Getting around your Carnival Cruise ship can be made easier if you have a copy of the ship's deck plan. For those that are not familiar, a deck plan is essentially a map of the ship that shows which lounges, attractions, or areas are on on each deck of the ship. 
             This first part of this post will give links to Carnival's online deck plans for each ship. This will allow you to look at your ship's deck plans pre-cruise. The second part of this post will share ways to use deck plans while on your cruise. 

Pre-Cruise: Viewing The Ship's Deck Plan
              Before your cruise I highly recommend taking a quick look at your ship's deck plan. Carnival's website has interactive deck plans available as well as a PDF copy of the deck plan that should be printable. The interactive deck plan is a helpful tool for pre-cruise research. Carnival has a feature built into the interactive deck plan where you can type your stateroom number and it will pull the stateroom up on the deck plan. 
                     The PDF deck plan is great because it is printable. If you are a first time cruiser or have never been on the particular ship before, I highly recommend printing out the PDF deck plan. 
                       Each of the links below will take you away from this website to Carnival's website. The  "PDF Deck Plan" links are directly to PDF documents that can be found on Carnival's website of the deck plan. All links will open in a new window. Your computer will need to have the ability to open a PDF document if you try to view one of the PDF deck plans. If a link has changed or is broken please let me know! 

Carnival Ecstasy                    Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Sensation                 Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Elation                      Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan
​Carnival Paradise                   Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Sunshine                  Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Sunrise                     Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Radiance                  Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Spirit                         Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Pride                         Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Legend                     Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Miracle                      Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Conquest                  Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Glory                         Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Valor                         Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Liberty                     Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Freedom                  Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Splendor                  Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Dream                      Interactive Deck Plan               PDF Deck Plan 
​Carnival Magic                      Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Breeze                    Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan
Carnival Vista                       Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Horizon                   Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Panorama               Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan 
Mardi Gras                            Interactive Deck Plan                PDF Deck Plan 
Carnival Celebration             Deck Plans have not yet been released. This is Carnival's 2022 new ship. 

During Your Cruise:  How To View The Ship's Deck Plan Once On The Ship 

Option 1:   Carnival Hub App
                Carnival's Hub App is a useful tool for information onboard your cruise and once you have the app connected onboard you can view the ship's deck plan from the app. This app is free to download and is available for both Apple & Android phones. Once you are onboard the ship look for instructions on how to activate the app because most features of the app are not available until you are on the ship, in airplane mode, and connected to the ship's wi-fi network. 

Deck plans are a useful tool for finding your way around the ship. If you still cannot find something on the ship after looking at the deck plans, ask a crew member or at guest services! Most crew members know the ship's layout well and should be able to give you directions to what you are looking for.  Have a great cruise!

       The Carnival Imagination has officially left Carnival's fleet and has now been run aground at a scrapyard in Aliaga, Turkey. Videos have started to surface on You-Tube that showed the Carnival Inspiration being run-aground (beached) at the ship recycling and scrapyard. This ship beaching comes only a few weeks after the Carnival Fantasy and Carnival Inspiration were run-aground at the same scrapyard. All three ships are beached/run-aground next to each other. 
            The Carnival Imagination entered service for Carnival in 1995 and was built in the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland. When the Carnival Inspiration entered service, it was the 5th ship out of 8 in Carnival's Fantasy class. ​

Some You-Tube Videos Showing The Ship Arriving & Being Run Aground (Beached) In Turkey:
               Below you will find some links that show the ship being run-aground. Some of these videos have sound and some do not. A few of these videos have advertisements that I had to watch before being able to view the video because You-Tube would not let me skip the ads.  I do not own these videos and am not responsible for any of the content these videos contain. Please note, by clicking the video links you will be taken to You-Tube. ​

Video #1 -   This video shows the Carnival Imagination as it makes its final maneuvers before being beached. As the ship gets close to the shoreline you will be able to see the other ships already beached including the Carnival Fantasy, Carnival Inspiration, Monarch (Pullmantur), and Sovereign (Pullmantur). The Carnival Imagination was beached right next to the Carnival Fantasy. In the last part of the video the Carnival Imagination hits the Carnival Fantasy. The front portion of the Carnival Fantasy has already been taken apart. 
Link To Video:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7nQD5i3UYo 

Video #2 -  This video was taken in the Carnival Imagination's navigational bridge as the ship was beached in Turkey. 
Link To Video:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GiWhp8r-AU

​Video #3 -   Check out this video for a view of the ship being run-aground from the shore as well as video taken from the ship's navigational bridge as the ship made its way to the shore. Some of the noise from the Carnival Imagination hitting the already beached Carnival Fantasy can be heard in this video as the ship is nearly at shore. 
Link To Video:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq-e6UmHNQU
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Video #4 -  This video has a variety of interesting pictures and videos. At the start, you can see a view from the shoreline of the Carnival Fantasy and Carnival Imagination after the beaching has taken place. The Carnival Fantasy's front is nearly gone. 
Link To Video:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz8m85S1u54

         Carnival Cruise Line announced this morning a modification to their fleet return plan for some ships due to changes in dry-dock dates. Each of the affected ships had dry-docks scheduled in 2021 and due to scheduling changes with the dry-docks, Carnival decided to delay the return to guest operations for the affected ships until after the dry-dock is over. 
               The ships that have had cruises cancelled due to this modification plan are the Carnival Magic, Carnival Paradise, Carnival Valor, and Carnival Spirit. Here are details regarding each of these ships' cancellations: 


​Carnival Magic: 
​The Carnival Magic's cruises are cancelled until March 13, 2021. 

Carnival Paradise: 
The Carnival Paradise's cruises are cancelled until March 19, 2021. 

​Carnival Valor: 
The Carnival Valor's cruises are cancelled until April 29, 2021. Originally, the Carnival Valor was going to be sailing a transatlantic from New Orleans to Barcelona before the dry-dock and another transatlantic from Barcelona to New Orleans. These transatlantic cruises are now cancelled. 

Carnival Spirit:
The Carnival Spirit's cruises are cancelled through May 16, 2021. Carnival notes the first sailing is now scheduled to embark on May 12, 2021. 

       Besides announcing sailing cancellations due to dry-dock changes, Carnival officially announced the sale of the Carnival Imagination and Carnival Fascination. Both of these ships have been in long-term layup and will now be leaving the fleet This leaves 4 ships in Carnival's Fantasy class (Carnival Ecstasy, Carnival Sensation, Carnival Elation, & Carnival Paradise). 

            Please keep in mind there could be further changes to Carnival's fleet return plan. If I learn any details about the work scheduled for these dry-docks, I will post that information. 

For more information:

• Carnival's Health & Sailing Update:   Click Here (will take you away to Carnival's website) 
• Carnival's Press Release:   Click Here (will take you to Carnival's News website)