tmackel Posted February 19, 2015 #1 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Has anyone seen any info about Carnival going back to Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo59rt Posted February 19, 2015 #2 Share Posted February 19, 2015 ....check the Vista sailing.....;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trvlgirlmq Posted February 19, 2015 #3 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yes, launching their new ship, Vista, May 1 2016 with a full season in the Med. Mostly 8 and 10 night sailings throughout the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsantos68 Posted February 19, 2015 #4 Share Posted February 19, 2015 July 4th on the Freedom!! [emoji562][emoji631] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etwright Posted February 19, 2015 #5 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yes, Vista, Next Year...:cool::D:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfool Posted February 19, 2015 #6 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It's more a case of "we built Vista in Italy so it will stay in Europe for the 2016 high season sailings as a shakedown period" then it will sail to the US and be homeported in Miami. No indication that Carnival will offer anything in Europe beyond that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmackel Posted February 19, 2015 Author #7 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Thanks for the quick response everyone, I love CC. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love my grandkids Posted February 19, 2015 #8 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Carnival clientele generally not interested in being world travelers and stay around the US. Only exception is Australia. As a result only European for now is new builds for the first season after launch. This is why we are sailing Princess for our European cruises now. Edited February 19, 2015 by love my grandkids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmackel Posted February 19, 2015 Author #9 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Carnival clientele generally not interested in being world travelers and stay around the US. Only exception is Australia. As a result only European for now is new builds for the first season after launch. This is why we are sailing Princess for our European cruises now. We did a cruise through Europe in September 2014 on NCL, but we would like to stay with Carnival because we are gold members through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfool Posted February 19, 2015 #10 Share Posted February 19, 2015 We did a cruise through Europe in September 2014 on NCL, but we would like to stay with Carnival because we are gold members through them. I have seen comments indicating that Carnival is always alert to European opportunities. If airfare would stabilize or come down a little, it's likely that Carnival would sail in Europe every year. Hard fact is, it is always about the money. If they see profits somewhere on earth, they will send in the ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigB0882 Posted February 19, 2015 #11 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Carnival tends to cater to people who want to cruise on more of a budget. Going to Europe kind of rules that group out. We want to do a European cruise so badly but the cost of airfare alone is $2000!! Just getting to Europe would cost more than a 7 day cruise to the Caribbean on Carnival. Not worth it at this time. Will we do it someday? I hope so, but it will probably be a big event type of thing, like a retirement cruise or milestone birthday (50th?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love my grandkids Posted February 19, 2015 #12 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I have seen comments indicating that Carnival is always alert to European opportunities. If airfare would stabilize or come down a little, it's likely that Carnival would sail in Europe every year. Hard fact is, it is always about the money. If they see profits somewhere on earth, they will send in the ships. Of course it isnt cheap to build these ships. RCCL and others see Asia as big market but Carnival isnt going there. Strange though that RCCL, NCL and others can be profitable in Europe and Carnival doesnt see it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfool Posted February 19, 2015 #13 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Of course it isnt cheap to build these ships. RCCL and others see Asia as big market but Carnival isnt going there. Strange though that RCCL, NCL and others can be profitable in Europe and Carnival doesnt see it that way. Very true. But if you expand the vision....CarnivalCorp. is in both markets in a huge way. They never reveal how much interaction there is within the CarnivalCorp. family of cruise lines, but whatever it is, it is set up to make profits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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