carnival Luminosa has formally set sail along with her new livery, matching the brand new, refreshed look of the Enjoyable Ship fleet. This brings the Vista/Spirit-class ship one step nearer to becoming a member of the ranks of different Carnival ships and welcoming passengers with the signature enjoyable of Carnival Cruise Line.
Carnival Luminosa Receives New Livery
Carnival Luminosa‘s new livery has now been revealed, with two very dramatic type modifications to the previous Costa Cruises ship.
Now, the ship’s hull has the sleek purple, white, and blue colours attribute of Carnival Cruise Line. These new hull colours have been first revealed with the fleet’s flagship Mardi Gras in 2021, and have progressively been added to different Carnival vessels as they undergo schedule dry dock updates.
Carnival Luminosa additionally has one other function, nevertheless, that’s distinctive to the ship. The ship’s straight-line funnel has been repainted with Carnival Cruise Line’s colours, harking back to the basic funnel from the road’s very first vessels – the unique Mardi Gras, Carnivale, and Festivale.
“We’ve been anticipating the day the place we may see Carnival Luminosa sail the open seas with our new hull design and up to date funnel, and it’s much more particular than we imagined,” stated Carnival Luminosa’s grasp, Captain Adriano Binacchi.
The enduring “whale story” funnel was first launched in 1982 aboard Tropicale, the primary cruise ship particularly constructed for Carnival Cruise Line. As a result of Carnival Luminosa is retaining a few of her Costa Cruises options via the “Costa by Carnival” initiative, it was determined she wouldn’t obtain a very new funnel.
Setting Sail
Now that the ship has her new colours, she is lastly setting sail from Palermo, Italy, on the northern coast of Sicily, the place the conversion work has been executed to replace Costa Luminosa to Carnival Luminosa – updates which embody new eating and leisure venues, in addition to different Carnival favorites.
This additionally marks the primary time the ship has formally set sail underneath her new registry with the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA). That registration was accomplished on September 21, 2022.
Deck Cadet Mark Casson, a Bahamian citizen from Freeport, raised the brand new Bahamian flag on the vessel to mark the event because the ship joins Carnival Sunshine, Carnival Dawn, Carnival Spirit, Carnival Legend, and Mardi Gras crusing underneath Bahamas registration.
The vessel is now heading for Dubai, the place she’s going to tackle crew members and additional provides to arrange for visitor operations as soon as once more.
“Now, she’s on her method to what actually makes a Carnival cruise trip particular – getting our crew on board!” stated Binacchi. “With Luminosa’s uniqueness and our workforce members who make everybody really feel at dwelling, this ship is really going to ship a brand new stage of enjoyable that our visitors haven’t skilled earlier than.”
After taking over crew members in Dubai, Carnival Luminosa will head for her new homeport, Brisbane, Australia.
The ship’s first passenger crusing with Carnival Cruise Line will depart Brisbane on November 6, 2022 – a 7-night roundtrip Nice Barrier Reef itinerary visiting Airlie Seashore, Cairns, Port Douglas, and Willis Island. Visitors can even get pleasure from two full days at sea to expertise all the brand new ship has to supply.
The 92,600-gross-ton Carnival Luminosa will supply 3-11 night time itineraries from Brisbane via mid-April, and might welcome as many as 2,260 visitors at double occupancy or as much as 2,826 passengers when absolutely booked.
On April 13, 2023, the ship will depart Australian waters on an epic 21-night repositioning crusing to Seattle, the place she’s going to supply Alaskan itineraries via the summer time months earlier than returning to Australia subsequent fall.
