Carnival Cruise Line has announced new destinations for Carnival Spirit which is headed to Mobile, Alabama in October 2023.
These new voyages from Mobile include five-, six- and eight-day Caribbean itineraries along with a 12-day Carnival Journeys Southern Caribbean adventure
Fred Stein, Carnival’s vice president of revenue planning and deployment, said, “The sailings we’re opening today offer some great new choices for our guests and build on our plans for the Mobile community, where we’ve enjoyed a long and successful partnership. When Carnival Spirit arrives for her first season this year and then returns for the cruises we’re announcing today for next year, she won’t just be bringing a newer and larger ship experience to the port, she’ll deliver more opportunities to visit beautiful destinations compared to our past operations there.”
These new sailings onboard Carnival Spirit will have a significant economic impact as well as bringing more jobs to the area.
Bradley Byrne, President of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, said, “So the economic impact of this new cruise ship is $12 million overall to the Mobile area. But it’s $6 million directly to the City of Mobile, which helps them pay for what they’ve had to board to build and to modernize the terminal.”
Byrne went on to explain, “Any time we can bring 2,000 new people into mobile every five days, we’re excited about that. If you’ve got more business in your hotel, you got to have more people to help you run the hotel. You got more people coming, your restaurant. You got to have more people to run the restaurant. If you got more people coming to your retail store, you got to have more people at your retail store any time you have that much activity.”
Some of the new sailings that are open for Carnival Spirit from Mobile include:
- Eight-Day Exotic Western Caribbean Cruise that departs Mobile on Oct. 26, 2024, and visits Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan; Belize; Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.
- Eight-Day Bahamas Cruise that departs Mobile on Nov. 9 and Nov. 23, 2024, and visits Key West, Fla.; Freeport, Nassau and Half Moon Cay, Bahamas.
- Eight-Day Western Caribbean cruise that departs Mobile on March 15, 2025, and visits Grand Cayman, Cayman Island; Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Cozumel, Mexico.
- Six-Day Western Caribbean Cruise that departs Mobile on several dates between November 2024 and March 2025 and visits Belize and Cozumel, Mexico.
- Six-Day Western Caribbean Cruise that departs Mobile on April 6, 2025, and visits Cozumel, Mexico and Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan.
- Five-Day Western Caribbean Cruise that departs Mobile March 10, 2025, and visits Yucatan and Cozumel, Mexico.
- 12-Day Carnival Journeys Cruise that departs Mobile Jan. 18, 2025 and visits several spectacular Caribbean destinations, including Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos; Aruba; Curacao; Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
Carnival Spirit is currently in Seattle, Washington where she is offering Alaskan sailings. She will begin homeporting in Mobile, Alabama in October 2023 and offer several six- and eight-day voyages through the spring of 2024.