Rare jimbo5544 Posted October 17, 2016 #1 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Looks like west coasters may be getting a bigger ship..... http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/carnival-cruise-line-to-triple-size-of-long-beach-terminal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-shel Posted October 17, 2016 #2 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Please, please, please, please, please... Basic geography may never give us as many destinations as the Caribbean, but it'd be nice to not have to leave the Left Coast to have more options! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louanne93 Posted October 18, 2016 #3 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Please, please, please, please, please... Basic geography may never give us as many destinations as the Caribbean, but it'd be nice to not have to leave the Left Coast to have more options! Agree with you! Please, please. please, please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomAceEsq Posted October 18, 2016 #4 Share Posted October 18, 2016 My wife and I are extremely pleased to hear this. Even though we live in Colorado, we consider Long Beach to be our home port. Can't wait to see what the future holds for this diamond in the rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilDesertGirl Posted October 18, 2016 #5 Share Posted October 18, 2016 This is great news!!! Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinthemed Posted October 18, 2016 #6 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Wouldn't it be nice to get the Vista or even the Breeze here or one of the new ones to be built. It would be great to get to go to Ixtapa /Zihuatinahu (sp) again. We will wait and see :) Edited October 18, 2016 by cruisinthemed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil2Angelic Posted October 18, 2016 #7 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Yea this is great news for the west coast! Lots of possibilities for some new longer Journeys cruise itineraries. Plus, many much needed jobs. We just stayed on the Queen Mary for our pre-cruise. She really could use some TLC. We were discussing how perfect it would be if Carnival Corp. took on the Queen Mary. Since Carnival Corp. owns Cunard it seems like a perfect fit. They could offer pre-cruise packages. Make it happen Carnival! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoGoJules Posted October 18, 2016 #8 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Yes yes hallelujah!!! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJCruisn Posted October 18, 2016 #9 Share Posted October 18, 2016 So glad to hear this! Finally something to rave about on the west coast, this is my home port! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosefloater Posted October 18, 2016 #10 Share Posted October 18, 2016 One bad thing about a larger ship is for the Hawaii cruises. A ship larger than a Spirit class ship won't be able to go to Kauai. When the Splendor went to Hawaii, it wasn't able to dock there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted October 18, 2016 Author #11 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Wouldn't it be nice to get the Vista or even the Breeze here or one of the new ones to be built. It would be great to get to go to Ixtapa /Zihuatinahu (sp) again. We will wait and see :) If I were you I would be happy with a bigger newer ship. They tried the new ship with the Splendor and the west coast could not fill her. Rumor has it you will get another chance with the Splendor. That said, I would love for them to do some unique cruises (north bound hitting San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver), which could attract a whole different clientele. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted October 18, 2016 Author #12 Share Posted October 18, 2016 One bad thing about a larger ship is for the Hawaii cruises. A ship larger than a Spirit class ship won't be able to go to Kauai. When the Splendor went to Hawaii, it wasn't able to dock there. It will be interesting to see if the"new" ship doe the Hawaii route of either the Legend or Miracle. Who knows, the Horizon may go down under....... Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted October 18, 2016 Author #13 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Yea this is great news for the west coast! Lots of possibilities for some new longer Journeys cruise itineraries. Plus, many much needed jobs. We just stayed on the Queen Mary for our pre-cruise. She really could use some TLC. We were discussing how perfect it would be if Carnival Corp. took on the Queen Mary. Since Carnival Corp. owns Cunard it seems like a perfect fit. They could offer pre-cruise packages. Make it happen Carnival! I believe the county (or the city) owns the QM and I doubt you would see Carnival get into that. We did a stay pre cruise about 5 years ago when the Splendor was there. Not sure what you mean about the TLC. Sent from my iPad using Forums Edited October 18, 2016 by jimbo5544 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micahs Grandad Posted October 18, 2016 #14 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Yea this is great news for the west coast! Lots of possibilities for some new longer Journeys cruise itineraries. Plus, many much needed jobs. We just stayed on the Queen Mary for our pre-cruise. She really could use some TLC. We were discussing how perfect it would be if Carnival Corp. took on the Queen Mary. Since Carnival Corp. owns Cunard it seems like a perfect fit. They could offer pre-cruise packages. Make it happen Carnival! A bigger terminal handling larger ships would mean more part time jobs to process passengers but dont see how this would provide much in the way of good jobs. Since the Splendor would only be replacing the Miracle dont see it as doing too much for local economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted October 18, 2016 Author #15 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Doesn't Princess go to Kauai? Princess sails from just a couple miles to the south of Long Beach. I'm so tired of the Miracle and can't wait to see if a new ship comes here (but not the Splendor). LOL, maybe you should put your order in now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louanne93 Posted October 18, 2016 #16 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I'd like to order a Breeze, please. :) Or some Magic! Sent from my VS985 4G using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbatt8 Posted October 18, 2016 #17 Share Posted October 18, 2016 It would be great to get to go to Ixtapa /Zihuatinahu (sp) again. It was the Spirit (same class as the Miracle) that did that itinerary before. So we don't need a larger ship to make that run, just need Carnival to decide to do it. My only hesitation in adding a larger ship is the infrastructure at the port. Long Beach is already supporting 3 ships, and the parking garage can get pretty full. Another ship, especially a large one, could be problematic. Now if they added another garage, OK. But that would take a long time to complete. And if they are talking about replacing a ship, that too would be unfortunate IMHO. I really like Spirit class ships. They are my favorite. I'd hate to lose the Miracle. And as the two fantasy ships fill up pretty far in advance, I doubt that they would get rid of one of them. All speculation, of course, so it will be interesting to watch it all unfold. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanmarcosman Posted October 18, 2016 #18 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Princess sails from just a couple miles to the south of Long Beach. Last year we sailed Princess from San Pedro which is due north of Long Beach. Where is Princess sailing from now that is to the south of Long Beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccruisequeen Posted October 18, 2016 #19 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) The same information was in the LA Times this morning http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-carnival-long-beach-20161017-snap-story.html Sent from my iPod touch using Forums Edited October 18, 2016 by ccruisequeen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted October 18, 2016 Author #20 Share Posted October 18, 2016 The same information was in the LA Times this morning http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-carnival-long-beach-20161017-snap-story.html Sent from my iPod touch using Forums They called me as a reference....,, Sent from my iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulledporky Posted October 18, 2016 #21 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Last paragraph was interesting. Are they implying the Splendor IS coming back. And second, don't the "Carnival officials" know the Splendor use to port at Long Beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowflag Posted October 18, 2016 #22 Share Posted October 18, 2016 They called me as a reference....,, Why did they call you? Aren't you a travel agent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidecat Posted October 19, 2016 #23 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Last paragraph was interesting. Are they implying the Splendor IS coming back. And second, don't the "Carnival officials" know the Splendor use to port at Long Beach? Given the latest booking available for the Splendor right now is at the end of December 2017, this seems to fit. Another user posted that Miracle is supposed to head to Tampa when Splendor heads to Long Beach. Presumably Horizon would backfill Splendor's spot in Fort Lauderdale. Miracle is not scheduled for 2018 cruises yet either. How this plays into the Splendor heading to China I have no idea - it could still happen in 2019, or it may not happen at all. If Splendor still heads to China, some port in North America may be down a ship until the new LNG-powered ship arrives in 2020. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiseboy06 Posted October 19, 2016 #24 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Queen Mary is under new ownership not the city, and they are going to remodel her.. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/08/10/queen-mary-ready-for-royal-refit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowflag Posted October 19, 2016 #25 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Last year we sailed Princess from San Pedro which is due north of Long Beach. Where is Princess sailing from now that is to the south of Long Beach? You are correct, not sure what that other person knows about Princess sailing from south of Long Beach, that would be news to me. Maybe she'll come back and fill us in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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