Carnival cruises offer upbeat fun cruising with lots of activities, fast food and glitzy entertainment providing a good value cruise package.  Carnival is probably the most successful of the cruise lines and attracts a younger age profile and lots of children in the holiday periods.

Carnival has 23 ships currently in the fleet, most are large and new and many of identical designs. The 133,500 tonne Carnival Vista debued in 2016 and will be joined by Carnival Horizon in 2018.