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Carnival Festivale

Carnival Festivale brings a new soundtrack to Carnival cruising as the fourth Excel class ship, designed around the joy of music and family fun. Sailing from Port Canaveral from 2027, this exciting new ship introduces immersive entertainment spaces like Studio 724 and The Festival, celebrating the power of music across decades and genres. Guests can enjoy vibrant live performances, interactive experiences and energetic venues alongside Carnival favourites and signature dining. Instead of BOLT, Carnival Festivale will feature Carnival WaterWorks Ultra, the cruise line’s largest family water park at sea, plus more connecting cabins and family-friendly spaces designed to make cruising together even easier and more fun.

Ship facts

Maiden voyage2027
Guests6631
Crew1735
Decks18
Width
42
m
Length
346
m
Size
183900
GT
Speed
23
kn

Carnival Festivale

Carnival Festivale brings family, friends, and fun together in perfect harmony, with experiences that celebrate music and connection. Across six Zones - including two new music-inspired debuts - guests can enjoy Studio 724’s multimedia light-and-sound shows, crafted cocktails at The Mix, and flavors from The Festival’s Pizza Palooza and Rhythm & Rolls Deli. Two of the new Zones, spanning Decks 6–8, showcase the magic of music, from creative interactive media to the energy of outdoor performances.

Entertainment

Carnival Cruises makes entertainment a priority. Don’t miss colourful broadway shows, mysterious magicians and skilled comedians.
One of many stages onboard

Entertainment

Carnival Cruises makes entertainment a priority. Don’t miss colourful broadway shows, mysterious magicians and skilled comedians.

One of many stages onboard

Heroes Tribute Bar & Lounge

Entertainment

Carnival Cruises makes entertainment a priority. Don’t miss colourful broadway shows, mysterious magicians and skilled comedians.

Heroes Tribute Bar & Lounge

High atmosphere in the piano bar

Entertainment

Carnival Cruises makes entertainment a priority. Don’t miss colourful broadway shows, mysterious magicians and skilled comedians.

High atmosphere in the piano bar

Jazzy vibes in Havana bar

Entertainment

Carnival Cruises makes entertainment a priority. Don’t miss colourful broadway shows, mysterious magicians and skilled comedians.

Jazzy vibes in Havana bar

Activities

Challenge your friends to basketball, enjoy a waterslide or go on an adrenaline-fuelled ride on a rollercoaster! At Sunsation Point, the star attraction is Carnival WaterWorks Ultra, the biggest, most family-friendly waterpark at sea! With six waterslides, splash pads for all ages, and thrills like the raft rides Turning Tides and SunSoaker, racing slides, and a twisty spiral slide, it’s non-stop fun under the sun.
Challenge your party in minigolf!

Activities

Challenge your friends to basketball, enjoy a waterslide or go on an adrenaline-fuelled ride on a rollercoaster! At Sunsation Point, the star attraction is Carnival WaterWorks Ultra, the biggest, most family-friendly waterpark at sea! With six waterslides, splash pads for all ages, and thrills like the raft rides Turning Tides and SunSoaker, racing slides, and a twisty spiral slide, it’s non-stop fun under the sun.

Challenge your party in minigolf!

Sports and activity decks on board

Activities

Challenge your friends to basketball, enjoy a waterslide or go on an adrenaline-fuelled ride on a rollercoaster! At Sunsation Point, the star attraction is Carnival WaterWorks Ultra, the biggest, most family-friendly waterpark at sea! With six waterslides, splash pads for all ages, and thrills like the raft rides Turning Tides and SunSoaker, racing slides, and a twisty spiral slide, it’s non-stop fun under the sun.

Sports and activity decks on board

Camp Ocean for the young cruisers

Activities

Challenge your friends to basketball, enjoy a waterslide or go on an adrenaline-fuelled ride on a rollercoaster! At Sunsation Point, the star attraction is Carnival WaterWorks Ultra, the biggest, most family-friendly waterpark at sea! With six waterslides, splash pads for all ages, and thrills like the raft rides Turning Tides and SunSoaker, racing slides, and a twisty spiral slide, it’s non-stop fun under the sun.

Camp Ocean for the young cruisers

Food & Drink

Explore all the onboard variety on Carnival Festivale - from casual meals to sit-down dining to snacking - and discover the flavors you'll want to put on repeat.
The Bonsai Teppanyaki experience is set to delight you

Food & Drink

Explore all the onboard variety on Carnival Festivale - from casual meals to sit-down dining to snacking - and discover the flavors you'll want to put on repeat.

The Bonsai Teppanyaki experience is set to delight you

Bonsai Sushi

Food & Drink

Explore all the onboard variety on Carnival Festivale - from casual meals to sit-down dining to snacking - and discover the flavors you'll want to put on repeat.

Bonsai Sushi

Guy’s Pig & Anchor Smokehouse

Food & Drink

Explore all the onboard variety on Carnival Festivale - from casual meals to sit-down dining to snacking - and discover the flavors you'll want to put on repeat.

Guy’s Pig & Anchor Smokehouse

Fahrenheit 555™ serves up haute cuisine in a setting that rivals the finest steakhouses on land

Food & Drink

Explore all the onboard variety on Carnival Festivale - from casual meals to sit-down dining to snacking - and discover the flavors you'll want to put on repeat.

Fahrenheit 555™ serves up haute cuisine in a setting that rivals the finest steakhouses on land

Guy’s Burger Joint

Food & Drink

Explore all the onboard variety on Carnival Festivale - from casual meals to sit-down dining to snacking - and discover the flavors you'll want to put on repeat.

Guy’s Burger Joint

Look to Seafood Shack for rustic favorites like Crab Cake Sliders, Lobster BLT, Fried Buffalo Shrimp, Snow Crab and more..

Food & Drink

Explore all the onboard variety on Carnival Festivale - from casual meals to sit-down dining to snacking - and discover the flavors you'll want to put on repeat.

Look to Seafood Shack for rustic favorites like Crab Cake Sliders, Lobster BLT, Fried Buffalo Shrimp, Snow Crab and more..

Body & Soul

Sunbathe and relax on the sun loungers by the pool, work out, or enjoy a treatment at the spa Cloud 9 Spa + Serenity Adult-Only Retreat.
Charge the batteries at Cloud 9 Spa

Body & Soul

Sunbathe and relax on the sun loungers by the pool, work out, or enjoy a treatment at the spa Cloud 9 Spa + Serenity Adult-Only Retreat.

Charge the batteries at Cloud 9 Spa

Holiday feeling!

Body & Soul

Sunbathe and relax on the sun loungers by the pool, work out, or enjoy a treatment at the spa Cloud 9 Spa + Serenity Adult-Only Retreat.

Holiday feeling!

The Lido Pool

Body & Soul

Sunbathe and relax on the sun loungers by the pool, work out, or enjoy a treatment at the spa Cloud 9 Spa + Serenity Adult-Only Retreat.

The Lido Pool

Run through warm breezes on the pool deck

Body & Soul

Sunbathe and relax on the sun loungers by the pool, work out, or enjoy a treatment at the spa Cloud 9 Spa + Serenity Adult-Only Retreat.

Run through warm breezes on the pool deck

Treat yourself to a massage at the spa

Body & Soul

Sunbathe and relax on the sun loungers by the pool, work out, or enjoy a treatment at the spa Cloud 9 Spa + Serenity Adult-Only Retreat.

Treat yourself to a massage at the spa

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