
Carnival Festivale
Carnival Cruise Line · Excel class · 2027
Carnival Festivale measures 183,900 gross tons, with room for 5,347 guests. Carnival Festivale sails 6-night cruises from Port Canaveral.

- BuiltYear built
- 2027
- TonnageGross tonnage
- 183,900
- Decks
- 18
- Cabins
- 2,626
- Guests
- 5,347
- 6,631 at full occupancy
- Crew
- 1,735
Carnival Festivale cruise schedule
25 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local
- Wed 19 May 3:30 pm
- Thu 20 May8:00 am4:00 pm
- Fri 21 May8:00 am4:00 pm
- At seaSat 22 May
- Sun 23 May 8:00 am
Showing 6 of 25 cruises
Where Carnival Festivale sails
Homeport and departures by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027
Port CanaveralNumber = cruises starting that month
Ports Carnival Festivale visits
8 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted
- Celebration Key25 callsBahamas
- Amber Cove21 callsDominican Republic
- Half Moon Cay13 callsBahamas
- San Juan9 callsPuerto Rico
- St. Thomas5 callsU.S. Virgin Islands
- Philipsburg4 callsSint Maarten
- Kralendijk3 callsBonaire
- Oranjestad3 callsAruba
How Carnival Festivale sails
Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027 · from published itineraries
Sailing mix
Upcoming sailings by length
25sailings
- Up to 5 nights14%
- 7 nights0–
- 6, 8 or 9 nights2496%
- 10–14 nights0–
- 15+ nights0–
Turnaround ports
- Port Canaveral25 sailings
Port intensity
Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return
- Time in port
- 8 h
- median · 8 – 9.5 h
- Port days
- 56%
- of days between embarkation and return
- Overnight calls
- 0
- none scheduled
- Late departures
- 3
- after 8:00 pm · latest 10:00 pm
Cruise patterns
- 3 ports · 2 sea days6 nights8 cruises
- 4 ports · 3 sea days8 nights7 cruises
- 3 ports · 2 sea days6 nights4 cruises
- 3 ports · 4 sea days8 nights3 cruises
- 4 ports · 3 sea days8 nights2 cruises
Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown
Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 8:00 pm, local time.
Carnival Festivale specifications
From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units
Ship
- Cruise line
- Carnival Cruise Line
- Class
- Excel class
- Year built
- 2027
- Status
- On order
- IMO
- 1060289
- MMSI
- Not yet published
Size
- Gross tonnage
- 183,900 GT
- Length
- 346 m
- Beam
- 42 m
- Decks
- 18
- Cruising speed
- 17 knots
Capacity
- Guests, double occupancy
- 5,347
- Guests, full occupancy
- 6,631
- Cabins
- 2,626
- Crew
- 1,735
- Guests per crew member
- 3.1
- Space per guest
- 34.4 GT
How it compares
21st largest of 350 ships in service, shared with Carnival Tropicale
Gross tonnage
- Carnival Festivale183,900
- Carnival Cruise Line average120,665
- All ships in service91,156
Guests, double occupancy
- Carnival Festivale5,347
- Carnival Cruise Line average3,322
- All ships in service2,189
Excel class sister ships
Same design and size as Carnival Festivale
Carnival Mardi Gras
2020 · 180,800 GT · 5,270 guests
Carnival Celebration
2022 · 183,521 GT · 5,362 guests
Carnival Jubilee
2023 · 182,015 GT · 5,374 guests
Carnival Tropicale
2028 · 183,900 GT
Also from Carnival Cruise Line: Carnival Venezia, Carnival Firenze, Carnival Panorama, Carnival Horizon, Carnival Vista, Carnival Dream
About Carnival Festivale
Carnival Festivale is the fourth Excel-class ship for Carnival Cruise Line, under construction at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany. Her name, a tribute to one of Carnival's early ships, was announced in April 2025, days before the first steel was cut on 8 April 2025. Her keel was laid on 14 August 2025, and in September 2026 she floated for the first time when her building dock was flooded.






