
Carnival Cruise Line announced some ships have received upgraded Wi-Fi internet systems this year. Earlier this year Carnival Corporation announced an agreement with Starlink that is expected to bring faster internet systems to ships across the Carnival Corporation brand, including Carnival Cruise Line. Although these internet upgrades made to Carnival Cruise Line ships have been made this year, it is not yet clear if this upgrade is via Starlink or another system.
John Heald, Carnival's brand ambassador, posted on Facebook a listing of the ships that have currently received upgraded internet systems. These ships with upgraded internet systems (either Starlink or another internet system) are as follows:
John Heald, Carnival's brand ambassador, posted on Facebook a listing of the ships that have currently received upgraded internet systems. These ships with upgraded internet systems (either Starlink or another internet system) are as follows:
- Carnival Panorama
- Carnival Elation
- Carnival Sunrise
- Carnival Valor
- Carnival Venezia
- Carnival Pride
- Carnival Magic
- Carnival Sunshine
- Carnival Vista
It is worth emphasizing that ships with upgraded internet do not necessarily have Starlink. Carnival is not disclosing which ships are getting Starlink versus another internet option. According to John Heald, more ships will likely receive upgraded internet systems when the ships are in dry-dock. If you are curious to know when your Carnival ship goes to dry-dock and might get an internet upgrade please click here. Please note, just because a ship goes to dry-dock does not mean it will automatically receive the upgraded Wi-Fi internet. Carnival could install a new internet system at any time and may not want to upgrade internet on a ship for whatever reason.
If you are curious to learn more about Carnival Corporation's Starlink agreement please click here to check out my post from January 2023. Carnival Corporation's original press release mentioned that the Starlink rollout started in December 2022 and Carnival Cruise Line ships were listed as being one of the first Carnival Corporation lines to start getting Starlink. This leads me to believe these ships' internet upgrades could be Starlink, but this is just my opinion.
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If you sail on one of the ships with upgraded internet systems hopefully it goes well. Remember that internet could have a problem for any reason regardless of what service provider Carnival is using - just like on land things can happen and the internet can go down! Please feel free to share your experience with me as I am curious to hear from guests how it goes!