Which ships will Carnival retire?

Carnival Announces Plan For Retiring Its Oldest and Smallest Ship, the AIDA AURA. Carnival has announced retirement plans for its oldest and smallest cruise ship, the 20-year-old AIDA AURA. The ship will be leaving Carnival's service by September this year.



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In spring 2024, Carnival Firenze will debut, setting sail from this homeport towards south-of-the-border fun along Mexico's Pacific coast! So, Long Beach, you're wondering what to expect from Fun Italian Style ™?

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Carnival is planning to remove three “smaller-less efficient ships from its fleet,” according to the Fourth Quarter 2022 Business Update.

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Now, more than a year after it resumed operations, its losses continue. In the first nine months of 2022, Carnival lost $4.5 billion. During the same period in fiscal 2021, Carnival reported a net loss of $6.9 billion, a time when it had barely begun to return to the seas. Still, improvements are coming steadily.

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The answer mainly has to do with debt. No, Carnivals not likely to go bankrupt. It still has $7 billion in liquidity on its balance sheet as of the most recent quarters end, which should tide it over for a few more quarters.

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What is the biggest Carnival ship? The biggest Carnival ships are Carnival Celebration (2022) and Carnival Jubilee, which will set sail for the line in late 2023. They're tied in terms of size, each coming in at 183,521 gross tons and carrying 5,374 passengers at capacity.

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What is the newest class of Carnival ships? Carnival's Excel class is the newest of the line's nine classes, comprising Mardi Gras (2021), Carnival Celebration (2022) and Carnival Jubilee, which is set to begin sailing for the line in late 2023.

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Corrections & Clarifications: In a previous version of this article, the name of the Swedish city of Gothenburg? was misspelled. The MV Astoria is the oldest cruise ship currently sailing, and Cruise and Maritime Voyages embraces the story of its vintage vessel.

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What is the biggest Carnival cruise ship? Currently, the largest Carnival ship is Carnival Jubilee, in terms of both tonnage and passenger capacity. Set to debut in late 2023, it will tie sister ship Carnival Celebration, which first set sail in 2022, at 183,521 gross tons and 5,374 passengers at double occupancy.

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On June 23, 2021, CCL announced the addition of two ships to its fleet by 2023 - an EXCEL-class (2023-built Carnival Jubilee) and Costa Magica (2004-built). The Costa boat (later changed with Luminosa) was to be drydock refitted and refurbished, Carnival-named, and to join CCL in 2022-H1.

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The cheapest month for a Carnival cruise depends on your destination. Most ships are based around the Caribbean, Bahamas and Mexico, especially in winter, and the cheapest cruises are in low-demand February or late April as the shoulder season.

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While the competition is not releasing many new ships this year, Carnival Cruise Line is expanding its fleet with the acquisition of two ships, Costa Venezia, which will be renamed Carnival Venezia, and the cruise line is launching a brand new vessel, Carnival Jubilee.

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While there is not a clear winner across all of the categories, Carnival, MSC and Royal Caribbean offer the lowest prices for those wanting to cruise. These costs were compared solely on the cruise fare, which does include complimentary dining venues as well as most of the onboard activities and entertainment.

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Both companies are market leaders in terms of fleet sizes. That said, Royal Caribbean has more ships and they're often larger, which means additional dining, activities and lodging options for passengers.

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In terms of gross tonnage – the measurement of the total internal volume of a cruise ship – all Carnival ships are bigger than the Titanic. However, the Titanic was longer than two Carnival ships, and had a higher passenger capacity than seven of the ships in the Carnival fleet.

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Key Points. The cruise line had to take on massive debt to stay afloat. Analysts believe Carnival will return to profitability in fiscal 2023.

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How Much Debt Does Carnival Corporation & Carry? The chart below, which you can click on for greater detail, shows that Carnival Corporation & had US$33.8b in debt in May 2023; about the same as the year before. However, it also had US$4.47b in cash, and so its net debt is US$29.3b.

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