Just saw this news - could this ship be the next move to Carnival?

[talkorpi]

Saw some news today that Costa Cruises abruptly cancelled an entire years' worth of sailings for the Costa Fortuna, which is a Destiny-Class ship in the Costa fleet.  With the recent decisions by CCL upper management to move assets from Costa to Carnival, do you think that this could indicate Carnival taking over the Fortuna and Magica from Costa in the coming years and potentially see those two ships added to the Destiny/Sunshine class sailing as Carnival ships?

 

Just thought it was some interesting news to stumble upon... makes you think...

 

Edit: source - https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/28528-costa-cancels-majority-of-fortuna-s-cruises-for-2023-and-2024.html

Edited October 19, 2022 by talkorpi

[tidecat]

I read this more as the Turkish's government lack of cooperation that prevents most of Costa's customer base from being able to buy these sailings.

 

That said, one of the best things about a cruise ship is that it is highly portable. Fortuna is a Destiny-class build so it's not like the inner workings would be unfamiliar to a Carnival crew member. Let Costa and MSC duke it out in Miami.

 

I'd try to get Costa Magica into Galveston before MSC figures out how to get there themselves.