A Little Paint Can Create a Little Magic

Carnival ships will be getting a new livery to celebrate the line's 50th birthday next year. 

Carnival Magic will be the first to have the new livery on May 24. A rendering is shown below. 

The complete story appeared in the May 5 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Rendering courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - August 19, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• A bear mauling two cruise ship wildness guides 30 miles north of Juneau
• The creativity of the housekeeping team aboard Carnival Magic as they went from towel animals that everybody makes, to the first towel people. Photos are below.

Details appeared in the August 19 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Photos courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line. May not be copied or used without express permission.

An Arrival and an Opening

When most restaurants open, they cut a ribbon. On Carnival Magic, they cut a six-foot sandwich, bursting with pulled pork (perhaps more appropriate for Washington).

Carnival was in full Carnival mode at Port Canaveral today. The event was staged to welcome Carnival Magic to Port Canaveral and note Carnival’s expansion at the port. Prior to its arrival, the ship underwent a dry dock which added a number of new features to the ship, including a new Carnival restaurant, Guy’s Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que Smokehouse, designed by Food Network celebrity chef Guy Fieri.

But in some ways this seems like it might represent nearing the end of an era. In other ways, it may represent the start of a new one.

The complete story appeared in the April 20 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

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Barbeque to Go

Thanks to the success of Guy’s Burger Joint on eleven of the ships across the Carnival fleet (they each serve about 1,000 burgers a day), the line has partnered with Guy Fieri on a second casual restaurant that looks like it’s going to be another hit with Carnival passengers.

This one is a barbeque smokehouse aboard Carnival Magic, called the Pig & Anchor. Pork, chicken, beef, sausage - and Guy’s own special sides.

Details appeared in the March 16 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Rekindling the Magic?

With all the stuff going on in the world, you probably haven’t missed it, but Carnival Magic has dropped out of sight this week (and next). The ship is undergoing a refit before it’s redeployed to Port Canaveral at the end of April.

With the competition heating up at the Central Florida port, Carnival is upping their game both by bringing in Carnival Magic, and also by adding a number of their newest dining options to the ship.

The complete story appeared in the February 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Cruise News Daily Headlines for October 20, 2014

* Carnival Magic Returns Ebola-free
Carnival Magic returned to Galveston on Sunday without any of the drama that had met it at its previous two port calls. The lab technician aboard who was under quarantine due to the possibility that she had been infected with ebola was pronounced free of the disease, and she reportedly was escorted off the ship as soon as it arrived, and was allowed to drive home without restrictions.

* AIDA’s Newest Ship Is a Gas
There was a different kind of christening ceremony in Hamburg on Saturday. While it had all the trappings of naming a cruise ship, complete with a cruise line executive serving as the godmother, it wasn’t a cruise ship being named, but rather a barge. Not just any barge, it is a special barge.
   AIDA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Dr. Monika Griefahn was christening, Hummel, the world’s first LNG (liquefied natural gas) hybrid barge, designed to supply berthed cruise ships with electrical power.

* Other Things You’ll Want to Know
CND subscribers also read about Bermuda being back in business ... and a delayed delivery.

The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.

Video: Medevac from Carnival Magic

Carnival Magic contacted the US Coast Guard the evening of March 31, 2012, requesting a medical evacuation for a 44-year-old woman who was a crew member and experiencing complications with a pregnancy. The Coast Guard launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Houston. They met the ship when it was approximately 145 miles southeast of the Galveston coast. They hoisted the woman from the deck of the ship, as seen in this edited video of the operation, and took her to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.



The video begins with the helicopter aligning itself with the ship below as the rescue swimmer is being lowered to the deck. There's an edit, because in the next scene the patient is ready to be hoisted from the deck. In real time, it took a couple minutes for her to be brought out and connected to the hoist.

You can hear the progress reports where her position is being called out as she is being lifted to the helicopter. While she is being lifted, the wind has shifted, and the pilot can be heard asking for the ship to be told to turn 45-degrees before they bring the rescue swimmer up. Meanwhile, he turns the helicopter to compensate, but he wants the ship to turn so it will be aligned correctly for the next hoist. As you can tell, there is another edit, because the ship is suddenly realigned below when the rescue swimmer is being hoisted.

The video ends as the rescue swimmer comes into the door of the helicopter, but the mission continued for another two hours until the woman was delivered to the hospital in Galveston. They make it look so easy.

Why They Christen Ships in Venice

Carnival Magic arrived in Venice for the first time yesterday morning (April 30, 2011). It made for a stunning sight entering the city's Grand Canal as shown in the photos on the CND website.

Carnival Takes Delivery of 100th Ship in the Fleet

Carnival Corp took delivery today of Carnival Magic at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, bringing their fleet to 100 cruise ships in 10 brands. To mark the occasion, they released this composite photo of their first ship in 1972, the 27,250-ton Mardi Gras, sailing alongside the 130,000-ton Carnival Magic. Mardi Gras carried 906 passengers, double occupancy, while Carnival Magic carries 3,690. Mardi Gras was 650 feet long with a 86.5-foot beam, and Carnival Magic is 1004 feet long with a 158-foot beam. Mardi Gras left the Carnival fleet in 1993. Carnival Magic will enter service on May 1.
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Carnival Magic Floats, Waterskiing with AIDAbella, and Passenger Overboard

CND subscribers also read about Carnival Magic's float out ... a new record for AIDAbella ... and a passenger overboard off the coast of France.


Details appeared in the "Other Things You'll Want to Know" column in the October 14, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.

Galveston Prepares for Carnival Magic

* Waiting for the Magic to Happen
As we earlier reported, Carnival Cruise Lines is upsizing their operation at Galveston next fall. As part of that expansion, they will be replacing Carnival Conquest with Carnival Magic, the second Dream-class vessel, sized at 130,000 tons, which also carries 4,000 passengers.

The larger ship and more passengers need larger facilities, and the port isn't waiting until the last minute to begin to get things in place. The necessary changes and major funding have been approved by the port's board, and work is going to begin this month.


The complete article appeared in the October 1, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.