Carnival increases capacity for short cruises: Travel Weekly

Carnival Cruise Line will raise the number of cabins devoted
to short cruises out of Galveston and New Orleans in 2019.

It will send the 2,974-passenger Carnival Valor to New
Orleans and the 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream to Galveston, representing
capacity increases of 10% and 22%, respectively, for the four- and five-day
itineraries there.

In Galveston, the Carnival Dream replaces the Valor and will
join the Carnival Freedom and Carnival Vista, which repositions to Galveston in
fall 2018.

The Valor will swing to New Orleans to replace the Carnival
Triumph, which will be repositioned to a port to be determined.

Four-day cruises depart Thursdays and visit Cozumel. Five-day
voyages depart Mondays and Saturdays, calling at Cozumel and Progreso. Some
five-day itineraries from Galveston feature Cozumel and Costa Maya.

The Carnival Dream recently underwent a refurbishment that
added Guy’s Pig and Anchor Bar-B-Que, the pharmacy-themed Alchemy Bar, the
BlueIguana Cantina Mexican restaurant and the full-service Bonsai Sushi
restaurant.

Valor last year added
Guy’s Burger Joint, the Caribbean-themed RedFrog Pub, SkyBox sports bar, an
Alchemy Bar and the poolside RedFrog Rum Bar and BlueIguana Tequila Bar.