Carnival Cruise Line will greater than double cruises it affords from Norfolk, Virginia. The announcement edges Carnival nearer to a proposed year-round cruise program from Norfolk beginning in 2025.
100,000 company scheduled to sail subsequent yr would be the highest quantity of cruise company within the historical past of Norfolkâs Half Moone Cruise Middle. 2023 choices (on sale now) will embrace four- to 10-day voyages aboard Carnival Magic on itineraries that embrace Japanese Caribbean, The Bahamas, Bermuda, and Canada and New England. Â
Carnival has been crusing from Norfolk since 2002 and Carnival Magic, which started crusing seasonally for the primary time in Might, grew to become the most important ship to embark company from the port, following enhancements to Norfolkâs Half Moone Cruise Middle. Carnival Magic accommodates as much as 4,724 company and affords bow-to-stern enjoyable together with all kinds of stateroom lodging, a mess of eating choices, Carnivalâs signature leisure, the Cloud 9 spa, water slides and the Serenity, adult-only retreat.
Carnivalâs plan to deploy Carnival Magic for an extended keep in Norfolk is a component of a bigger enlargement of the cruise lineâs mid-Atlantic visitor operations. In June of 2023, Carnival will start providing year-round service from New York when the 5,260-passenger Costa Venezia joins the fleet as Carnival Venezia. This can permit Carnival Magic which has been splitting its spring/summer season season between New York and Norfolk, to stay in Norfolk for half the yr.Â
To ebook a cruise on Carnival Magic from Norfolk in 2023, click on right here. For added info on Carnival Cruise Line and to ebook a cruise trip, name 1-800-CARNIVAL, go to www.carnival.com, or contact your favourite journey advisor or on-line journey website.
