More Benefits Lost on Two Carnival Ships, No One S...

Company on two upcoming Carnival sailings have been notified that essentially the most coveted Diamond and Platinum advantages is not going to be obtainable. This has change into typical of Carnival Cruise Line up to now few years and is a powerful indication of why the loyalty program should change.

The 2 impacted sailings are:

• Carnival Radiance – January 10, 2026 – 14-night Hawaii crusing from Lengthy Seaside
• Carnival Venezia – January 11, 2026 – 14-night Panama Caribbean crusing from Port Canaveral

Each of those 2-week itineraries are extra immersive Carnival Journeys cruises. These sailings are extremely popular with skilled friends as they provide extra distinctive ports of name that aren’t at all times obtainable on extra frequent itineraries.

However, when there are lots of of Diamond and Platinum cruisers on a voyage, it’s not possible for Carnival Cruise Line to adequately provide sure loyalty advantages.

“Because of the excessive variety of Diamond and Platinum friends becoming a member of us on this voyage, we won’t be able to supply [some] advantages,” the notification e mail confirmed.

For each of those cruises, the next advantages at the moment are cancelled:

• Precedence embarkation and debarkation, each on the homeport and all ports of name
• Early stateroom entry, together with dropping off luggage even when leaving the stateroom
• Precedence baggage supply to staterooms on embarkation day
• Assured primary eating room seating requests for Diamond friends

Moreover, the precedence line on the Visitor Companies desk, in addition to precedence Visitor Companies cellphone help, can also be unavailable on both ship throughout these cruises. That willpower might fluctuate for busier occasions on the Visitor Companies desk all through every crusing.

“These operational modifications are per different voyages the place we’ve a really giant variety of Diamond and Platinum friends,” the e-mail notification defined. “We apologize for any disappointment and thanks to your understanding.”

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To be clear, there are not any itinerary modifications or different changes for both crusing.

Carnival Radiance continues to be deliberate to take pleasure in some Aloha State hospitality in Kahului, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, and Hilo (together with Ensenada), whereas Carnival Venezia will benefit from the trendy surprise that’s the Panama Canal, together with visits to Grand Turk, Aruba, Curacao, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Grand Cayman.

What Advantages Stay?

Whereas the lack of these extremely popular advantages will likely be disappointing to some friends, there are nonetheless nice perks that stay for each cruises, together with:

• Complimentary bottles of water
• Collectible VIFP pins in addition to program items
• Complimentary wash-and-fold laundry (5 luggage for Platinum, limitless for Diamond)
• VIFP events throughout the cruise

Carnival has continuously cancelled high-level loyalty advantages on quite a lot of cruises, and never at all times the 10-night or longer Journeys voyages or extra uncommon itineraries.

Most lately, comparable advantages have been faraway from an 8-night Carnival Spirit sailing from Mobile to the Bahamas, in addition to a 7-night Carnival Miracle itinerary from Tampa, calling at Grand Cayman, Ocho Rios, and Cozumel.

Advantages are additionally typically faraway from transatlantic cruises, repositioning voyages, and restricted provide itineraries resembling sailings to Greenland.

Adjustments Not Sudden

Company commenting on Reddit usually are not stunned by the change, however not essentially happy with it both.

“Because of this they’re altering the loyalty program. There are simply too many people. It sucks, nevertheless it is sensible. This appears to be the case on any cruise that’s both longer than 7-8 days and/or some form of specialty cruise,” one visitor commented.

What’s irritating to some friends is that, up to now few months, because it was introduced that friends with Diamond VIFP status would keep that loyalty level for life, Carnival continues to advertise and encourage friends to achieve a stage the cruise line can not adequately serve.

“Provide a service based mostly on a rewards program that you could qualify for,” one visitor famous. “Deny that service as a result of too lots of you certified for it.”

Many earlier Carnival friends have been receiving frequent affords for deeply discounted sailings that can depend twice and even thrice for loyalty factors, serving to them rapidly “chase Diamond” earlier than the VIFP program ends on August 31, 2026.