As Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship, the Carnival Magic, debuted last week, the company announced that the Magic’s sister ship, the Carnival Breeze, will be completed in June 2012 and will be based in Miami.
Both 130,000-ton ships will spend their inaugural summer in Europe, then reposition to the United States.
New on this ship —the line’s 23rd — are the RedFrog Pub, with its own private label beer; Cucina del Capitano, a family-style Italian restaurant; and an outdoor fitness area and ropes course.
Carnival Breeze, now under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, will spend next summer sailing 12-day Mediterranean cruises out of Barcelona, then move to Miami in November for year-round Caribbean cruises of six or eight days including the Grand Turk Port. The ship will have a slightly larger capacity, 3,690 passengers, and the same new features as the Magic.
This means more visitors to the nation’s capital and economic possibilities for hundreds who make their living by the visitor activity at the port.
Carnival Magic, which is currently on a Mediterranean cruise from Venice to Barcelona, will move to Galveston, Texas in October for Caribbean cruises. It has a capacity of 3,646 passengers.
