Carnival Delight has accomplished its in depth improve and renovation in Cadiz, Spain, and returned to service for the European summer time season sporting new venues, eating, and the signature red-white-and-blue hull livery.
The ship embarked its first post-refit company on Could 28, 2023 from Barcelona, starting a 12-night one-way cruise from Spain to Dover, England, the place the ship will stay homeported for many of the summer time season.
Carnival Delight Returns to Service
Carnival Pride is actually a ship to be pleased with, having now returned to service following a month-long refit that included bow-to-stern upgrades for the 21-year-old vessel. The ship has been in dry dock since April 28.
“I’m so pleased with our crew. They’ve accomplished wonderful work refreshing and enhancing Carnival Delight simply in time for her Europe sailings,” stated Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.
Among the many upgrades are the addition of a brand new Heroes Tribute Bar, the Goals Studio for wonderful portrait packages, the Carnival Adventures Store with cruise line merchandise, and the Chef’s Table exclusive dining experience.
The Heroes Tribute Bar is of particular that means for Carnival Cruise Line, as the road sails extra veterans than different cruise strains and makes particular efforts to welcome and rejoice all service members.
“I’m additionally delighted to see the addition of the Heroes Tribute bar because it has been common with our company and has resonated nicely with army service members and their households,” stated Duffy.
The ship’s steakhouse, previously David’s, has additionally been refreshed and rebranded to the more familiar Fahrenheit 555, which is discovered aboard most of the cruise line’s ships and is a well-liked favourite with loyal Carnival company.
The onboard on line casino has additionally been expanded, and the ship’s spa rebranded to the Cloud 9 Spa and Health Heart with the newest gear and wellness packages.
Different housekeeping work has been accomplished aboard, together with common refreshing of public areas and staterooms, and a part of the ship’s disco was eliminated and changed with extra accessible staterooms.
“We welcome everybody on Carnival ships, so we’re completely satisfied we’ve accomplished the work to make the ship accessible to these with disabilities,” stated Duffy.
Carnival Delight first debuted in 2002, and the Spirit-class vessel’s final main refurbishment was its Enjoyable Ship 2.0 improve in 2019. Now, the 88,500-gross-ton vessel is as soon as once more welcoming greater than 2,100 company onboard for every crusing, or as much as almost 2,700 when totally booked with all berths crammed.
Summer season in Europe
The refreshed ship will sail in Europe by way of the top of October. First, itineraries from Dover will embody 9- and 12-night roundtrip sailings to ports of name in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, and extra, with departure dates by way of September 1.
On September 10, 2023, the ship will embark on a one-way voyage from Dover to Rome (Civitavecchia), calling on ports in Spain and Portugal.
From Rome, Carnival Delight will supply three round-trip sailings earlier than embarking on her transatlantic repositioning to Tampa on October 28, 2023. On that one-way cruise, the ship will go to locations in spain, Portugal, and the Turks and Caicos earlier than arriving in Tampa on November 12.
Carnival Delight will stay homeported from Tampa providing Western Caribbean and choose Panama Canal cruises by way of mid-April 2024, earlier than repositioning to Baltimore to supply Jap Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda, and Greenland/Canada sailings, relying on the departure date and itinerary size.