Carnival Cruise Line has lots in retailer for New Orleans.

The cruise line introduced Thursday that its new island resort within the Bahamas, often known as Celebration Key, opens this weekend. The Carnival Liberty will set sail Sunday from the Port of New Orleans to Carnival’s first unique vacation spot, stopping first in Key West, Florida.

Nestled on the south facet of Grand Bahama, Celebration Key will characteristic 5 “portals” unfold throughout 65 acres, every providing visitors a special expertise.

Unfold out alongside the portals are white sand seashores, household pleasant video games, the world’s largest swim up bar, a Bahamian artisan market, eating places and an adults-only membership, in response to the cruise line.

Check Carnival’s website here for more information.

Carnival can also be rolling out its 2027-28 cruise schedule and introduced it is going to proceed homing two ships in New Orleans, transferring the bigger Carnival Dream again to the Port of New Orleans in Might 2027.

Carnival Dream will be part of Carnival Liberty at Port NOLA, returning to the Crescent Metropolis for the primary time since 2019 after ending a Caribbean cruise from Galveston, Texas.

Carnival Dream can maintain 4,600 visitors and can provide a sequence of four- and five-day voyages from New Orleans to Mexico. The ship is supplied with a number of staterooms and eating places in addition to a comedy membership, Broadway-style exhibits and flicks underneath the celebs.

“Extra capability with a bigger ship means extra tourism exercise for Port NOLA and the area, the place we’ve loved a profitable partnership for over three a long time,” Carnival President Christine Duffy mentioned in a ready assertion.

Info on just lately introduced journeys might be found here.

Carnival Liberty will lengthen a number of seven-day Western Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries via April 2028. The ship will take passengers to Celebration Key, Key West and Nassau.

Liberty voyages additionally make stops in places reminiscent of Cozumel, Belize, Grand Cayman and Isla Tropicale.