Carnival Company Now Has 8 New Cruise Ships within the Pipeline

Carnival Company, the world’s largest cruise firm with eight cruise strains, now has eight new cruise ships which might be both below development or on order that may debut from now by 2033.
This previous week, Carnival Company introduced a order for 2 extra new ships that may have 2,100 cabins every. They are going to be multi-fuel-capable ships that may enter service in 2030 and 2032.
Here’s a take a look at the eight new cruise ships that Carnival Corp. has within the pipeline over the subsequent eight years.
- Star Princess 2025
- Carnival Festivale 2027
- Carnival Tropicale 2028
- Mission Ace 1 2029
- New Mid-size Class Ship 2030
- Mission Ace 2 2031
- New Mid-size Class Ship 2032
- Mission Ace 3 2033
Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises’ second Sphere class ship, Star Princess, will debut this fall. The ship is presently below development on the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy.
Star Princess will debut on October 4, 2025 and set sail on an 11-night cruise from Barcelona to Italy, France, Spain and Gibraltar.
After simply two cruises in Europe, the ship will head to Ft. Lauderdale the place the ship shall be formally named and christened on November 6. Star Princess will supply cruises to the Caribbean through the winter season.
Within the spring of 2026, the ship will reposition to the West Coast and spend the summer time crusing to Alaska from Seattle.
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line presently has 5 extra new ships on order, two extra Excel class and three newbuilds from Mission Ace. Carnival is presently has extra cruise ships of their fleet than some other cruise line at 29.
This previous week, Carnival introduced that the names of the 2 Excel class ships shall be Carnival Festivale and Carnival Tropicale debuting in 2027 and 2028.
Carnival Festivale will homeport at Port Canaveral providing week-long cruises to the Caribbean with a port cease at Celebration Key.
The largest information about these two ships is that they won’t have the BOLT curler coaster on the highest deck.
As a substitute, Carnival is constructing an enormous waterpark referred to as Sunsation Level that may even be open at night time on a number of days of the cruise.

Carnival Cruise Line additionally has their largest cruise ships ever on order. Mission Ace is three 230,000 gross ton ships that may carry as much as 8,000 friends at a time.
The ships will debut in 2029, 2031 and 2033. Carnival has but to present many particulars on these new ships as they’re nonetheless 4, six and eight years away.
AIDA Cruises
Simply this previous week, Carnival Company introduced an order for 2 new mid-size class ships for AIDA that may have 2,100 cabins every. AIDA is the preferred cruise line in Germany.
The ships shall be run on a wide range of gasoline sorts, together with low- and no-carbon bio and artificial fuels when obtainable at scale.
These two new ships will enter service in 2030 and 2032 giving AIDA a fleet of 13 cruise ships.
Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO, Fincantieri, gave the next assertion in regards to the two new ships for AIDA:
“We’re honored that our long-standing associate Carnival Company has chosen Fincantieri to construct ships for AIDA Cruises for the primary time in our historical past. This milestone confirms our means to serve your entire Carnival Company portfolio, whereas making certain long-term time period visibility for our shipyards.
“These new ships will embody essentially the most superior applied sciences for sustainability and effectivity, additional strengthening Fincantieri’s and Carnival Company’s roles as leaders in cruise trade innovation.”
The cruise line mentioned that they are going to give extra particulars on these new ships sooner or later. The order is contingent on financing, which is anticipated to be accomplished later this yr.