Carnival Cruise Line has been updating departure instances for a number of ships over the previous few weeks, shifting up when totally different vessels are leaving totally different homeports for a whole lot of future sailings.
Now, Carnival Legend and Carnival Venezia are each added to the checklist, however in additional distinctive ways in which booked visitors want to pay attention to so there isn’t a confusion about their departure instances.
Whereas a lot of the impacted ships – akin to Carnival Celebration from PortMiami – are homeported year-round from the identical embarkation port, Carnival Legend has a number of homeports for the subsequent two years. Equally, Carnival Venezia has two homeports within the adjustment interval.
Not all itineraries for each ships are impacted by the 30-minute change, nonetheless, and booked visitors will need to pay attention to which sailings are leaving earlier and which stay on the unique schedule.
Carnival Legend Departure Adjustments
Carnival Legend is at present homeported from Tampa, Florida providing Western Caribbean and Panama Canal sailings by April. Starting along with her March 2, 2025 departure, the ship will depart at 3:30 p.m. as a substitute of 4 p.m.
The one 2025 Tampa departure not impacted by this alteration (apart from her upcoming February departures this month) is the ship’s 14-night Tampa-to-San Francisco repositioning crusing. That April 24 departure will nonetheless be setting sail at 4 p.m.
None of Carnival Legend‘s San Francisco departures – whether or not her 4-night Baja Mexico sailings or her 10-night Alaska cruises – are impacted by any time changes for now. Future modifications could also be forthcoming, nonetheless, and booked visitors ought to preserve up to date on any bulletins for his or her sailings.
After the Alaska season ends, Carnival Legend will reposition to Galveston, Texas. That one-way, 16-night crusing departing San Francisco on October 6 stays as initially deliberate.
Whereas crusing from Galveston, the ship’s 4-, 5-, and 8-night cruises – the October 22, November 6, November 20, December 4, and December 18 departures – will likely be crusing at 3:30, however the longer 10-night Panama Canal cruises will nonetheless depart at 4 p.m.
In 2026, the identical sample continues with the ship’s shorter sailings departing on the revised, earlier time, however the longer cruises remaining scheduled for the 4 p.m. authentic departure.
This consists of all the next Carnival Legend Galveston departure dates that can now depart at 3:30 p.m.:
- January – 15, 29
- February – 26
- March – 2, 26
- April – 9, 23
On the finish of April, Carnival Legend will transfer to Europe, first to sail from Dover on spectacular British Isles, Island, Northern Europe, and Scandinavia itineraries. The ship may also spend the later a part of the European summer time season crusing from Civitavecchia/Rome.
From each of her Europe homeports throughout the summer time of 2026, a number of departures at the moment are adjusted to go away half-hour sooner than the unique schedule.
This consists of each departure from Dover in addition to all however her closing departure from Civitavecchia – all sailings from June 7, 2026 by and together with the October 23 departure. From Dover, this implies a brand new departure time of 4:30 p.m. as a substitute of 5 p.m., whereas from Civitavecchia, the ship will depart at 6:30 p.m. as a substitute of seven p.m.
After her season in Europe, Carnival Legend is returning to Tampa and can resume providing Western Caribbean, Bahamas, and Panama Canal sailings of various lengths. Starting on November 16, 2026 and thru and together with her December 27 departure, all of these sailings will depart at 3:30 p.m. as a substitute of 4 p.m.
Lastly, in 2027, all at present revealed bookings from January 3 by and together with March 28 are likewise adjusted half-hour earlier, besides Carnival Legend‘s 13-night Panama Canal cruise departing Tampa on January 31. That one crusing continues to be deliberate to depart at 4 p.m.
In complete, 52 upcoming cruises for Carnival Legend – from 4 totally different homeports in three totally different international locations on two totally different continents – at the moment are setting sail earlier.
Carnival Venezia Departure Adjustments
Friends booked on upcoming sailings of the Italian-style Carnival Venezia have additionally been notified of comparable modifications, although not fairly as complicated as these aboard Carnival Legend. Carnival Venezia alternates crusing seasons between simply two homeports – New York and Port Canaveral.
Whereas in New York, the ship’s departure time is unaffected and can stay as initially deliberate at 4 p.m.
From Port Canaveral, nonetheless, Carnival Venezia will transfer up her departure instances by half-hour for many of her cruises. This consists of all voyages from the March 9, 2025 by and together with the Might 4 departure. The ship’s Might 11 departure on a one-way journey again to New York, nonetheless, will nonetheless depart at 4 p.m.
Equally, the ship’s fall season when she returns to Port Canaveral can also be adjusted to three:30 p.m. departures for all sailings together with November 20 and November 23 in addition to December 14, 21, and 28.
In 2026, the January 4 voyage in addition to all sailings from January 25 by and together with February 15, March 8 by and together with Might 10, November 22, and December 13 by and together with December 27 will now depart at 3:30 p.m. These are all cruises from Port Canaveral as nicely.
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The rest of the modified departure instances for Carnival Venezia are in 2027, together with the ship’s departures on January 3, 24, and 31, February 7 and 14, and all sailings from March 7 by and together with the April 25 departure.
At the moment no sailings for the ship can be found to ebook previous April 25, 2027.
As with different ships which have had such a big variety of sailings adjusted to an earlier departure time – a complete of 46 voyages for Carnival Venezia – not one of the longer Carnival Journeys cruises will set sail earlier. As an alternative, these departures stay at 4 p.m.
Combining all ships that Carnival Cruise Line has thus far made these 30-minute-earlier-departure changes for, greater than 860 sailings have been impacted. Are extra to return? It appears seemingly – all visitors booked on upcoming Carnival cruises ought to make sure to test for e mail notifications.
I acquired mine right this moment for Carnival Venezia, and am excited to be setting sail half-hour earlier later this 12 months – Man’s Burgers, right here I come!
