Carnival Cruise Line Addresses Ghostly Encounters ...

Have you ever ever felt a chill down your backbone whereas cruising the open seas or thought you glimpsed a shadow flitting by way of your stateroom? You’re not alone.

Not too long ago, a Carnival Cruise Line visitor reached out to its Model Ambassador, John Heald, asking if he or the cruise line have any tales to share about onboard hauntings.

In a message to Heald, the passenger mentioned she and her husband sailed on a P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Journey in February 2025, simply earlier than it was absorbed into Carnival Cruise Line’s operations.

The couple, revealing a cabin quantity that was hidden by Heald so it didn’t scare others away from reserving it, mentioned they “completely consider this room to be haunted” and wished to know if others had any experiences.

In typical Heald type, his response was crammed with ghastly puns.

“I keep in mind once I was on the Carnival Breeze that myself and some of the division heads had been conducting a séance. We made contact with the founding father of a bottled water firm. That was in all probability as a result of we had been utilizing a Fiji Board,” he joked.

“Then, later that evening, we contacted the long-lost spirit of the primary plumber on Carnival Cruise Line’s ship, Mardi Gras,” he added. “That was in all probability as a result of we had been utilizing a Luigi Board.”

However Heald bought critical and requested different former passengers to share their tales if they’d them. 

They usually did.

Ghost Tales

“Each Carnival cruise I’ve been on, my room has been haunted,” shared a passenger. “You would depart the room, and the towels would magically contort themselves into animals. It was loopy.”

Whereas producing loads of laughs, many respondents truly skilled actual moments that brought about the hairs on their arms to face.

One visitor mentioned her adjoining cabins on Deck 7 of Carnival Magic had been positively haunted. She mentioned lights flashed, room telephones rang, and there was loads of banging. Even upkeep couldn’t pinpoint what was taking place.

Then the actual terror occurred.

“I used to be getting dressed and was sitting on the mattress. My hubs was on the sofa. From behind me, I heard a groan. I checked out my hubs and mentioned, ‘Was that you simply?’ He mentioned, ‘Nope, that noise got here from proper behind you,’” she mentioned.

After hightailing it out of there and telling visitor companies they thought the cabin was haunted, the couple was moved to Deck 9 and didn’t have any additional experiences.

One other passenger on the identical ship additionally mentioned his spouse had a daunting prevalence. She noticed a just lately departed particular person she knew sitting on the mattress. 

“She first thought it was me. I used to be asleep subsequent to her,” he wrote.

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Lots extra passengers mentioned they’ve had some haunting encounters aboard Cunard Line’s Queen Mary.

The ship, inbuilt 1930 by Carnival Company’s Cunard Line and the inspiration for the Queen Mary 2, has lengthy been retired and serves as a resort in Lengthy Seaside, California.

It’s also the place many Carnival Cruise Line company ebook a keep earlier than or after a voyage on Carnival Firenze, which is homeported there.

“That ship positively has a creepy vibe,” mentioned one about Queen Mary, as one other added her two sisters each had ghostly run-ins.

“The one heard screaming that nobody else did, and the opposite noticed an individual that appeared otherworldly,” she mentioned. “Very eerie!”

It appears most passengers would, surprisingly, welcome a go to from a ghost whereas crusing with Carnival Cruise Line.

In actual fact, many individuals prompt the cruise line host haunted cruises, significantly round Halloween. Sadly, the cruise line doesn’t provide themed voyages, simply themed nights.

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