Carnival to expand short cruise capacity from Galveston, New Orleans
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Cruise giant Carnival plans to expand capacity for short cruises out of Galveston, Texas and New Orleans.
The Miami-based line on Thursday said it would replace the 2,974-passenger Carnival Valor in Galveston with the bigger, 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream in May 2019. Dream will take over Valor’s four- and five-day, year-round sailings to Mexico, expanding Carnival’s capacity on short cruises from Galveston by 22%.
Valor, in turn, will move to New Orleans to replace the Carnival Triumph. It’ll operate four- and five-day voyages year-round to Mexico, increasing Carnival’s short cruise capacity out of New Orleans by nearly 10%.
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Dream will be the newest and largest Carnival ship to sail short cruises from Galveston. Valor becomes the largest vessel to offer a year-round short cruise schedule from New Orleans.
Both of the ships will visit Cozumel, Mexico and, on the five-day departures, either Progreso or Costa Maya, Mexico.
Carnival said Galveston and New Orleans are two of its fastest-growing home ports.
Dream will be joining two other Carnival ships operating out of Galveston in 2019: Carnival Freedom and Carnival Vista. Vista is repositioning to Galveston in the fall of 2018. Together the three ships are expected to carry nearly 650,000 passengers annually from Galveston — more than any cruise line.
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