Carnival Cruise Line announced new cruises for 2026-2027 today on four ships that will offer sailings from four different homeports. These new cruises

Both Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean allow players in their casinos to smoke; they also permit smoking in an outdoor area near the pool deck and usually on one other outdoor deck. Other cruise lines, including Celebrity Cruises, which is owned by Royal Caribbean Group, allow smoking outdoors but not in the casino.

Carnival Brand Ambassador John Heald makes it very clear when he's only speaking for himself and he shares when he's asking about something because management — the Beards as he calls them — have asked.

After the tragic Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, both Carnival and Royal Caribbean used Norfolk, Virginia as a temporary port. That was a reasonable solution with Baltimore's port being closed but it was a logistical challenge for many passengers who had booked planning to leave from one port to have their cruise moved to another.