Thread: Carnival's Elation launches year-round cruises from San Diego

Carnival Cruise Lines officially kicked off the Port of San Diego's first year-round cruise program today, when the 2,052-passenger Elation departed on a four-day cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

The Elation recently began operating San Diego's first, and only, year-round cruise program with four- and five-day cruises to Cabo San Lucas departing Thursdays, Mondays and Saturdays, on a rotating schedule.

Carnival said that the Elation will operate 78 sailings annually from San Diego, joining the 2,124-passenger Carnival Spirit, which operates eight-day Mexican Riviera voyages from San Diego between October and April. The Elation and the Carnival Spirit are expected to carry more than 230,000 passengers annually from the port, the most of any cruise operator.

"The West Coast represents a growing market for Carnival and the Elation's one-of-a-kind schedule offers an exciting new alternative to this region, providing consumers with a high quality, affordable short cruise option from a very convenient homeport," said Bob Dickinson, Carnival president and CEO, in a statement


From Carnival, their web link:


http://www.carnival.com/CMS/Articles/sandiego_launch.aspx

This is a nice idea...you can stay in San Diego a couple of days pre-cruise and then go on the cruise.

Always good weather in San Diego!

Originally Posted by Cruise Cat

Always good weather in San Diego!

PRETTY MUCH TRUE CHUCK, AND WE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING CARNIVAL HERE YEAR ROUND! LOOKS LIKE MORE CRUISES FOR ME IN THE FUTURE, AS WE LIVE ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM THE PORT!

What's really nice about this is that many of us on the West Coast have done the 7-day MR and the 3 and 4-day Baja cruises from San Pedro/LB (over and over again), and it's nice to have another option.