Carnival Cruise Line Announces First-Ever Schedule...

Carnival Cruise Line simply dropped some huge information for the 2027/2028 season for Carnival Sunshine.  The sailings will embrace first-ever visits to ports in Africa along with stops in Italy, France, Spain, and Montenegro.

The newly introduced itineraries for Carnival Sunshine signify the primary time the cruise line has added African ports into the first schedule, although the cruise line has visited some ports in Africa earlier than throughout repositioning voyages.

Beginning in the summertime of 2027, Carnival Sunshine will transfer from america to Europe and can provide itineraries by no means provided by Carnival earlier than.

North Africa

One of many highlights of the brand new schedule for the three,000-passenger ship is the addition of Tangier, Morocco, and La Goulette (Tunis), Tunisia in Northern Africa.

This exhibits that Carnival is branching out and providing extra destination-focused choices for a fanbase that’s rising yearly.   You’ll be able to take a look at it as an extension of the Carnival Journeys program that provides particular sailings which might be additionally destination-focused.

The ship will provide sailings throughout the Mediterranean from Could by way of October 2027 whereas homeporting in Barcelona, Spain, and Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy.  Voyages can be a mixture of 7-day and longer cruises.

Together with the visits to African ports, the ship will go to new European ports as effectively, together with Bari, Italy; Bar, Montenegro; and Ajaccio (Corsica), France.

Photo voltaic Eclipse Cruise

Carnival can be utilizing the appropriately named “Sunshine” ship for a photo voltaic eclipse cruise in 2027. On August 2, 2027, a complete photo voltaic eclipse will monitor throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa.

The ship’s July 25 crusing from Barcelona is particularly designed to place passengers within the “path of totality” through the eclipse. Whereas different ships within the fleet, like Carnival Miracle, will even provide views of the eclipse, Sunshine’s place within the Mediterranean is predicted to supply a few of the longest viewing durations and clearest skies obtainable for the occasion.

Timeline for Sunshine

The 2027 season entails a sequence of “transitional” sailings because the ship strikes throughout the Atlantic:

• Eastbound Transatlantic: Departs Norfolk, VA, on Could 15, 2027, for a 15-day crusing to Dover, England.
• The Mediterranean Season: A sequence of 15 sailings from Could 30 by way of October 2027, masking Italy, Spain, Turkey, and North Africa.
• Westbound Transatlantic: Departs Barcelona in late October 2027 for PortMiami, that includes a remaining cease in Tangier, Morocco, earlier than crossing again to the U.S.

Going to Texas

Following its time in Europe and Africa, Carnival Sunshine is not going to return to its earlier East Coast ports. As a substitute, it’s going to head to Galveston, Texas, arriving in November 2027.

This transfer replaces earlier plans for Carnival Spirit to homeport there, with Carnival mentioning excessive demand within the Texas market as the rationale for sending the bigger, 102,000 gross ton, Carnival Sunshine.