Carnival Celebration Cruise Ship, United States of America

Carnival Celebration is a sister ship to the Mardi Gras cruise ship. Photo credit: Carnival Corporation.

The second ship in the Excel series will begin its first voyage in November 2022. Photo credit: Carnival Corporation.

The first steel was cut for the Carnival Celebration ship in January 2021. Photo credit: Carnival Corporation.

Construction of the Carnival Celebration cruise ship is underway at the Finnish Meyer Turku shipyard. Photo credit: Carnival Corporation.

Carnival Celebration is the second Excel-class cruise ship ordered by Carnival Corporation for its subsidiary Carnival Cruise Line. It will be a sister ship to the first Excel-class ship, Mardi Gras, due to enter service in 2021.

The cruise ship is under construction at the Finnish Meyer Turku shipyard. The first steel cutting ceremony for the ship took place in January 2021. It will be unveiled in November 2022 from Terminal F, the third terminal in Port Miami, on the occasion of Carnival Cruise Line’s 50th birthday celebrations.

The addition of Carnival Celebration to Miami will help maintain PortMiami’s position as the largest embarkation port for Carnival Cruise Line.

Carnival celebration cruise ship design

The cruise ship Carnival Celebration will be 345 m long, 41.7 m wide and have a gross tonnage of 180,800 t. It offers space for up to 5,374 guests on 18 passenger decks, which are served by 1,735 crew members on board. Driven by a low-emission LNG propulsion system, the ship will have a cruising speed of 17 km.

The ship will have similar design features built into its sister ship carnival, one of the most anticipated ships in the cruise industry. The innovative cruise ship will include six themed areas.

Cabins on board the carnival celebration

Carnival Celebration offers a wide range of accommodation categories with up to 180 suites in 11 different categories, namely Family Harbor Ocean View Suite, Havana Cabana Suite, Havana Cabana Corner Suite, Ocean Suite, Carnival Excel Corner Suite (shared balcony), Ocean Suite (extended balcony) , Carnival Excel Suite, Carnival Excel Aft Suite, Cloud 9 Spa Suite, and Carnival Excel Presidential Suite.

The Carnival Excel Presidential Suite has a separate living room and bedroom, an illuminated vanity, a sectional sofa and a bedroom with TV. As a guest of the suite you have free access to the thermal suites and the Havana pool.

The ship will include 2,641 cabins in four different categories: Family Harbor Interior, Havana Interior, Interior, Premium Interior and Cloud 9 Spa Interior.

The cabin of the Family Harbor Interior has a unique nautical decor and a separate sleeping and living area with TV. The Cloud 9 Spa Suite offers great room features like soothing decor, priority spa reservations, and unlimited use of the Thermal Suites.

Restaurants and amenities

The Cruise ship marks the return of innovations like Family Feud ™ Live, RedFrog® Tiki Bar, Seuss at Sea ™, Playlist Productions ™, Havana Bar ™ and more. The carnival celebration also includes BOLT, the first roller coaster at sea.

It will host 11 bars and ten restaurants and food bars with restaurants like Guy’s Pig & Smokehouse, Big Chicken, Bonsai Teppanyaki ™, Gu’s Burger Joint, Steakhouse, Bonsai Sushi, Seafood Shack and The Chef’s Table.

The ship will also feature a variety of onboard entertainment activities such as the Serenity Adult Only Retreat, Waterworks, The Punchliner Comedy Club, and Loft 19.

The ship will also have seven lounges, five swimming pools, five whirlpools and 22 elevators.

Itineraries of the carnival celebration

Carnival Celebration begins its first voyage with a 14-day Carnival Journeys transatlantic crossing from Southampton, London to Miami, Florida. The adventurous sea voyage begins on November 6, 2022 and includes La Coruña and Vigo, Spain, Tenerife (Canary Islands) and Funchal (Maderia), Portugal.

The ship’s first voyage will be followed by a special six-day Thanksgiving cruise that will cover Grand Turk, Nassau and Amber Cove through November 27, 2022. The ship will then go on seven-day Caribbean cruises all year round from the end of November 2022.