tidecat Posted September 6, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 6, 2023 The deal includes the option for another two years: https://www.fox10tv.com/2023/09/05/carnival-set-return-mobile-with-longer-term-commitment/?fbclid=IwAR3Z9EF2IwVA85SogFOIpJ2cqxdrpmOYscjMgS_SFYiaS9acX7-32QUBFI4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmc alabama Posted September 6, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Great news! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephPS79 Posted September 6, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 6, 2023 So which ship is going there, the Spirt or the Sprit?... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb58 Posted September 6, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Have two cruises booked out of Mobile already. Looking forward to a 5 hour drive to the port. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 6, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 6, 2023 I'm on the side of let it expire and put a bigger ship in New Orleans. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare slavigne5577 Posted September 6, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: I'm on the side of let it expire and put a bigger ship in New Orleans. I would also enjoy a bigger ship in New Orleans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john91498 Posted September 6, 2023 #7 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Is the Spirit a new ship? I could of sworn I was on her years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobe1 Posted September 6, 2023 #8 Share Posted September 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, john91498 said: Is the Spirit a new ship? I could of sworn I was on her years ago. She was new 20 years ago. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john91498 Posted September 6, 2023 #9 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Article says newer than the Ecstasy. Lol, that's not saying much... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidecat Posted September 7, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted September 7, 2023 1 hour ago, john91498 said: Article says newer than the Ecstasy. Lol, that's not saying much... Spirit was built 10 years later than Ecstasy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted September 7, 2023 #11 Share Posted September 7, 2023 4 hours ago, StephPS79 said: So which ship is going there, the Spirt or the Sprit?... It's actually the Spittr - avoid the Cove Balconies, you get all wet all the time... (They did finally get it right.) Good for Mobile. Lousy reporting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purvis1231 Posted September 7, 2023 #12 Share Posted September 7, 2023 4 hours ago, StephPS79 said: So which ship is going there, the Spirt or the Sprit?... Editors are a thing of the past. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ledges1 Posted September 7, 2023 #13 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Will the Spirit be around in 5 years? This is good news for Mobile. They need the $s from parking to pay for the bond issue on the cruise terminal and parking deck. It remains empty during the off season. It is difficult with only about 5 months of cruising. I live in the area and prefer New Orleans. Parking in Mobile is $20 a day. That is steep for an 8 day cruise and there are not other parking options in Mobile. You can find reasonable priced parking in NO (Fulton Garage). I am bored with the Conquest Class in New Orleans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobe1 Posted September 7, 2023 #14 Share Posted September 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, ledges1 said: Will the Spirit be around in 5 years? This is good news for Mobile. They need the $s from parking to pay for the bond issue on the cruise terminal and parking deck. It remains empty during the off season. It is difficult with only about 5 months of cruising. I live in the area and prefer New Orleans. Parking in Mobile is $20 a day. That is steep for an 8 day cruise and there are not other parking options in Mobile. You can find reasonable priced parking in NO (Fulton Garage). I am bored with the Conquest Class in New Orleans. Here's to hoping Spirit class ships stick around for a while. They are definitely my favorite class of ship. Hopefully they get the "Sunshine" treatment like the Destiny class if that's what it takes for them to stick around. As long as they dont add in staterooms at the expense of public venues. They already are taking out Deck 1 of the nightclubs in exchange for cabins on Spirit class ships as they go into drydock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidecat Posted September 7, 2023 Author #15 Share Posted September 7, 2023 3 hours ago, ledges1 said: Will the Spirit be around in 5 years? This is good news for Mobile. They need the $s from parking to pay for the bond issue on the cruise terminal and parking deck. The Spirit is a little over 22 years old now. Sunshine is 27 now, which is how old Spirit will be in five years. Sunshine is scheduled to go to drydock in 2025, so Carnival will likely get 32 years out of her. I would expect the same for Spirit, possibly longer. Mobile works because it's a convenient place to put a ship outside of the Alaska season. The Spirit class works well for Alaska since it can transit the older Panama Canal locks and has a very high percentage of balcony cabins A third ship in New Orleans would be limited to short cruises, which potentially doubles short cruise capacity out of New Orleans. Galveston already has Miracle during the Alaska off-season. Luminosa does her off-season in Brisbane. Tampa serves the same purpose with Europe. Carnival might cycle the Spirit class ships between Baltimore, Brisbane, Tampa, Mobile, and Galveston (and maybe even Jacksonville), but I expect all of them to be in the fleet in 2030. Fantasy was originally scheduled to have spent just shy of 6 years in Mobile (2016-2022), I would expect Spirit to have a similar tenure in Mobile. Keep in mind Star Princess in 2025 is the last scheduled new build across all of Carnival Corporation. There are zero ships on order for 2026, and 2027 may wind up the same way based on remarks made during earnings calls. The existing fleet is going to be here for a while. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdr69 Posted September 7, 2023 #16 Share Posted September 7, 2023 I was like "why are they signing a deal with a phone company"?? lol 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john91498 Posted September 7, 2023 #17 Share Posted September 7, 2023 5 hours ago, kdr69 said: I was like "why are they signing a deal with a phone company"?? lol I thought which cell company are they signing with? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzer Posted September 7, 2023 #18 Share Posted September 7, 2023 I thought it was the oil company.. The one that used to sponsor Masterpiece Theater. Now that would definitely prove the times they are a changin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidecat Posted September 7, 2023 Author #19 Share Posted September 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, happy cruzer said: I thought it was the oil company.. The one that used to sponsor Masterpiece Theater. Now that would definitely prove the times they are a changin. A good way in Mobile to show that you are not a local is to pronounce it like "Mobil" (the oil company that merged with Exxon). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ledges1 Posted September 7, 2023 #20 Share Posted September 7, 2023 It is pronounced Mo bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobe1 Posted September 7, 2023 #21 Share Posted September 7, 2023 I always thought it was Mo-beal. Like in automobile. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoperDK Posted September 7, 2023 #22 Share Posted September 7, 2023 42 minutes ago, stobe1 said: I always thought it was Mo-beal. Like in automobile. You are correct! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarnivalShips480 Posted September 8, 2023 #23 Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 9/6/2023 at 9:35 PM, ledges1 said: I am bored with the Conquest Class in New Orleans. Carnival would tell you Glory is about to switch with Liberty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobe1 Posted September 8, 2023 #24 Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, CarnivalShips480 said: Carnival would tell you Glory is about to switch with Liberty On 9/6/2023 at 8:35 PM, ledges1 said: I am bored with the Conquest Class in New Orleans. I recall reading an official statement from Carnival after they moved the Dream out of NOLA about how they felt (at the time) that Dream class was too much ship for the NOLA market and that Conquest class was the right size ship. It said how they had to sell cruises at rock bottom fares to get occupancy rates up so they moved it where it would make more money. They stopped short of saying they lost money, only that it could make more money elsewhere. I'm sure some internet sleuth out there can dig up the article somewhere. Of course, economics change along with the times so they may make some other moves as times change to either not lose money in a market or move ships from one market to another where they can make more money. Edited September 8, 2023 by stobe1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ledges1 Posted September 8, 2023 #25 Share Posted September 8, 2023 35 minutes ago, CarnivalShips480 said: Carnival would tell you Glory is about to switch with Liberty Another Conquest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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