Content Section
Carnival Cruise Line Celebrates ‘Decade Of Fun’ Aboard Carnival Pride At Port Of Baltimore
More Than 1 MillionCarnival Guests Have Sailed from Baltimore Since Launch of Year-Round CruiseService in 2009
MIAMI(June 10, 2019) – Carnival Cruise Line and the Port of Baltimore celebrated ahistoric milestone with a "Decade of Fun" celebration aboard CarnivalPride to mark the 10-year anniversary of Carnival's year-roundcruising from the port.
Carnival launched Baltimore's first year-round cruise program in 2009 and overthe past decade the line as carried more than 1 millionguests.
Thefestivities were highlighted by a reciprocal exchange of maritime gifts withCarnival President Christine Duffy presenting the Cruise Maryland's GeneralManager Cynthia Burman with a ship's bell while Burman presented Duffy with amaritime international clock.
CarnivalPride offers a wide range of attractive cruise options from Baltimore includingweek-long voyages to tropical ports throughout the Bahamas and Bermuda as wellas 14-day Carnival Journeys cruises visiting Caribbean destinations and partialPanama Canal transits.
Guestssailing aboard Carnival Pride enjoy a variety of features, including aCaribbean-inspired RedFrog Pub, Bonsai Sushi serving authentic Asiandelicacies, and Guy's Burger Joint developed in tandem with Food Network starand longtime Carnival partner Guy Fieri. The ship also boasts nearly 700balcony staterooms – perfect for viewing the passing scenery – as well as amassive water park highlighted by Green Thunder, a drop-down slide that's amongthe fastest and steepest at sea.
"Baltimore is an important part of our homeport deployment strategy and theport has been a great partner for the past 10 years," Duffy said "Our cruisesfrom Baltimore on board Carnival Pride continuously earn high marks from guestswho appreciate the ease of sailing from this convenient and centrally locatedport," she added.
"Weare very proud to recognize 10 years of year-round cruising with CarnivalCruise Line," said Maryland Port Administration Executive Director James J.White. "Many Maryland families and those in other states have sailed fromthe Port of Baltimore on Carnival Pride and have had the vacation of theirlifetimes. We are very happy to have Carnival here in Maryland and lookforward to many more years of seeing their beautiful ship at our port."
Baltimoreis an integral component of Carnival's ship deployment strategy in which theline positions ships near large U.S. population bases along the East and WestCoasts and the Gulf of Mexico. Including Baltimore, Carnival sails from 20different North American homeports providing a cost-effective means for gueststo get to and from their cruise. It's estimated that roughly half of the U.S.population is within a day's drive of a Carnival homeport.
Carnivallaunched Baltimore's first year-round cruise program in 2010 and the departuresattract guests from across the Northeast and other regions. Carnival andother cruise operators generate $204 million in direct expenditures and accountfor more than 3,100 jobs and $175 million in wages toward the Marylandeconomy.
Tolearn more about Carnival Cruise Line, visit Carnival.com. Forreservations, contact any travel agent or call 1-800-CARNIVAL. Carnival canalso be found on: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
Journalistsalso can visit Carnival's media site, carnival-news.com orfollow the line's PR department on Twitter at twitter.com/CarnivalPR.
###
About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line, part of Carnival Corporation &plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is "The World's Most Popular CruiseLine®" with 26 ships operating three- to 24-day voyages to The Bahamas,Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Cuba,Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia. Theline currently has three new ships scheduled for delivery – Carnival Panorama™in 2019, Mardi Gras in 2020 and an as-yet-unnamed ship in 2022.
Kaleidoscope powered