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By Cruise760 , January 7 in Carnival Cruise Lines

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We have booked a 14 day Carnival Journeys cruise.  I have a question.    Do they just repeat the 7 day menu in the MDR on these longer cruises, or do they have additional menus that they use on day 8-14?

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we had a 14 day journeys last year with a fresh menu every night... no repeats...

5 hours ago, txcruiser1234 said: we had a 14 day journeys last year with a fresh menu every night... no repeats...

Same here. 

They may repeat a certain dish here and there, but the menus are different every night. 

Linda the Book Lover

Are breakfast and lunch available on port days on a journey cruise? I am not a fan of the buffet and hoped the longer cruise might offer meals in the dining room. I am trying to decide about the transatlantic from Barcelona to US.

Honolulu Blue

8 hours ago, Linda the Book Lover said: Are breakfast and lunch available on port days on a journey cruise? I am not a fan of the buffet and hoped the longer cruise might offer meals in the dining room. I am trying to decide about the transatlantic from Barcelona to US.

In scanning my newsletters from my last Journeys cruise in January 2020, I found that breakfast in the MDR was always available on port days.  The times varied depending on when we were due in port.  There was NO lunch served in the MDR on port days.

BTW, I know you didn't ask, but on sea days, the ship switched between brunch and breakfast/lunch in the MDR.

10 hours ago, Linda the Book Lover said: Are breakfast and lunch available on port days on a journey cruise? I am not a fan of the buffet and hoped the longer cruise might offer meals in the dining room. I am trying to decide about the transatlantic from Barcelona to US.

Breakfast definitely. I don't know about lunch. A Journeys cruise with a lot of port stops might be different from a transatlantic, which I have never been on. 

Even if there is no lunch in the MDR, there will be lunch the other venues besides the buffet (Cucina del Capitano, Guys, etc.) 

11 hours ago, Honolulu Blue said: In scanning my newsletters from my last Journeys cruise in January 2020, I found that breakfast in the MDR was always available on port days.  The times varied depending on when we were due in port.  There was NO lunch served in the MDR on port days.   BTW, I know you didn't ask, but on sea days, the ship switched between brunch and breakfast/lunch in the MDR.

Thanks I appreciate the information as we are still in the deciding stage for 2025. 

8 hours ago, staceyglow said: Breakfast definitely. I don't know about lunch. A Journeys cruise with a lot of port stops might be different from a transatlantic, which I have never been on.    Even if there is no lunch in the MDR, there will be lunch the other venues besides the buffet (Cucina del Capitano, Guys, etc.) 

Thanks for the info. On the other Carnival ships I sailed, I enjoyed lunch in the Italian restaurant and other venues. I have to admit the older I get (in my 70's) the lazier I have become as far as sitting down and being served... 😂

5 hours ago, Linda the Book Lover said: Thanks for the info. On the other Carnival ships I sailed, I enjoyed lunch in the Italian restaurant and other venues. I have to admit the older I get (in my 70's) the lazier I have become as far as sitting down and being served... 😂

There's nothing wrong with sitting down and being served for meals if that's what you enjoy for whatever reason.   👍   Me, I still eat at the trough most of the time. 🐷

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We are booked on a 14 night Journey's Cruise in Greenland in late May and it's a ship that doesn't have many dining venues so I am hoping there is lunch in the dining room as I'm not a big buffet person.

We were just on the 12 day Journey cruise on Venezia.  Breakfast only on port days and some days breakfast only and some days brunch on Sea days.

I have had lunch in the MDR relatively recently on a Journeys cruise. But it was only on one or two of the sea days. They had brunch the other sea days. 

If your ship has a Cucina del Capitano, there will be a sit down lunch there 

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On 1/7/2024 at 4:32 PM, Cruise760 said: We have booked a 14 day Carnival Journeys cruise.  I have a question.    Do they just repeat the 7 day menu in the MDR on these longer cruises, or do they have additional menus that they use on day 8-14?

No, its different with 3 formal nights

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Carnival Menus 2024

by Prof. Cruise · Published January 9, 2023 · Updated March 11, 2024

Here are all of the Carnival dining menus updated for 2024. I’ve indicated which ship each dining venue is currently available on as well as current pricing (prices change frequently, so double check on the HUB app or onboard).

INDEX (jump to):

Main Dining Room Menus

Complimentary Fast Casual Restaurant Menus

Specialty Restaurants Menus (extra charge)

Room Service Menus

Carnival Main Dining Room Restaurant Menus 2024

Carnival breakfast menu 2024.

Available on all ships in the MDR on most port days. Complimentary. Note that this menus was changed in 2024 and now offers fewer omelette options than the prior version.

Carnival Sea Day Brunch Menu 2024

The Seaday Brunch is available on all ships in the MDR on sea days. Complimentary.

Carnival Dinner Menus 2024

Available on all ships in the main dining room (MDR). Complimentary. Below are the most current fleet-wide dinner menus on Carnival:

NEW Carnival Dinner Menus for 3 Night Cruises NEW Carnival Dinner Menus for 4 Night Cruises NEW Carnival Dinner Menus for 5 Night Cruises NEW Carnival Dinner Menus for 6 Night Cruises NEW Carnival Dinner Menus for 7 and 8 Night Cruises NEW Carnival Dinner Menus for 14 Night Cruises

Carnival introduced new vegan dining options in September 2023. You can see the vegan menu options here:

Carnival VEGAN Dinner Menus

Carnival Vegan Menus

Carnival introduced new nightly gluten free menus in 2024. You can see the gluten free menu options here:

Carnival GLUTEN FREE Dinner Menus

Carnival Gluten Free Menus

Carnival Complimentary Fast Casual Restaurant Menus 2024

Big Chicken

Blue Iguana Cantina

The Captain’s Pasta Bar

Cucina del Capitano

Fresh Creations

Guy’s Burger Joint

Guy’s Pig and Anchor

Ji Ji Asian Kitchen

La Strada Grill

Late Night Snacks

Lido Marketplace Buffet

Lido Omelette Station

Masala Tiger

Miami Slice

Mongolian Wok

Ol’ Fashioned BBQ

Pizzeria del Capitano and Pizza Pirate

Street Eats

Carnival Big Chicken Menu 2024

Big Chicken  is available on the  Celebration , Jubilee, Mardi Gras, and Radiance . Complimentary.

Carnival Blue Iguana Cantina Menu 2024

Blue Iguana Cantina  is available on  all Carnival ships   except the Splendor (see note about the Venezia below). Complimentary.

Note: In addition to the regular Blue Iguana items, there are some additional Italian-themed menu items on the Carnival Venezia :

The Captain’s Pasta Bar Menu on Carnival 2024

The Captain’s Pasta Bar  is available for lunch on the  Breeze ,  Horizon ,  Magic ,  Panorama ,  Sunshine , and  Vista . Complimentary.

Carnival Chibang Menu 2024

C HIBANG!  is available on the  Mardi Gras , Celebration , and Jubilee . It is currently complimentary.

Carnival Cucina del Capitano Complimentary Menu 2024

Cucina del Capitano is available on the Mardi Gras, Celebration, and Jubilee . ONLY currently complimentary on those 3 ships.

Carnival Deco Deli Menu 2024

Deco Deli is available on the Celebration . Complimentary.

Carnival Deli Menu 2024

The Carnival Deli  is available on the  Breeze, Conquest, Dream, Ecstasy, Elation, Freedom, Glory, Horizon, Legend, Liberty, Luminosa, Magic, Miracle, Panorama, Paradise, Pride, Radiance, Spirit, Splendor, Sunrise, Sunshine, Valor, Venezia, and Vista. Complimentary.

Carnival Fresh Creations Menu 2024

Fresh Creations  is available on the Celebration , Horizon ,  Jubilee , Mardi Gras ,  Panorama , and  Vista . Complimentary.

Carnival Guy’s Burger Joint Menu 2024

Guy’s Burger Joint  is available on  all Carnival ships (see note below about the special Guy’s menu on the Venezia). Complimentary.

*Note: There is a special Italian-themed Guy’s Burger menu on the Venezia. You can find it posted HERE :

Carnival Debuts NEW Guy’s Burger Menu on Venezia

Carnival Guy’s Pig and Anchor Menu 2024

Guy’s Pig and Anchor  is available on the  Breeze, Celebration , Dream, Horizon, Jubilee , Magic, Mardi Gras, Panorama, Radiance, Sunrise, and Vista . Complimentary at lunch.

Carnival Ji Ji’s Asian Kitchen Lunch Menu 2024

Ji Ji’s Asian Kitchen is available on the Horizon, Panorama, Sunshine, and Vista . Note that you can also ask for a custom bowl if you don’t like these selections. Complimentary at lunch.

Carnival La Strada Menu 2024

La Strada Grill is available only on the Venezia on deck 5 aft. The daily specials rotate each day. Complimentary.

Carnival Late Night Snacks Menu 2024

The late night snack menu is served in the buffet area on all ships .

Carnival Lido Marketplace Buffet Menus 2024

The buffet is available on all Carnival ships . Complimentary.

Here’s a sample lunch menu:

Here are a few sample dinner menus:

Carnival Lido Buffet Omelette Station Menu 2024

This omelette station is available on all Carnival ships at breakfast at the Lido Marketplace buffet. Complimentary.

Carnival Lucky Bowl Menu 2024

Lucky Bowl is available on the Sunrise . Complimentary.

Carnival Masala Tiger Menu 2024

Masala Tiger is available on the Splendor . Complimentary. The menu is different every day. They generally go in this order, but no guarantees.

Carnival Miami Slice Menu 2024

Miami Slice is available on the Celebration . Complimentary.

Carnival Mongolian Wok Menu 2024

The Mongolian Wok  is available for lunch on the  Breeze ,  Dream ,  Freedom ,  Liberty ,  Magic ,  Panorama ,  Splendor , and  Valor . Complimentary.

Carnival Ol’ Fashioned BBQ Menu 2024

Ol’ Fashioned BBQ is available for lunch on Conquest, Freedom, Glory, Liberty, Luminosa, Splendor, and Valor. Complimentary.

Carnival Pizzeria del Capitano and Pizza Pirate Menus 2024

Most Carnival ships will have one of two pizza counters usually located on the Lido deck, open 24 hours a day, and different in name only: Pizzeria del Capitano or Pizza Pirate. Dining here is complimentary.

Pizzeria del Capitano  is available on the  Dream, Horizon, Jubilee, Luminosa, Magic, Mardi Gras, Panorama, Radiance, Sunrise, Sunshine, Vista ,  Spirit , Splendor, and Venezia .

Pizza Pirate is available on the Breeze, Conquest, Ecstasy, Elation, Freedom, Glory, Legend, Liberty, Miracle, Paradise, Pride, and Valor.

Carnival Street Eats Menus 2024

Street Eats features three different food stands, Mad Sizzle , Steam Dream , and Time Fries . Each will feature one daily, rotating item.

Street Eats is available on Celebration, Mardi Gras, and Jubilee. Here are sample menus (the order will vary):

Carnival Swirls Menu 2024

Swirls soft serve machines are available on all ships and feature chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry soft serve ice cream and yogurt.

Carnival Specialty Restaurant Menus (extra charge)

*Prices change frequently, so double check via the app, website, or once onboard for current prices.

Bonsai Sushi

Bonsai Teppanyaki

Emeril’s Bistro 1396

Emeril’s Bistro 1397

Carnival Guy’s Pig & Anchor Smokehouse | Brewhouse

JavaBlue Cafe

JiJi Asian Kitchen

RedFrog Pub & Brewery

Rudi’s Seagrill

Seafood Shack

Thing 1 and Thing 2 Birthday Breakfast

Carnival Bonsai Sushi Menu 2024

Bonsai Sushi is available on Breeze, Celebration, Dream, Horizon, Jubilee, Legend, Mardi Gras, Panorama, Pride, Radiance, Spirit, Sunrise, Sunshine, Venezia, and Vista. Pricing is à la carte .

Carnival Bonsai Teppanyaki Menu 2024

Bonsai Teppanyaki is available on Celebration, Horizon, Jubilee, Mardi Gras, Panorama, and Venezia . Cost is $35 for lunch and $38 for dinner .

Carnival Cucina del Capitano Menu 2024

Cucina del Capitano is available on Breeze, Horizon, Magic, Panorama, Radiance, Sunrise, Sunshine, Vista. Cost for dinner is $18 .

Carnival Emeril’s Bistro 1396 Menu 2024

Emeril’s Bistro 1396 is available on the Mardi Gras . Cost is à la carte .

Carnival Emeril’s Bistro 1397 Menu 2024

Emeril’s Bistro 1396 is available on the Celebration . Cost is à la carte .

Carnival Guy’s Pig & Anchor Smokehouse | Brewhouse Menu 2024

Guy’s Pig & Anchor Smokehouse | Brewhouse is available on Celebration, Horizon, Jubilee, Mardi Gras, and Panorama .

Carnival Il Viaggio Menu 2024

Il Viaggio is available on the Venezia and the Firenze .

Carnival JavaBlue Cafe Menu 2024

JavaBlue Cafe is available on Celebration, Elation, Glory, Horizon, Jubilee, Luminosa, Mardi Gras, Miracle, Panorama, Radiance, Splendor, Sunrise, Sunshine, and Vista . Prices are à la carte .

Carnival JiJi Asian Kitchen Menu 2024

JiJi Asian Kitchen is available on Horizon, Panorama, Sunshine, and Vista. Cost is $18 for dinner.

Carnival RedFrog Pub & Brewery Menu 2024

RedFrog Pub & Brewery (this is North America’s first ever brewery at sea and is different from the RedFrog Pub) is only available on the Vista . Prices are à la carte .

Carnival Rudi’s Seagrill Menu 2024

Rudi’s Seagrill is available on Celebration, Jubilee, and Mardi Gras . Cost is $48 .

Carnival Seafood Shack Menu 2024

Seafood Shack is available on Conquest, Celebration, Dream, Freedom, Glory, Horizon, Jubilee, Liberty, Magic, Mardi Gras, Panorama, Splendor, Sunrise, Valor, Venezia, and Vista. Prices are à la carte and based on current market prices.

Carnival Steakhouse Menu 2024

A steakhouse (called different names depending on the ship, but the menu is the same fleet-side) is available on Breeze, Celebration, Conquest, Dream, Freedom, Glory, Horizon, Jubilee, Legend, Liberty, Luminosa, Magic, Mardi Gras, Miracle, Panorama, Pride, Radiance, Spirit, Splendor, Sunrise, Sunshine, Valor, Venezia, and Vista. Cost is $48 .

Thing 1 and Thing 2 Birthday Breakfast (formerly the “Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast)

In 2024, Carnival revamped its popular Dr. Seuss themed breakfast. It’s now called the “ Thing 1 and Thing 2 Birthday Breakfast ” and features a new menu. The updated cost is $15 for adults and $10 for children . You can see the updated menu and read about the other changes here:

Carnival’s NEW Dr. Seuss Thing 1 & Thing 2 Birthday Breakfast Menu

Carnival Room Service Menus 2024

Room Service Breakfast Menu

Room Service All-Day Menu

Carnival Room Service Breakfast Menu 2024

The breakfast room service menu is available on all ships. There are some complimentary breakfast items and the rest are à la carte .

Carnival Room Service All-Day Menu 2024

The all-day room service menu is available on all ships. Prices are à la carte .

Carnival Kids Menus

Carnival Kids Menus (Click on the link for Carnival’s main dining room kids menu, Carnival’s steakhouse kids menu, and Carnival’s Chibang kids menu).

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Thanks for the updated menu. Hoping that Escargot is still available on night 3 like the menus show. Recent menus on the Celebration do not have Escargot available at all on any day.

Thanks for the heads up about the Escargot on the Celebration, James. I’m reaching out to my contact at Carnival to see if I can get some clarification on that – if it’s due to a shortage (which has happened before), a ship specific change, or a fleet-wide change to the menu. I’ll share anything I find!

Thanks for this information, I just want to see if you can find the Main dining menu for 14 day carnival miracle cruise to Alaska?

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On any given night, Pacific Restaurant on Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship is a hub of activity. On multiple evenings during a recent sailing, guests lined up at the entrance to one of the main dining rooms on Carnival Jubilee , which gave way to a two-deck space with ornate, twinkling light fixtures and soaring white columns.

But a windowless room several decks below is where the real action happens.

The ship’s main galley, lined with metallic counters, stoves and ceiling panels, cranks out 15,000 dishes per night on average. The kitchen – one of 18 galleys overall – supplies multiple meals, but dinner is its busiest time.

“It's not a small operation by any means, especially on this class of ship,” Vivek Menon, the ship’s Food and Beverage Director told USA TODAY on board. Here’s how they do it.

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Lots of planning happens before meals ever hit guests’ plates. Food orders are placed around two weeks in advance and loaded onto the vessel on turnaround days, said Menon, whose food and beverage team includes just under 900 members (Jubilee can accommodate more than 6,000 guests).

The ship's galley staff cooks roughly 5,000 pounds of whole chicken, grills around 5,000 pounds of strip steak and bakes approximately 600 loaves of bread every week.

One morning in late February, fish was thawing in a walk-in refrigerator the size of a small bedroom on deck 3, two decks below the galley. According to a label on its exterior, a nearby freezer housed ice cream, while another room was filled with boxes of cruise essentials like Grey Goose Vodka and Crown Royal whiskey.

Chefs then place orders with the vessel’s storeroom team two days before they need the ingredients. “Pre-prep” – such as trimming and marinating chicken breasts – takes place a day beforehand, with more prep following on the day of service, though the time required varies.

Those chicken breasts, for example, might be prepped an hour prior to service. By contrast, “Prime rib cooks for six hours,” Menon said. “A short rib braises for 12 hours, so obviously that has a huge lead time. So, it depends on the dish.”

Then it’s showtime. The galley provides food for an average of 4,000 people a night between Pacific Restaurant and the ship’s other dining room, Atlantic Restaurant.

Orders start trickling in at around 5:45 p.m., but the crew is ready. Chefs are given a head count at the beginning of the evening, at peak time and near the end of dinner.

For example, Menon said, “If we’re cooking 1,000 fish for early dining, 1,000 filets, the counts are spread out in such a way that in the first 15 minutes, the cook is running around 200 ahead of count, because these counts are very quickly going to catch up,” Menon said.

As orders slow down, they narrow the gap and reduce output accordingly. “At the end of dinner service, you have very little left,” Menon said. “By the time it's nine 9, 9:15, we’re already down one or two, four or five pieces, depending on the volume we're setting up.” Guest flow differs each evening, however.

At the beginning of a cruise, the crew starts logging how much of a given item is used on that sailing – down to details like how guests want their steak cooked – which allows them to prepare more or less as needed.

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Tracking guest preferences is about more than just providing good service. The line has paid close attention to what goes uneaten as part of efforts to reduce food waste. “We looked at what the guests don't like, what's coming back on the plate,” Menon said. Then they can make changes.

Carnival also introduced QR-code menus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has made it easier to tweak menus (though they have printed ones as well). Other measures, such as adding a charge for once-included room service in 2022, have helped the line move closer to those aims, too.

“Before (when) you walked down a corridor, every second cabin, you're going to see a plate outside with some things half-eaten because it was complimentary,” Menon said.

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If guests want to peek behind the culinary curtain, they can see the galley for themselves. Carnival’s Chef’s Table experience features a tour and a multi-course dinner for between 12 and 16 people, according to the line’s website .

The sleek dining room that hosts the dinner on Jubilee was tucked deep inside the galley space, giving passengers up-close views of the kitchen. The menus – which can’t be found elsewhere on board – vary from ship to ship but have included items like knotted parmesan herb brioche, black-garlic cannelloni, a “lamb trilogy” (roasted, broiled and confit) and more.

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On Sunday, travelers on Carnival Cruise Line's Legend ship will return home after a relaxing weeklong vacation in the Caribbean.

But instead of disembarking at the ship's homeport as planned, these cruisers will soon find themselves a four-hour bus ride away in Norfolk, Virginia, as the Port of Baltimore remains closed following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

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Amid the disruption, Carnival said it had moved the Carnival Legend's March 31 disembarkation from Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, where it will temporarily remain homeported. The company will provide guests on the ship's Caribbean voyage a free bus back to Baltimore.

The Carnival Legend's next weeklong cruise, embarking the same day it returns, will sail roundtrip from Norfolk, about a four-hour drive from Baltimore. The cruise line said it will update future guests on its plans to return to Maryland.

Carnival's Carnival Pride and Legend, Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Sea, and American Cruise Line's American Glory are all scheduled to sail from the Port of Baltimore in April. The companies did not immediately respond to Business Insider's inquiry about potential itinerary changes.

Experts told Business Insider that the Port of Baltimore's ongoing closure could amount to a daily $15 million loss in economic activity .

While the port is vitally important for certain imports and exports, it represents a relatively small portion of US cruise departures, with smaller ships compared to hubs like Florida. More than 444,000 people embarked on cruises there in 2023, according to state officials.

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Local news | key bridge collapse live updates: work begins to remove first piece of bridge; disaster business loans to be available, local news | another port of baltimore-bound cruise ship changes course to norfolk.

Royal Caribbean is the latest cruise line to change course due to the closure of the Port of Baltimore.

The port’s Cruise Maryland Terminal is inaccessible because it’s blocked by the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed into the Patapsco River after being rammed into by a massive container ship early Tuesday morning.

A spokesperson Royal Caribbean said Thursday that a ship that departed from Baltimore on March 23 and was scheduled to return April 4 will now conclude its journey in Norfolk, Virginia, instead.

Carnival Cruise announced a similar reroute Tuesday. In both cases, the companies have offered passengers free buses back to Baltimore.

According to the Cruise Lines International Association, Baltimore is the nation’s 29th busiest port for cruise ships, moving about 378,000 passengers annually. Twelve ships were scheduled to dock at the port 115 times during 2024, the association said.

Baltimore’s cruise terminal is home to four cruise lines: Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and American Cruises.

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A fire broke out aboard the Carnival Freedom cruise ship about 20 miles away from Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, on March 23, the cruise line announced. Courtesy: @breezebreeze_ via Storyful

The Carnival Freedom cruise ship experienced its second fire in less than two years, and passenger footage caught the flames with smoke coming from the ship's exhaust funnel Saturday afternoon. 

"That's nutty," X user @breezebreeze_ can be heard while showing the fire aboard the ship.

Carnival Cruise Line put out several tweet replies regarding the incident they say happened at 3:15 ET. 

"Carnival Freedom reported a fire on the port side of the ship’s exhaust funnel," one of the posts read. "The ship was 20 miles off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, heading to Freeport after a canceled call to Princess Cay due to weather."

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Carnival Freedom reported a fire on the port side of the ship’s exhaust funnel March 23, 2024. (@breezebreeze_ via Storyful / Fox News)

The news prompted passengers of the ship's upcoming departure from Port Canaveral on Monday to ask the cruise line if their itinerary would go off as planned.

"Is the cruise for the Carnival Freedom March 25 departing cruise from Port Canaveral still planning on going?" one X user asked Carnival. "We need to know for travel purposes!"

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The Carnival Freedom, shown in Italy in 2007, caught fire in the Caribbean on Saturday, March 23, for the second time in less than two years.  (Victor Sokolowicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)

"I can almost guarantee it'll be canceled," another X user wrote about the ship's next planned cruise. "This isn't the first time this has happened ironically to this ship, and the following sailing when it happened that time were canceled, but obviously not confirm[ed]."

Carnival quickly responded to quell any rumors, saying it does not expect any impact on the next Carnival Freedom voyage. 

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Passengers board the Carnival Freedom in February 2013 in Key West, Fla. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images / Reuters)

The Freedom's exhaust funnel caught fire in May 2022 while the ship was docked at Grand Turk Island in Turks and Caicos. Video from then also showed the ship’s funnel – referred to by some as the whale tail – consumed by flames and smoke. 

The part of the ship that caught fire is designed to help direct the flow of exhaust gases away from the ship, according to the Crown Cruise Vacations website. 

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The Carnival Freedom was docking at Grand Turk Island Thursday morning when the fire erupted. The response team quickly extinguished the fire inside the ship's funnel. (Daniel Avellaneda / Bon Voyaged / TMX)

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"The ship’s fire response team was quickly activated, and the ship’s captain also turned the vessel towards the heavy rain in the area to maximize the efforts to put out the flames," Carnival said about Saturday's fire. "Eyewitnesses reported the possibility of a lightning strike and that is being investigated."

Carnival said the captain made "multiple announcements to guests and crew" about the fire. The port side of the funnel fell onto Deck 10, Carnival said. No injuries were reported.

The Carnival Freedom was in Freeport as scheduled Sunday, according to CruiseMapper. Carnival said there are no operational issues with the ship’s systems.

Fox Business' Greg Norman contributed to this report. 

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Transportation | baltimore carnival cruise ship to operate out of norfolk following bridge collapse.

The Baltimore-based cruise ship Carnival Legend will operate temporarily out of Norfolk in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse early Tuesday morning, Carnival Cruise Line announced.

The Legend’s current voyage is scheduled to end on March 31 and will dock in Norfolk. Following the cruise’s return, passengers will be given free bus rides back to Baltimore, Carnival said in a news release. The ship can carry as many as 2,124 guests, according to Carnival’s website.

Carnival said they have informed their current and future guests about the change to the Legend’s port. On Tuesday evening, the Carnival website was not allowing tickets to be purchased for voyages out of Baltimore.

The bridge was struck by a 948-foot Singapore-flagged ship called the Dali, which lost power just before the collision, the Baltimore Sun reported. The Dali was traveling at about eight knots at the time.

As of Tuesday evening, six construction workers repairing potholes on the bridge were presumed dead, Jeffrey Pritzker, executive vice president of Brawner Builders, told the Baltimore Sun.

The collapsed bridge, spanning the Patapsco River, has severely impacted the flow of ship traffic to the Port of Baltimore. Vessel traffic into and out of the port was suspended, Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld said, and a Coast Guard report stated that the “Patapsco River channel is fully blocked.” The Port of Virginia will receive some of the diverted traffic, The Pilot reported .

“Our thoughts remain with the impacted families and first responders in Baltimore,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, adding that she’s grateful the President Joe Biden has pledged to reopen the Baltimore Harbor as soon as possible. “As those plans are finalized, we will update our future cruise guests on when we will return home to Baltimore, but in the meantime, we appreciate the quick response and support from officials in Norfolk.”

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Carnival Legend ship changes homeport to Norfolk VA amid Baltimore Bridge's collapse

CCL-Carnival Cruise Line has announced a temporary relocation of its operations for the Carnival Legend due to ongoing rescue and recovery operations in Baltimore Harbor following the Key Bridge collapse. Consequently, the Carnival Legend, currently en route, will conclude her journey on Sunday, March 31, with her return now rescheduled for Norfolk Virginia instead of Baltimore.

To facilitate guests affected by this change, CCL will provide complimentary bus transportation from Norfolk back to Baltimore. Additionally, the upcoming 7-day cruise, scheduled to commence on March 31, will embark from and return to Norfolk. Carnival is actively communicating these adjustments to guests booked on the current and subsequent voyages.

Christine Duffy (CCL's President) expressed the company's solidarity with those impacted in Baltimore and acknowledged President Biden's commitment to prompt the reopening of Baltimore Harbor to maritime traffic.

"While we await the finalization of these efforts, we're grateful for the swift assistance and hospitality offered by the city of Norfolk. We will keep our future cruise guests informed about when operations will resume in Baltimore," Duffy affirmed.