"Discover why Carnival is 'just more fun'. Board a 'Fun Ship' and zip down a spiral waterslide, let loose in up to 22 clubs and lounges, and dine on everything from lobster to pizza. Huge casinos, elegant supper clubs, extensive children's programs, and Internet cafes are just some of highlights onboard."
Carnival Cruise Lines continues to redefine contemporary cruising with "Today's Carnival," a term coined by the line to describe its commitment to enhancing all aspects of the "Fun Ship" vacation experience.
A "Fun Ship" cruise includes upgraded cuisine and new and expanded facilities, as well as a greater variety of onboard activities and shore excursions. Guests can enjoy a spectacular outdoor wrap-around promenade, a wedding chapel, and a reservations-only supper club serving world-famous stone crabs from the renowned Joe's Stone Crab Restaurant in Miami Beach.
Carnival considers dining to be the highlight of any "Fun Ship" vacation. Carnival's Total Choice DiningSM is one of the cruise industry's most comprehensive dining programs, offering the widest variety of formal and casual options at sea, and includes lobster as an entree on every "Fun Ship."
In addition to the delightful lunch and dinner menus and expanded wine lists, Carnival ships feature such innovations as 24-hour pizzerias and the "Seaview Bistro" for alternative dinnertime service. Carnival's popular Lido-area eateries offer full breakfast and lunch buffets, now include meat-carving and pasta stations, expansive salad bars, and on some ships, a New York-style deli, plus Asian and Italian specialty venues.
Carnival's 24-hour room service menu has a variety of freshly made items delivered to guests' cabins at any time. Patisseries, offering specialty coffees and sweets, and sushi bars featuring authentic Asian delicacies, are now available on a number of ships, as well. Carnival's legendary midnight buffets have also incorporated lighter fare to complement the diversity of hot and cold items available each night.
Entertainment options have also become more varied, with dazzling Vegas-style revues featuring high-tech video projections, lasers, pyrotechnics, and elaborate sets and costumes presented in multi-decked show lounges, some of which can accommodate up to 1,500 guests.
Carnival's friendly casinos are among the largest at sea and feature the most popular games of chance. Drop a coin in a slot machine, bet your lucky number at Roulette, or beat the house in a game of Blackjack or Caribbean Stud Poker.
The Carnival fleet offers a multitude of themed lounges to suite the tastes of each guest. Cheer your favorite team at the sports bar, or perform your favorite song with the help of karaoke. The piano man and other dazzling entertainers will set the mood for a night of love, laughter, and relaxation.
The Carnival fleet offers a full gym complete with the latest exercise equipment and free weights and weight circuit classes, which challenge participants on the various machines. The ships feature a wide variety of sophisticated Keiser progressive resistance exercise machines, whirlpools, saunas and steam rooms, and swimming pools. Also available are workout classes offered at different interest and activity levels, everything from high- and low-impact aerobics classes to step, aqua and senior aerobics or even specialized calisthenics, relaxation and stretching sessions. For guests who want to exercise in the fresh sea air, Carnival also offers organized mile-long walks on the ships' upper decks or on the one-eighth-mile jogging tracks on deck.
The spa facilities offer guests a variety of ways to pamper themselves, including several soothing "European-style" therapies. Treatments range from the conventional -- full-body massages, seaweed wraps and mud packs -- to the exotic, with therapies such as the Ionithermie Superdetoxification Treatment and the re-energizing La Therapie.
Some ships also feature virtual bicycles in which guests "tour" a variety of routes, including mountain pathways and snow-covered trails. Also available are hydrotherapy baths, which consist of a personal Jacuzzi-like tub where seaweed, aromatherapy, special oils and other ingredients create a soothing, rejuvenating sensation.
Carnival's shore excursions are designed to keep pace with today's active lifestyles, with adventure-type tours such as kayaking, scuba diving, championship golf and flightseeing, as well as more traditional activities as nature walks and city tours. The fleetwide golf program includes magnificent courses in the Caribbean, Bermuda, Mexico, Belize, Key West and Hawaii.
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