– This post has been updated to provide clarification – 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙮: A big change involving Carnival passenger ships that have been operating out of Mobile. Carnival Cruise Line has announced that year-round service out of Mobile will resume starting in the spring of 2027. Carnival…
Fresh out of drydock, Carnival Spirit, the passenger ship that sails out of Mobile each year, is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Loaded with travelers, the ship is on schedule to arrive in Bermuda Thursday after departing Ponta Delgada, Portugal Saturday. The ship’s itinerary is part of a two week repositioning cruise that…
On the other side of the Atlantic: A familiar sight in Mobile, the cruise ship Carnival Spirit, off duty from carrying passengers, has passed through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea this afternoon. Spirit is on its way to a Thursday arrival at a shipyard in Marseilles, France where it will go into…
Spirit bids Mobile farewell until fall: Carnival Spirit, the 959 foot by 127 foot passenger ship sailing under the flag of Bahamas, heads out of Mobile Bay Thursday afternoon, marking the end of cruise ship travel out of Mobile for about eight months. Moving at 15 mph, the ship sets course for Miami and later…
Cruising with Spirit: Carnival Spirit, the 959 foot by 127 foot passenger ship that sails out of Mobile part time, passes Gaillard Island on its way out of the Bay of the Holy Spirit (as sixteenth century Spanish explorers called Mobile Bay) into the Gulf of America Sunday evening, JAN 12th. Moving at 11 mph,…
Eight nights of cruising underway: The passenger ship Carnival Spirit heads out of Mobile Bay early Saturday evening. Moving at 14 mph, the ship sets course for arrival at Key West Monday. For the remainder of the week, Spirit travels through the Bahamas with stops at Freeport, Half Moon Cay and Nassau. Photo shot from…
Carnival Spirit, the 959 foot by 127 foot passenger ship sailing under the flag of Bahamas, heads out of Mobile Bay at sunset Saturday, DEC 7th, 2024. Moving at 11 mph, the ship begins a voyage lasting eight days that will take passengers to the Bahamas before returning to Mobile DEC 15th. Photo shot from…